What temparature is your house?

At the moment our thermostat/control thingy says 15.5 - which is better than the last few very cold days, when it’s been 14.5 in the morning.
We’re not putting the heating on until around 3-3.30 lately, off at about 10. Target temp is 20.

I’m well wrapped up in layers, with my lovely sheepskin house boots on, and TBH it’s not bothered me so far. If I’m sitting for any length of time I’ll have a nice cosy throw on my lap and round my legs, though.

franbern you should listen to your daughter if you are elderly (I’m not elderly at 76?) and with health issues.

She is absolutely correct. This extreme rise in fuel costs and the inability for millions to pay, is going to kill without a doubt.

It works out cheaper to keep heating on all the time, just using the thermostat to regulate. Heating coming on and off all the time makes your boiler work harder, therefore wearing out quicker. It may be slightly less cost, but you’ve spent time trying to get the house warm again, so don’t benefit.

When I got married...my Uncle gave us two pieces of advice.

1. Never do business with family/ friends.
2. Keep your heating on all the time in the winter.

It’s all relative.

21 degrees by the thermostat and we sometimes light the woodburner. Neither of us like being cold. We've saved by starting the CH an hour later in the mornings and it's off overnight. We put two duvets on the bed if needed. It's a partially insulated solid walled house but the cost of comprehensive insulation just isn't worth the payback. Nor is installing a heat pump regardless of what the Greens say.

We always have our house a little cooler than most and if we feel the cold, we try adding an extra layer before we turn it up. I always boil in other people's houses. To be honest the worst thing is not the ambient temperature but the little draughts get me! I also think the trick is not to let yourself get too cold because it is harder to get warm again.
I don't wish to belittle the energy crisis at all but I do notice that a lot of the younger generation aren't wonderful about switching of lights, unplugging things, closing doors, baring their midriff, etc. I think there is a lot they could do to reduce the impact of the increased costs without cutting into their food money. We have all become so used to our home comforts that I think we have forgotten how the large parts of the world live. If there is anything positive about this, possibly having to use less energy could be better for the planet although I expect this is cold comfort with all the things that are increasing in price.

When we had our boiler replaced a couple of years ago, we had a smart thermostat installed. We keep the thermostat in the lounge, where we are most of the time during the day, set to 19.5 deg. 7am-10pm. The room faces south, so gets quite warm in the sun, but the heating automatically doesn’t come on unless it gets below the set temperature, so we don’t need to fiddle with it except if we are going away and don’t need it. You can even set it from a smart phone if you want so you can tell it to come on before you are back.

I also have arthritis and I don’t have my heating on and I use a electric throw so saves loads. I don’t have a upstairs I’m in a bungalow. I only have a walk in shower and have bath if stop in hotels etc

We have cool bedrooms and rarely put the heating on in them. The thermostat is set at 18 for the other areas and we feel warm enough. We put layers on, then take them off if necessary. Our house is almost 20 years old, an inner 4 bed townhouse so we do not lose heat each side. We are definitely keeping things on an even keel but refuse to be cold or hungry, other luxuries would go first such as eating out or new clothes.

We just heat the rooms we're in. We have convector and fan heaters (no central heating) and when we go into a room if it's cold we turn whatever heating device is in there on, then off when we leave the room. We have some of those heated throws and if I am going to be sitting on a sofa for a while I put that on instead of the heater.

18. I am comfortable with that. I live in a Victorian property but it's insulated as much as I can. Any hotter and yes I feel stifled.

I keep mine at 20c. It’s important to remember that temperatures under 16c can lead to hypothermia, and it’s not just body temperature that’s affected. Breathing in cold air is irritating to the respiratory system.

Mine’s set at 17 deg but I usually have my multi fuel stove on in the sitting room which airs the house through (Victorian 3 storey end terrace). If I’m in the kitchen at the back I’ll just put a little fan heater on for 10 mins. My dad has his set at 22 deg and I frequently have to go and stand outside - boiling jam temperature we call it ?

