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!!!

Same. Am absolutely fine in a jumper. It's not even a bit cold yet.

That’s a stupid rule. What if it’s below zero in October but warmer in November?
Heating should be decided by temperature, not date.

That won’t go on for weeks yet, if at all.

I can assure you it is in Cumbria. We are at 6 dropping to 1 tonight. So with a husband with health issues yes the heating is going on.

Same here (London), I'm sitting here wearing t.shirt and joggers.

Thermo says it's 19 degrees in my living room, so definitely don't need heating.

Don't need it. It's currently 21.5 degrees indoors!

I hope to avoid putting it on for at least another month. Once it gets below 17 indoors it's usually time.

It’s been sunny here, but I’ve needed a jumper.

We let the thermostat decide when the heating comes on, not the calendar. It’s set to 18 degrees in the evenings and beween 5.30-7.30 in the morning and 15 degrees the rest of the time.

Today has been warm, the nights are forecast to get cooler this week so it might click on some mornings.

TBH the standing charge is the worst part of the bill. Using the heating doesn’t add a huge amount more.

Always makes me 🙄 this. Our seasons are up the creek yet people still insist on this no heating until....as if its 30 years ago.

Wow, it's been t-shirt weather here

It was sunny during the day but not t-shirt weather imo.

In our house heating goes on at Halloween and goes off at Easter

Same. I don’t there my heating on or off. The thermostat decides, because the date is irrelevant to whether heating is needed.

Are you in the south?

Even if it’s warm in March but freezing in October? Madness.

How do people know how hot the inside of their house is?

You mean it's not cold where you are, surely that depends on where you are?

I’ve had it on twice for an hour each time mainly so I could see if our new radiator worked properly. My husband went nuts so now it’s fluffy socks and dressing gowns apparently until it snows

Thermostat reading on main controls in my house, and additional thermometer as I have to monitor for husband's conditions

I put the heating on yesterday evening because it was a bit nippy but our house is quite well insulated so had to turn it off again after an hour.

No need for it in the mornings yet, again house seems to be warm enough still. Expecting frost overnight though.

I’m still sleeping with the windows wide open and a duvet cover without a duvet inside

A digital thermostat on the wall.

I don't believe in "rules" about which month to put the heating on, they are ridiculous.

I follow actual temperatures. If I am very cold, I put the heating on a bit. It's mainly to dry the house, I am more worried about damp and mould than anything.

South East London here, it's cooler today, but nowhere near bad enough for heating on. I have Uggs that I use as sleepers, my feet are never cold, and I just put a jumper. It's mainly for the kids that I need the house warm first thing and at bath time, but we're 10-15 degrees away from that

Good post! 👏

Because the thermostat for my heating tells me.

I dislike this competitive ‘not having the heating on until is 20 below zero.’ There’s no virtue in feeling cold and miserable if you can afford to have heat.