Heating on?

[TheOpalFox]

Have you got the heating on yet. ? I have 😍 I hate being cold

Been on today!

The temperature drop means we've all had our jumpers and fluffy socks on, but it isn't cold enough for the heating yet.
However... the dampness is a problem. I've had the dehum running all week where the washing is drying, which has helped a bit, but the whole house now feels a bit damp. I'm WFH tomorrow whilst DH is in the office, so I'll be popping it on for a few hours to dry the place out (he won't have it on until some arbitrarily chosen date).

Yes it’s lovely.

Sorry that doesn’t work for me

No, been tempted, especially in the damp chilly early mornings!

Electric blanket on - does that count?!

No way. End of October.

No - I try and hold out until October half term! But it’s still warm here - I had the backdoor open for most of the day.

I knitted a balaclava once, with basically eye and mouth openings.....cosy, but apparently also scary/embarrassing/ridiculous.....🤣🤣🤣

Honestly, I’ll probably invest in a good quality balaclava this year (as I’m not skilled enough like clever you to make my own!). My house is huge and always cold. I WFH so I need a robust strategy to deal with the pending winter without bankrupting myself with fuel bills!

no, we haven’t shut any of our windows yet, I put the summer clothes away and I popped on a cardi at some points today. Midlands so not in any way cold enough for heating til probably the end of October.

Put it on for an hour this morning when it was 17° in my poorly insulated house. Red wine and oodie means no need this evening!

no but at this rate with my menopausal sweats it’ll need to be -10 before it comes on, I’ve still got the fan on in the bedroom at night.

Still warm here in the sw, wet but 17 degrees today

I’m sitting in a vest top and jeans - I’m no martyr it goes on when inside the house goes below 18 consistently but it’s 22 inside today

Yes here in Yorkshire. House is being renovated so cold as no carpets etc. We don’t do a lot of luxuries (eating out etc) but I won’t be cold so heating is our luxury I suppose (which feels bleak to admit)

Not intentionally but I did notice the radiators were warm on Friday - set to come on below 17 but I wasn't feeling very cold so I might need to turn it down to 16. Still got all windows open and sleeping with fan on maybe 4/7 nights! I have stopped leaving the bifold doors open all day though...

To be clear I'm not being competitive I just can't stand being hot, I much prefer being snuggled under a blanket in the evenings and being able to easily remove it if I get warm than the whole house being too warm!

Mines been on plenty of times. I hate being cold

I felt so cold the other evening that we lit our log burner. I have honestly never heard my little cat purr so loudly when she saw her beloved fire was lit! She didn’t move from it all night!

Yep. Went on today.

And yes I have a jumper on.

No, I am not going to wear a hat or a balaclava in my own home when I have central heating.

Yep, DH is on blood thinners so feels the cold

DH has admitted to switching on the heating when I was out over the weekend but then the stupid man is constantly in short sleeved shirts whereas I'll throw on a cardi or jumper.
I think the cat must have been cold last night as she was on our bed when I woke up this morning. 😺

No but only because dh has stripped
out our old boiler in anticipation of installing an air source heat pump (don’t ask me what it is, I don’t understand!), we have an immersion for the hot water (don’t really understand that either 😂) but the heat pump will be going in over the next couple of weekends - thank fuck because I’m cold and don’t do being cold in my own home! Currently the room I’m in says it’s 22 but I’m sat under my heated blanket trying to warm up again. I’m a cold person, have always felt the cold.

Are you referring to my balaclava comment upthread? Lol, I made that for snowy/cold weather - the only time I've actually worn a hat inside was when our heaters were broken.

The cold feeling is definitely more connected to damp than outright temperature at this time of year.

The thermometer on my desk says it's 3 degrees warmer in here today than yesterday. But we've had torrential downpours and a jumper is needed.

Yesterday it felt really warm and I couldn't imagine needing heating (or even a jumper).