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!!!

He’s not sick.

you think you’ll get hypothermia at 13 degrees?!

the only funny one is you. If you’re that cold you need to go and see a doctor - it’s a symptom of many serious illnesses.

Yes.

but, do feel free to make ableist comments again!

I think so. Can't work out what, though 🤔

How is it ableist to point out NHS guidelines?

Well mine has been on and off today with thermostat set at 21 degrees and it’s just right - it’s an old house built of stone and whilst I can’t bear hugely overheated houses I don’t like a chill in air when inside and don’t like sitting round in jumpers much either.

WHERE do you live? knowing the high reached by the temperatures in the summer, I'd love to know the temperatures in your house in January to make a 13 average 😂

This. I put the heating on or light the fire if I'm cold. My friends husband insists they sit in coats , hats and blankets rather than put the heating on. I'd divorce him.

I’m further south than you in the snowiest city in England. We are currently at 6

Stop it, you are being ridiculous. As I said, I enjoy 30 degrees in the summer, and I don't have the heating on much in the winter, I don't feel the cold that much.

But pretending that you re being sick if you feel cold at 13 is stupid and you know it.

How is it ableist? Do you have a learning difficulty? If so, then folk will be more tolerant of the immature expression and lack of understanding.

We used ringer frost inside before the insulation was done in the loft about ten years ago (had a poorly done loft conversion, with awful windows). Now I think it’s usually 11-12 outside of the living room, where the log burner can heat to about 20-22. It gets stifling in there after about half an hour though, so the doors get thrown open! During the summer it still tends to stay cool - all the windows get opened at 6am, all curtains stay shut and it’s usually about 18-19. But we very rarely get direct sunlight into the house, it’s only for a couple of hours in the morning, and like I said we keep the curtains and blinds closed to keep it cool.

You said, the consultant told him not to turn the heating on until it got below freezing.,..

Ive been to the doctors. There’s nothing wrong. Everywhere I’ve worked my nickname is Morticia because I’m really a corpse.

Torrential rain all day yesterday but much warmer than the sunny day we had to today.
It’s currently 7 degrees here and I’ve just seen a friend complain it’s too hot and blaming global warming. I don’t know what she’s expecting for mid September, snow?

Being so cold to the point you feel numb, as another poster has said they do, is not normal. Far from it.

'Not normal' - you've not heard of Raynauds then?

A medical condition and thus outside the norm? Thank you for proving my point.

You said he had COPD? That’s an illness.

Yes and you’re not going to get hypothermia when your house is 13 degrees!!!

sure thing.

I've not proved your point at all. HTH

l’m that poster. All the women l worked with were as cold as me except one

I haven’t got any bloody heating! 🙃

It doesn’t make him sick though! You talk about competitive underheaters, but what about competitive heaters? Seems like you all seek a house that’s as hot as possible

Totally agree! My heating came on this morning because it dipped below 16° which it what I set it over the summer. I did override the controls a couple of evenings last week as I was cold and the house was smelling damp and musty. The houses near me were built in 1950s on old marshland so the water table is very high and I’ve had issues with mould on walls and around windows. Hence I heat the house a bit more than some people even though I am happy to wear a jumper.

Also, now I’m retired at at home more in the day, I do feel the cold by mid afternoon on gloomy days so am happy to pop the heating on for a while. My sister and my children complains when they visit me that my house is cold so I’m obviously not overheating the house!

I prefer to have my house at an ambient 19° from 7am to 10pm when it is colder then knock it up to 21° if I am in and feel chilly. I love coming back after being out for a while to a nice warm, cozy house rather than sit and shiver while I wait for the house to warm up.

It's important to keep air circulating. Older houses had air bricks with chimneys to pull old air up and out of the house, whilst sucking clean air in from outside. Now we seal our houses and air becomes stagnant.

Thanks for this. I had no idea .

I just googled and I see here in Scotland it's now the Scottish Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP) . I've actually never heard of this. My income is well under £ 35k!