To have not put my heating on yet

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I am still hot, bearly broken into a jumper yet and it seems people are cold and putting the heating on.
Is it just me or is anyone else still wearing t-shirts and opening windows?
Everyone I speak to seems to have theirs on and looking around I see people in winter coats.

This kind of thread is totally pointless.

If you live in an exposed detached house on a windy hill you will probably need it heating most of the year.

If you are living in a house snuggled down in town next to another house that has it's heating on - probably not so much.

Coastal - yes. Urban heat island - no.

An ultra slim person - yes. A person with a lot of muscle and a layer of subcutaneous fat - no.

A sedentary older person - yes. A running around youngster - no.

There are so many variables, it's really a pointless discussion.

Do what you like.

Not had mine on, it's not cold. Not worn coat yet either. Probably as I'm in SE - if I was in Scotland, it might be different. But even down here I'll be trying to remember to put it on tomorrow for Monday as apparently that's when winter's arriving. Threatening lows of -2 overnight by end of week 🥶

Depends where you are in the UK. We are in Scotland and temp has dropped approx 10.degrees since last week so heating has been on less than normal but definitely on..also feel with recent wet weather its only way to get washing dry indoors if you don't have a tumble dryer

I find this a weird question. ‘Reasonable’ doesn’t really apply to when someone chooses to use their heating. Both the body and the structure of the home bring variables here.

You dont live in Scotland then. My heating has been on for weeks.

Well the temperature (central Scotland)outside today reached the dizzy heights of 6° and the wind would cut right through you, so I have the heating on. It'll depend on where you live and the insulation in your home.

It is very mild here in Yorkshire, for November, we've not had first frost yet. I mulched part of my allotment in September and there must have been seeds lurking in my compost bin because I've had tomato plants coming up, which is just crackers. And my lettuce is still growing! I don't think I'd have got any new ones germinate (although who knows?) but it's still refreshing from me picking the outside leaves. I'll be serving it up instead of turkey at Xmas at this rate.

Yes, I am in North Yorkshire, it's been mad how mild it's been. I'm used to getting the big coat out early October, but have barely needed to.

Dropping now, though, normal service is about to be resumed. Bit of a shock following the mildness.

Twelve degrees according to our grade one listed church conservators.

Wet and windy and chilly here in the north west. Heating on 2 hours a day.

@ObelixtheGaul yes apparently next week is going to be freezing. We've had a good run of it though, till now, considering it's Xmas in five weeks. The grey leaden skies are depressing to look at but they sure keep the temperature up - while turning my veg into triffids.

And even the grey, leaden skies have only just arrived for this length of time. October half term week had some glorious days in it.

I'm wondering when North Yorks water will lift the hosepipe ban...

We haven’t had it on this week, will definitely put it on next week looking at the weather forecast.

No heating on here. I have my winter coats out, but it’s too warm to wear them. Summer bedding plants still flowering.

Does heating help combat damp/ mould?

Im cold i put it on. Im not i dont....

Yes, you're right I'm forgetting it was sunny, really sunny - did a couple of great walks in that half term with my coat round my waist. God knows what it would take for them to lift the ban. The Nidd, Ouse are already up fgs. Presumably with all the leaking pipes everywhere the extra volume is just going around in circles with no one able to use it. Yorkshire water are such tossers. There's a beck by my allotment with a couple of overflow run-offs that have been pissing out water these last couple of weeks but apparently we're still in shortage.

Yes. Lots of UK houses have significant damp problems because we're so far north we don't get sun warmth for a good chunk of the year plus especially in cities our water table is high (175 years of high density/no garden housing). So we do need heating. But, if your house is far gone with more than one damp ingress heating won't cure it, although it will help you feel a bit more comfortable.

I’m the same - cue the professionally offended who see this admission as some sort of smug virtue signalling.

Sick to health of finding anything over 10 degrees hot and uncomfortable - it’s miserable

How could you be anything but reasonable to make yourself comfortable? Did you really think you might be unreasonable to be a bit warmer than the average person? 😄

We are all different. I was cold last night just before I went to bed so I checked the temperature. The thermostat was reading 19.5° and it had just switched to the night time mode of 15° ( not sure how accurate it is), it was pouring with rain and stormy so I reset the time for two hours of heating at 23°. I know that was too hot really but it takes more than two hours for the temperature to raise that much.

I then got in bed, warmed up enough for my nose not to be cold and the house temp rose to approx 21° before switching off again. I will possibly turn the thermostat up shortly as despite wearing a t shirt and a fleece top, my nose is cold and I know I’m not going to be comfortable when I sit to watch tv this evening.

I am lucky though that I can afford my heating bills, spread over 12 monthly payments, they are not too high, currently £147 a month and I am in credit ready for the heavier winter bills. I grew up in a house which had only two fires as heating, ice on the windows and numerous blankets on the bed. My first house when married had a back boiler which went out regularly, ice on windows again.

I swore that I would never let my house get that cold, I’ve seen the damage damp and cold can do to the structure of a house and I worked hard to get a good career to allow me to save enough for my heating bills. I would rather do without other things if I had to!

But it’s fine for other people, possibly younger and in better health than me, to live comfortably in a cooler house, as long as it suits you, go for it! It’s not a competition though although obviously for some people not turning on the heating is not a choice, finances might dictate that. I do feel sorry for people like that and volunteer at a local Warm Space where anyone can come to spend a few hours every day in the local church hall and have free hot drinks and warming soups.

We haven't got ours on yet because DP is usually the freezing one who has demanded it on by now.

However this year she's fully in the grip of peri-menopause and is permanently boiling. We're saving a fortune in gas!

It depends on the house as well. I'd have wanted it on by now in our old house but the current one is so much better insulated.

I’m in a Victorian mid terraced and mine hasn’t come on either - I was sweating this morning when I cleaned the kitchen! Fully expect to have it on in the coming days given the forecast.

I have never switched it in this late before, it normally comes in mid/end October.

I'm in fluffy jumpers and slippers with the heating on because I'm genuinely cold. If I'm hot I take a layer off if it's just going to be short term otherwise I turn the heating down.

I turn it up and down and change my clothes as I deem necessary depending on if I'm hot or cold. If I was hot without the heating on then the heating wouldn't be on 🤷

It's warmer outside than inside my house. So have put heating on in the evening but not on in a usual November way which would be on all the time. Only worn my winter tights once. Irritating, I love tights and boots. Also love a big sweater. But it's not big sweater weather.