What temp is your house right now?

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And do you have the heating on?

I thought it was a bit chilly this morning/last night but moving around today it was ok (hoovering etc)
We are sitting on the couch tonight with blankets, and ds just commented it seems to be warmer to night than last night. Checked the thermostat and we are sitting at 15.5 degrees. But we are ok tbh.

How warm is your house tonight?

(No heating yet and I think we are doing ok feeling cold wise iyswim? None of the kids have complained yet! Although we have a box of blankets by the couch. Have put up an extra set of double lines curtains on the main "cold" windows, put in extra foam on windows that were a bit leaky and tend to go to bed earlyish)

House is currently 17°, heating set to come on at 16°. We're in Herts, it's been relatively mild and still for weeks for the time of year, only dropping to single figures the past few days, so no major chill driving factors yet thankfully. Our heating has only popped on about six times in the past week - a couple of mornings and two evenings, and for less than an hour each time before it's up to temp.

The problem we've got is not that we need the heating on for cold but to reduce humidity. Our humidity levels are over 65% in every room and they should be around 50% or under. Previous years we'd have had the heating on for weeks by now which would have dried the house out too. We've got a dehumidifier which certainly costs less than the heating to run so that's now on all day and gets shifted round the rooms. Am hoping to have it sorted out soon.

16.5 at the moment. Heating comes on at 6am and goes off at 9am or 18 degrees.

16.5 (according to the online thermostat) - I spent yesterday and the night at my parents with the heating off and for the first time without thick curtains drawn at night. It’s the first time it’s gone below 17 degrees.

I’ll be turning the heating on remotely before I drive home. I generally have the thermostat at 18 but it is in the warmest room in the house and directly on the other side of the wall to the radiator pipes so that usually means about 16 in the living room.

We were 11 too upstairs last night. Humidity over 80 too so fingers crossed our heating is sorted next week as it feels needed now!

Omg how are you all coping in such cold houses?
our thermostat for gch is set to 18, but we have 2 electric heaters (one downstairs one upstairs) and the downstairs one comes on to 20degrees between 6-8am and 3-7pm. We use the upstairs one as and when we need it (usually 6-8pm).
according to the electric fan heaters - the living room is 20degrees and upstairs is 22degrees right now.
I could not cope in a cold house. 11 degrees? That is awful for your health

21c, no holiday for us next year 😢

just checked and its 17
i just put the water heater on which heats up airing cupboard
wouldnt dream of putting on heating currently
but i did last night for an hour. i was snuggled up in blankets but dh had cold hands

17.5°, it’s actually OK in my oodie but I need to go and have a shower really and I’m not looking forward to taking it off!

13.5 in the living room this morning. Still not wavering yet.

17.5 and the sun shining in through the windows is making all the difference!

Our living room is currently a chilly 13.7⁰ and the heating has just come on. We had it on for 1 hour 45 minutes yesterday, it reached the heady heights of 16.5⁰ in our cool hall where the thermostat is and it cost us just short of £3 for the heating alone. Sadly at that cost I can't justify having it on for extended periods of time.

Mind you even at those temperatures I'm still having to nag the kids to put appropriate clothing on as they are strolling round in summer PJs with no slippers etc 😱

A dehumidifier makes all the difference. Am quite comfortable setting the thermostat to 15 in the day and putting some layers on.

i am feeling cold after coming across this thread!

I’m literally in the middle of a test here now with the heating on to see how much it costs, and I’m boiling!
( I don’t feel the cold to be honest and it doesn’t take much for me to be moaning that I’m too warm. Rarely wear a coat out for instance.

All the radiators on max around the house. I was going to test for 2 hours but can’t stand the heat, so will turn off in 11minutes….

We've finally put ours on this morning as it was 15.3 downstairs when I got up - only for an hour though. It's currently 18 degrees and feels lovely and toasty.

"Science tells us that 18 degrees is the tipping point... the body is now working to defend that core temperature,"

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63602501

13 this morning, then without the heating it has risen to the heady heights of 15.

Don't find it that bad really, but then I'm grateful as grew up in the Highlands of Scotland with no central heating and it was much colder.

He's wearing a shirt and shorts in that experiment. Of course he's going to be cold.

the body burns more carbs when it is cold!
<<opens windows>>

Oh, he is the one who did lots of dramatic articles on Covid as well I remember. Not covid itself more the prevention etc

I just ran my gas fire for half hour to see how much it costs, would have easily done without but I want an idea of prices ready for when it has to be used.

30mins on low got my living room from 16.5'c to 18.0'c, and the humidity dropped by 10%.

I refuse to tolerate temperatures below 16.5C. Fuck you “put extra layers” team, it’s just not healthy. Thermostat set up to flick when the house cools to 16.5 and off at 19C between 8am and 10 pm (I WFH).
We are in house built circa 2005 hence relatively new so luckily no issue with humidity which is constantly between 40 and 50% even if I dry cloth. However, my friend who lives in Victorian house struggles to keep it down and has to constantly run dehumidifier to keep it under control.

Most of the ‘put extra layers’ team have to do so, because they can’t afford to heat their homes. So ‘fuck you’ is a bit of a dick thing to say.

I think the point is that lots of people don't have a choice.

18/19 degrees. I really don't see the point in 'trying to not put the heating on' unless you're really living in poverty and can't afford essentials like food etc (which I understand a lot of the world are!). There are much easier ways to save money for most people, and I prioritise having a warm home, especially with a child