Heating Question

[Optimistic2021]

Hi,

Just looking for a bit of advice on what everyone else is doing this winter, are you keeping heating off during the night or putting the thermostat on so that the heating comes on when the temperature drops?

My DD is 9 months and her room temperature starts around 17 degrees falling to around 16 however now that it is getting colder it is dropping into the 15's and the groegg is turning blue. She sleeps in a 2.5 tog, vest and baby grow and never feels cold. Last winter I had the thermostat on overnight as she was a newborn but not sure if it needs to be on this year or not with her being a bit bigger 😬

Thanks x

We have a 7 month old. Heating overnight was set to 18.5°C. I've now bumped that up slightly to 19°C.

This is the question I wanted to ask. My DC is 27 months. Advice on BBC today is that 16-18 degrees is ideal for children under 5. Last night our room was 13 degrees. DC seemed fine but I was chilly…

We’ve bought a little oil radiator from John Lewis for the nursery so we don’t have to have the central heating on for the whole house all night. It’s fantastic! Lowest setting and it keeps the room nicely between 17-18 degrees.
We rent though so the thermostat is really old and tbh not even sure it works so if it did we would probably set it so the heating would come on when the temp dropped below 16.5/16

I think the official advice is 16-20°C, but towards the upper temperature (20°C) is better.

13°C seems very cold for a baby.

The WHO recommends a minimum of 18°C for human habitation to avoid lung problems.

We turn ours off overnight. No idea what temp it drops to but she seems okay - 2.5 tog sleeping bag, pyjamas, vest. If she stirs and I have to get up I put a blanket over her in case she is cold but I didn't need to last night so think she is mostly okay. I'm pretty certain they'll let you know if they're too cold?!

We're doing 18C during the day and 16C overnight. Luckily our insulation is good enough that in practice the heat very rarely comes on overnight as it doesn't cool down that fast.

Our house sits between 12-16. It gets lower through the night and is about 12 by 6.30 when the heating kicks in in the morning.

27 months....? So she's 2 then? Why don't you just say that she's 2?

Ours has always been off overnight. Its been down to 12⁰C inside before. You could add extra clothing or use a higher tog sleeping bag (you get 3.5tog bags)

What does that have to do with this?

I don't like the thermostat coming on and drastically changing the temperature. I'd prefer to keep it warm during the evening and then wrap up warm during the night. I think that's better for sleep quality.

Thanks for the info. Do you reckon most people (in normal times) keep their heating on low at night then?

Off overnight. I leave a little oil filled radiator on in the cat room, and a tiny heater on the lowest setting in the kitchen to stop the pipes freezing.

It also keeps the baby room above warm, forgot to say.

We used to set ours to 16 at night, 21 mornings and evenings and off during the day.

After our son was born we switched to constant 19-21 and didn't see much change in terms of costs. I optimised the boiler and radiators around that time, but I was surprised how little it cost. We used to pay £85 combined gas and electric. I'm not sure how much was gas.

We've put an oil filled radiator in Dd's room. Her room has three external walls so gets much colder than the test of the house.

It has a timer and clicks on and off through the night

I never had heating on overnight even when she was a baby. I’d just put extra blankets on her during the night if needed, and dress appropriately.