I think I need to put my heating on..

I have fibro & am menopausal My body seems permanently overheated. I've just started using a thin duvet at night & I'm in the frozen North! I love the sun & warm weather but am grateful I'm not in the south right now

If you are cold, certainly put the heating on. I had my electric blanket on last night.

We have our heating on at 19 degrees, just to take the chill off as it is quite a wet, chilly morning.

I never turn mine off, it’s controlled by a thermostat which is set to 18 degrees during the day and 19.5 for evenings. It’s been coming on occasionally for the past 2 months, and if I’m chilly ? at all I hit “boost” for a 30 minute warm!! I’ve also now put the thermostat in the coolest room as a bit of a cheat, lol ?
Put your heating on, if you can afford it it seems silly to be uncomfortable

Het some thick fleece lined socks. If your feet are warm it makes you feel warm. An extra cardie helps as well. I don't have central heating. My multifuel burner is my only heating so have learnt the best ways to keep warm. I also have lap quilts and a heated throw.

Put it on! I have been using my electric blanket for the passed week - bliss.

Love the doggie cartoon!

MawB
My son went on holiday to Finland, a cold country. They refer to the nights as "one dog night" or a "two dog night."

I’m with harrigran in the cold NE. The ‘young uns’ may be out half dressed in wine bars, but we oldies haven’t really had much of a Summer this year here. Heating’s clicked on and off quite frequently the past couple of weeks.

Definitely got mine on, nothing worse than being cold indoors

We live in a old granite cottage with tiny windows, no wall or floor insulation, very little roof insulation left (squirrels have had it we think), no central heating just range and wood burner. So, I'm in three layers at the moment and have had the fire going for nights now, DH moaned he was too warm last night! Off out soon to do more wood sawing. That will warm me up and build up the supply we get through by the wheelbarrow full.

Fortunately, we've almost finished building our new south facing house with masses of insulation, heat recovery system and big south windows.

It's been really cold all week here so the heating has only gone on at night, but hubby is bedridden so he feels the cold more. I only put it on through the day if he is cold, I just wear a jumper lol

I knew it had got chillier last night when I woke up to find 3 of our 4 cats on the bed! Luckily we don't feel the cold too much so no heating yet but I did find a cardigan.

Tish, do you have a microwave? A long heated wheat bag is just glorious around your neck!

I was sitting in the living room enjoying the cool, approx 18°, temperature. DH has come into the room to use the computer and immediately put the portable heater on (we don't have central heating) 15 minutes and I can feel myself getting uncomfortably warm. This is why I spend the winter wearing tee shirts and summer trousers indoors.

So sorry about that Tish is there a government scheme to help you out.
A lot of people are being helped in some way.
Ask CAB ,or if you are older, Age UK.

Our heating comes on depending on the thermostat and had come on during the evening once or twice this week. Ditto the heating in our caravan, which actually came on during some nights in July!

Very chilly here in Stockport this morning
I think it will be on ,low, for the foreseeable.

After being on furlough, I am now having to work from home but due to my employer NOT making my furloughed wage up to 100% for the last 6 months I cannot afford to put my heating on, am sitting at my desk fully clothed and with a thermal waistcoat, scarf, wool socks and sheepskin slippers on and a blanket wrapped round my legs I live on my own so have no one to share the bills with and if we are to work from home for the next 6 months, I am in Scotland, I don’t know how I will be able to afford to heat my home during the day as I would normally be in the office.

Our heating comes on when it drops cold enough, so this last couple of mornings it came on for a while. Yesterday, it dropped chilly over lunchtime so I put the fire on in the kitchen until I felt warm again.
If you are chilly, use your heating - that’s what it’s for. There’s no point in getting chilled which can lead on to you becoming ill.?

If it is hot I open a window, if it is cold I put the heating on. If it is raining I wear a mac, or take the car! I cannot understand why some people feel virtuous in not putting the heating on when it gets chilly, or guilty if they do. Life is too short to be uncomfortable!

If the house feels cold then put the heating on.

We put ours on this morning for the first time.

There are no medals for making your own life miserable. If you're cold put on the heating.

Last week we had temperatures up to high 30s, today it's 10!! Yesterday there was snow 30cm deep.up in the mountains above us. Crazy year. So far have managed not to put any heat on. I am not sure I will be swimming in our unheated oil again this year, usually I keep going to mid October and thought I would reach the end of the month after this summer of very high temperatures.