Who hasn’t put their heating on yet??

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My aim is to get to November, lounge is 15.7 degrees C this morning though so not sure I’ll make it!

Good question! 😆

I remember my childhood being similar . Roll on Christmas ( that’s when the heating was put on)

Haven’t put the heating on yet but am feeling the chill the last two days.. we only had it on for two hours in the evenings last year and I’ll do the same this year some evenings we didn’t put it on at all we just can’t afford it and the electricity is through the roof the last couple of years

You seen the price of heating oil compared to last year?

It dropped to about 16C today so we relented and have switched ours on. We have a timer which brings it on for a couple of hours morning and evening, with the stat at 18C, and that keeps it comfy unless it’s very cold outside.

Nope. The log burner has been on twice but I've resisted the heating

I usually put it on for mornings from November but we're all up and out in 40 minutes so we don't benefit much from it

It’s at 19.5, so come on as needed. Will be moved up to 20 soon.

I’m also in NE Scotland. Not far from here was -5 last night. Comparing up here with say London is chalk and cheese. It’s often 15 or 16 degrees in my kitchen so I wear an insulated jacket with a jumper on top which I take off for work calls as it’s a bit embarrassing when colleagues down south are in T-shirts still. House really needs some heat all year round but with the enormous rise in heating oil and uncertainty how prices will go I am definitely being much more careful this year to make sure that November to March are covered!

It’s awful isn’t it @GellerYeller I normally fill 500 every few weeks from November. I hope for a mild and short winter!

Just caved in now. Lounge was 12 😳

It’s rubbish isn’t it. Martin Lewis reports there are 1.5 million oil households in the UK. You don’t need to be ‘poor’ (I hate that term but quoting a PP) to be impacted by the the price hikes.

Very true. I resent it so much. I worry also for many people this winter who aren’t on the benefits that qualify for help with heating oil, but aren’t sufficiently “in financial difficulties” to apply for help.

It’s so uncertain how much the price will be when the tank will accommodate the 500 litre minimum refuel, and there’s no cap god knows how it’ll pan out over the coming months.

Not yet! I’ve been tempted first thing in the morning but it warms up soon enough. I’m trying to build credit to ease the pain when we move into an old draughty house next week!

Resent is the same word I used when explaining this to a colleague!

Switch to single duvets, life-changing. Now I have a lovely heavy one whole my DH had a light one and we are both happy.

I've not put heating on yet but we have changed from thinner summer to winter duvets and in the evenings DH, me and foster son all have our heated blankets on.

Turned on the heated clothes horse instead

It has never gone as low as -10 in November here and if it did - if it does - then I would focus on avoiding pipes freezing. There have certainly been frosts in November, but not shockingly cold spells. I know how to keep myself comfortably warm and will heat the house where and when it needs heating. I doubt it will be much before Christmas as it isn’t usually!

Ergh, DH put the gas fire on in the living room this evening. Is that cheaper than using central heating to heat one room I wonder?