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What temp do you keep you house between

93 replies

Lm1981 · 22/11/2023 17:37

We have heating kick in usually around 17.5 degrees and let it get to around 20.5 - those few degrees seem to make a big difference to comfort. Just interested what others keep their heating at?

OP posts:
HelpMeGetThrough · 22/11/2023 17:38

Its 22.5 in here at the moment and will be staying that way until bedtime, when I'll turn it down.

Twiglets1 · 22/11/2023 17:43

22

TwoBlueFish · 22/11/2023 17:44

18 to 19 usually during the day and 16 overnight

parkingsadness · 22/11/2023 17:44

21 in the morning and evenings. It's cooler in the day as heating isn't on, so if I wfh I wear layers.

Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 22/11/2023 17:45

18 - 20 degrees depending on time of day and activity level.

RantyAnty · 22/11/2023 17:45

I prefer it at 20 but have lived with people who think the house should be set to oven temp at 24.

Kettledodger · 22/11/2023 17:48

Kicks in at 18 and clicks off around 20.5 during the day and turn it down to 16 at night. It's yet to kick in at night

Hollyhead · 22/11/2023 17:52

13 overnight, 17–19 in the day.

GasPanic · 22/11/2023 17:58

I tend to just run the heating for 1 hour a day.

Some of the rooms get pretty cold, maybe down to 12-15, but I pretty much stay in 1 room during the day for work. That room normally doesn't go below 17.

At night after I put the heating on for an hour it gets up to about 20 and then slowly decreases back down to 12-15 or so over 24 hours.

I won't let it go below 10 because of frost protection.

It is also very dry, generally about 50% humidity. I think most people nowadays are starting to realise that it is not just about temperature but humidity as well.

To me a 50% RH and 17C feels a lot better than 70%RH and 20C. I never get condensation or mould inside even at low temperatures because the place is dried out by the dehumidifier.

I have stopped a lot of heat leak recently by rearranging the loft insulation after imaging with a thermal camera. It has made one of the rooms noticably warmer.

RavenT · 22/11/2023 18:22

12 overnight.

17 during the day, 18 from 3pm. Anything over gives me a headache. Heating goes off at 8.30.

Like a throw on the settee at this time of year.

Flossflower · 22/11/2023 18:25

HelpMeGetThrough · 22/11/2023 17:38

Its 22.5 in here at the moment and will be staying that way until bedtime, when I'll turn it down.

This is us exactly.

Scutterbug · 22/11/2023 18:28

18-19 here. Goes off overnight.

Grimmz · 22/11/2023 18:29

22.5 in the day and 19 overnight

Rocksonabeach · 22/11/2023 18:29

20 when we are in
until 9 pm and then it can drop to 13 overnight but we have electric blankets etc and lots of blankets and dogs

Hollytreenew · 22/11/2023 18:31

I don’t put the heating on very much! It is only me and I have an electric throw I use on the sofa. My living room is currently 13 degrees. The heating has a frost setting at 10. I do put it on if people come round though, I’m not that stingy!

Chickpea17 · 22/11/2023 18:31

18/19

NoTango · 22/11/2023 18:32

Morning and evening 18, daytime when no one is here the thermostat is set to 16.

susiedaisy1912 · 22/11/2023 18:32

To be warm and comfortable my house is 21-22.

Potaitapotartaproata · 22/11/2023 18:33

It was set to 13. Now comes on at 16 and we get to 17 max after school/work. Can't afford any higher.

AvengedQuince · 22/11/2023 18:34

I don't understand the two temps thing. It's set to 16, so comes on at 15, turns off at 16. It may actually get to 17 because of cooking.

mynameiscalypso · 22/11/2023 18:36

If I'm at home, especially WFH, I like it at about 22. It goes down to about 18 overnight.

RaininSummer · 22/11/2023 18:37

18 ish in evening and weekends if home and off overnight. 22 is way to hot for me

AuntieMarys · 22/11/2023 18:39

Heating only on 2 hours a day,usually 3-5pm.

ChickpeaPie · 22/11/2023 18:39

13 - 16. All rooms are set to different temperatures at different times.

LilithImpala67 · 22/11/2023 18:41

19 all the time, occasionally boost to 20 if it feels cold/damp.