Thermostat set at 16 degrees C. I'm Scottish, so to me this is a tropical temperature.

Individual. Thermostats on each radiator. Adult daughter and partner live with us so they set the rooms they use to the temperature they like. I am a cold soul whilst watching tv so thermostat is up in out room but bedroom always on the cool side as there is always a window open. The house has three inches of insulation on the walls and double glazing throughout so we are fairly fuel efficient but heat by oil and a wood burner on chillier evenings. Wood from our own trees which save a couple of hundred a year.

Thermostat set at 17, down to 15 at night. We do have a gas fire in lounge So one room is nice and cosy

It’s like being a child again with only one coal fire to heat the whole house ?

18 during the day if we are at home, and off at night. It switches back on at 6:30am.

Bloomin’ cold - the electric storage Aga has, temporarily, died and the only other heating we have is 2 wood burners. At least I’m saving a fortune in electricity !!

No idea. I just have a multifuel burner. Up and down I think. I always have a double layer of clothes on so always keep warm... Take a layer off if I get too warm. Bit like when I was young. My bed has layers of patchwork quilts that I have made so always warm at night.

I have my home at around 15 degrees. My asthma can’t stand it warmer than that.
In the morning, I put it on at 20 degrees for 30 minutes to an hour.

Our house is slightly colder than we like right now, as we have turned the thermostats down.

The temperature is around 21 degrees centigrade, and neither of us can bear a lower temperature.

Here the accepted wisdom is that all rooms that are in use should be kept at the same temperature, so that the airflow between rooms is at a constant temperature.

We save by using the wood stove, and when it is on, the washing-up water is heated on it, and things like potatoes are brought to boil on the hob then transferred for the rest of their cooking time to the stove. I am seriously considering re-instating the hay box.

On electricity: only two electric lights on at any one time, and they are turned off on the days when the sun shines (today is overcast with a howling gale and rain, so the lights are on.) Dryer only used once a fortnight to dry bed clothes - everything else is either hung out in the dry days (still in the minority here) or hung to dry in the wash-house. No electric kitchen gadgets in use, apart from a kettle and the coffee grinder.

Brief showers three times weekly, with the water turned off while we soap or shampoo - this has been our practice for years to conserve water. Strip wash on intermediate days.

Washing up once daily, and used water used for cleaning kitchen bin, cat tray etc.

Mercifully, we don't run a car, so don't have to be concerned with rising petrol or diesel prices.

Restricting use of oven and one day a week dinner is a dish that only calls for one pot - stew or the like.

Trying to buy slightly cheaper or less food - but that is near impossible as food prices are rising.

Heating on 6.30 till 9.30 then off until 5.00 till 10.30. Set at 20deg. If it gets cold during day put on more clothes or wrap in blanket. Cannot get too cold or I stiffen up too much which hurts. If sunny great as can keep heating off but today grey & damp. So keep thinking I will put the heating on for an hour as well as the blanket! Had to take another very expensive Tariff as my old deal ended just as all the increases kicked in. 2 months ago increased to £70 per month dual tariff! Next payment on new tariff will be £170 per month! Havent worked out how to pay that & all my other bills! Even with all the help that I can get this is still unaffordable so will have heating on a lot less & a lot lower!

We only put the heating on when we get in late afternoon its on 20 degrees & it goes off at 10pm.

Firstly let me say I feel so sad for anyone who will be struggling to pay their bills shortly. However, surely to pay for heating to be on but so low that you’re still cold is far more of a waste of money than spending a little more and being comfortable? The idea of being outside at 13 degrees without lots of clothes on is for me unthinkable, so to live at that temperature inside would be awful/miserable

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2pm, currently 7 degrees indoors, went to -2 degrees last night and early this morning
No cash for oil at those inflated prices so no heating or hot water
Blankets are our best friends right now