When do you put the heating on?

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I’ve turned the heating on as it’s super chilly in the house. Already got warm socks and a blanket but got me thinking when do others put their heating on?

I swore I wouldn’t put it on before October but here I am…

That's really interesting, thanks for answering. It's just so different, - N.E. and detached, that it seems unfeasible to do that comfortably at the outset but makes more sense spelled out.

( I did live in London for a few years but the house was dire so I never really benefitted from the latitude advantage)

Summer sounds hard though - at least in Sunshine you could sweat it out with Cillian Murphy!

We're in Glasgow, its damp and cold, the heating will go on soon

I don't limit myself as to when I'm allowed to put it on, just as and when needed. I had it on the other morning as there was just a chill in the air when I woke up but I will normally put dressing gown/fluffy socks/thick pjs on before shoving it on.

There is always a real difference this time of year between posters from south of England and us hardy types up in Scotland 😡

Exactly the same here and in the South West too.

11 degrees here and we've lit the log burner for the first time. Looks like it will drop further, to 7 degrees next week. I'm in Scotland.

I put it on yesterday. So depressing.

11 degrees here and we've lit the log burner for the first time. Looks like it will drop further, to 7 degrees next week. I'm in Scotland.

The North South divide, and we aren’t that far south.

We are just going out. I’m wearing a summer dress and husband is wearing shorts and a tee shirt.

When it drops below 16 in the sitting room for a few evenings in a row. We also need to be in the habit of keeping windows shut for a while so we don't accidentally leave one open and let the heat out.

When I'm cold! Scotland though, it's already quite autumnal and I live by the sea.

Our heating is never actually off. It is controlled by timer and thermostat so it will come on it the temperature drops below 18 degrees, 14 degrees or 10 degrees depending on the timer settings (18 in the morning and evening, 14 during the rest of green day, 10 overnight). It’s 7pm here and the thermometer is showing 22 degrees and DH and I are wearing shorts & t shirts.

If we get chilly then the first defence is warm clothes, definitely not ramping the thermostat up.

I'm currently camping so it isn't that cold in the SW yet, I wouldn't be sleeping if it was.

Thermostat is set at 17c whatever time of year it is although it's not come on since April.
I'm in Surrey & its 22.6c inside downstairs with all the doors & windows open & a lot warmer upstairs!
About to put a load of washing out on the whirly line to catch the sun tomorrow!

It's been wet and miserable all day here. We're in the NE about half an hour from the Scottish border. It's 15 in the living room and DD is complaining of being cold and has cold hands so I've put the heating on for a bit.

@Spottytoddler I am the same! It will never be on before 1 October and always off by end March. I try to hold out until November to turn it on if I can. Then thermostat about 16 degrees.

But that's only because I forgot to get kindling and firelighters. We've had the fire on for the last few nights.

@Desecratedcoconut lol@ that Cillian Murphy comment!

I am too hot all the time, tbh. I think I may have said elsewhere in another thread that I never close my bedroom window, even when it's snowing and sleeting outside. I go on holiday to cold places (most recently Svalbard in January a couple of years ago, and Norway and Iceland).

The temperate weather in London/ the south isn't suited to my natural preferences at all and I get prickly heat, I sweat heavily and I shelter indoors a lot. I'm actually writing this from a cold bath right now!

I have shorts on and the doors and windows have just been shut! I think we will put heating on late October or early nov.

Not before October half term!

Never before November. We have some nice jumpers and blankets

I live in London. We're usually ok until end of Sept / early October.

Just looked at London weather forecast - it says 26 tomorrow then 20 to 21 degrees until the end of the month.

Who says we aren't hardy further south? There is also the North of England inbetween btw. 😉

I'm in the North East. Still have the back door open all day and the bedroom windows all night.
Not tied to dates for putting the heating on, but tbh, I HATE false heat, much prefer having a blanket around my in the nippy evenings,and putting the heating on fairly low, just to keep,the chill off.
Not bravado, nor money saving, just personal comfort 😁

It's still quite warm outside here (London) and very warm inside so not for a while yet!
I never stick to a particular date but whenever it's too cold. We usually start with the odd half hour or so then once it's colder overnight set it to come on in the morning.