Anyone trying not to have heating on

[TheOpalFox]

Anyone else tried to not have heating on? Even tho your cold? It’s 8 degrees and I’m cold but can’t afford to have heating on all the time :( what a way to live!!!

No, central heating has a smell. It’s musty and makes the house smell unclean. Horrible invention

No ones uncomfortable in this house with the heating on.

I loathe cold houses and offices. My hands get too numb to do anything and l ache. I also shiver. Even with lots of layers, Akthough l hate layers too.

And the only jumpers l can wear are cotton and silk. Cottons not very warm and silk is too expensive.

@Whenthetimeisright you are ineligible if your household incomes exceeds 70k for 2 or 35k for 1

In your opinion.

the point is you shouldn’t need to - your house shouldn’t be that hot!

Your house should be how you like it. I bet people love visiting you!

If there is a smell, either the house is dirty and dusty and someone needs to clean behind the radiators, or there's a problem with your installation. That is not normal.

I’m in the South and am still walking around in bare feet and sandals. The windows are all wide open too.
It’s certainly not heating weather yet where I am.

Our house doesn’t smell because we don’t have it on - we open a window! Keeping your windows shut all day is awful for you. So is having the heating on. My dad’s consultant confirmed it, it’s horrendous.

Yes, that's very true. I've never detected a smell.

Our house holds heat well so it is still 20 degrees inside even though it is 10 outside. Unlikely to need to put it on until it gets nearer 5 degrees outside.

I’m not sure that’s true.

I know plenty of old to very old people who never open windows, Dm never did and she lived to 86

Not airing the house is a bad idea, however I doubt any consultant would tell you that putting heating on when it's cold is a bad idea in general.

Never put the heating on before Remembrance Sunday.

It might smell of damp though if you never put the heating on.

It is - it dries out the air and it’s awful for your lungs, sinuses and skin.

Nope. Cos we ventilate.

20 degrees and everyone in this house would be sitting in their underwear sweating.

18 is just about top end of comfortable to me, certainly not Oodie territory.

People like different temperatures!

I don't know what you are on about.

I open my windows like most people, but "having the heating on" is not awful for you.

You might want to read about the health problems that people living in poverty and unsuitable conditions experience, and what the lack of heating actually does.

Why Remembrance Sunday?

A cold house isn't great for the respiratory system either.

Why is it so cranky in here?!

I’ll trust the consultant over people on Mumsnet who are apparently numb when it’s 18 degrees!!!

It can still be damp though if unheated. Unless you have your windows open 24/7 even in the depth of winter.

Not cold enough here.

You can wear others. You choose not to!