Time to turn the heating on?

absolutely bluebell .utterly ridiculous putting heating on mid September .still fairly warm and won’t need ours till November .17 isn’t cold anyway

We've just changed from a flimsy acrylic cellular blanket to a woollen one. It'll be a cold day with frost before the summer weight duvet comes out.

Remember when duvets first came on the scene. We were told that they keep you cool in summer, warm in winter (how did that work then?) So in 1976, the year of our wedding we got a feather/down 15tog duvet. We then discovered that the claims weren't true. We haven't used it since!

Carolest59

absolutely bluebell .utterly ridiculous putting heating on mid September .still fairly warm and won’t need ours till November .17 isn’t cold anyway

It’s not ‘utterly ridiculous’ for those in a different situation from you, whose health or physical make up means they need to be kept constantly warm.
Rather a dismissive and unnecessary attitude Carolest.

Sitting room thermostat says 18, but it feels chilly indoors. No heating yet, just warmer clothes. Yesterday, while sitting knitting, I put a hot water bottle behind my back!

For the first time I put a warm winter coat on when going for a walk in the park - it honestly felt much more like November than September. Very unusual for here.

Old age is amazing

Nooooo. I just layer up. Swap my Birkenstocks for my UGGs. I refuse to allow the energy companies to further fleece me, so rarely put my heating on. I take a perverse (& ridiculous) pride in this. In the last few years I've just put my heating on when I have guests.

I’ve done a couple of 1 hour bursts first thing to take the chill off and rooms, otherwise I’ve got my thermal vest on plus an electric gillet to keep my body warm and for the evenings I put my electric blanket on to read / watch tv, I hate being cold having been brought up in a house that was so cold the toilet pan froze over

Some people brag about not turning on their central heating until a certain date (whatever the weather) like they are winning some sort of competition and I fail to understand them. There comes a point in the autumn, no matter what the date is, when the house has a vague dampness to it and that is my trigger to turn on the radiators. I have lit the fire in my lounge once, the heat was lovely and it’s a comfort thing too.

Are we all feeling cold because we acclimatised to the hot weather which continued for so many weeks? The change in the last couple of weeks was sudden.

M0nica

Our heating is controlled by the clock and the thermostats so I never turn it on or off. I just leave it to get on with it.

Exactly. Let the thermostat do its job

Get a wee halogen heater lovely and toasty and just heats where you are. When it's really cold and heating has to go on I heat the house to take chill off for a few hours turn off central heating and put halogen on in living room.

It was 11 in Stoke on Saturday, I think that’s fairly nippy not me being a wuss!

LaCrepescule

I’ve cracked and put the heating on this morning because it was 17C downstairs. I’ll just warm the place up and turn it off until this evening and have it on again for a couple of hours. I can manage if it doesn’t fall below 18C and am getting a gas stove so I’ll be able to use that instead of the CH part of the time.
What’s your breaking point?

Mine went on yesterday for a while, but today it is on so far all day, that wind is very chilly. 16 in the house without heating. No thank you, I have an underachieve thyroid so am always cold, makes me feel really ill when all my extremities have gone white and I can't feel a thing.

Just back from a very uncomfortable hospital appointment. It’s blowing a hoolie, 48mph gusts, heavy showers hitting the windows. The external temperature is 15 degrees and apparently feels like 11 degrees. I came in feeling very cold, a reaction to the appointment as well as the temperature. The thermostat has been turned up from its usual 18 degrees and will stay that way until I feel better. It makes sense to us.

Well I put mine on today to test it worked ok as it’s a new (to me) house and it worked fine now I just need to figure out the settings and timings as the the man who lived here before has a completely different controller for upstairs to downstairs, why I have no idea.

I have a long way to go yet in terms of extra layers before I'll be using the heating. Sadly even with the winter fuel allowance I'll be struggling this year. I read yesterday that we may be getting another mini heatwave at the end of the month so lets hope so. As long as it isn't so hot that I need to use the fan I'll be a happy bunny!

Carolest59

absolutely bluebell .utterly ridiculous putting heating on mid September .still fairly warm and won’t need ours till November .17 isn’t cold anyway

😳 I happen to have heart failure, I feel the cold as does my DH who has several health conditions so I find your comment offensive.
I end up feeling ill if I get really cold and I refuse to delay putting on the heating as if it’s some sort of race to the bottom.
It’s 14° here today and the heating is on, thermostat set at 17°.

Our's has been on here and there for the past few days when needed.

Tell him the 2p a day it costs to run is a small price to pay to not get burgled because people think the house is empty.

Have no idea how that got posted on this thread 🤔 Haven't even read this one. Just ignore it

I’m in the North West and our temperatures have been 13 to 16 degrees today. I’m normally too hot but my DD and her husband have gone on holiday today so I won’t be putting the heating on till they can me back . I’d rather put a jumper on . I don’t know why I worry because they pay the bill !

Smileless2012

Our's has been on here and there for the past few days when needed.

Heating is when you need it or anyone you’re living with needs it that’s important, not whether others don’t.
Rules don’t always make sense for everyone.

We used to be really cold in school until October, until the HSR decreed that 16° was necessary for sedentary jobs.

So if you’re sedentary at home, by choice or obligation, it is sensible and economical to use throws or jumpers, but if you’re still cold, heating is a good idea and especially for shower or bath time.
It doesn’t matter if others don’t need it.

Mine is on a thermostat and came on for the first time this morning, but I turned it right off again, it doesn't seem cold enough for it yet.

M0nica

Our heating is controlled by the clock and the thermostats so I never turn it on or off. I just leave it to get on with it.

Me too, but I am a bit sneaky and when DH is not looking I turn the thermostat down.

Living in the very far north of Scotland the temperature has plummeted to 8 degrees this morning, from about 17 degrees last week! So cottage pretty cold and raining, heating went on for an hour to take the chill off and wood burner lit to stay cosy, would rather have waited until October but it's miserable being stuck inside and cold.