Has anyone dared to turn their heating on yet?

No heating for me yet either , but look after my granddaughter twice a week so will have to make sure it’s not too cold for her.

Gabrielle, now that is a job I can get my teeth into. The summer to winter clothing turn around. I shall wait for a miserable day as it is a satisfying job of discovery

In the meantime I am here in a cotton top with elbow length sleeves, a camisole and a knee length linen skirt. No leg coverings. I am acclimatising, which will take 2-3 weeks bearing in mind my age. So far so good

I cannot see the summer to winter clothing turnround happening for some weeks, possibly not until well into October, the weather just isn't cold enough yet. Anymore than it is cold enough for the heating to come on.

Still summer as far as I am concerned.

Not yet, but I can feel it coming. Our house is over 100 years old. So no wall

Oh dear, don’t know what happened there. Put my phone down to have a cup of tea. ?
No wall insulation. If the house gets too cold it just holds onto it.
We have got a log burner, and a shed full of wood. So that might be the answer.

We were both freezing at lunchtime, so on went the heating. The day is very grey with a cold wind, we are in Bucks and not the north of Scotland. I was out in the garden earlier and the tomatoes were looking very unhappy, I will have to pick them all as it really feels like there will be a frost.

No heating on here yet. We don't tend to put it on until November unless it gets very cold

On the edge of Dartmoor we put ours on yesterday, but it only clicked in for 45 minutes total.

No heating on yet, but I’m wearing a thermal vest under my top. I have to wear arthritis gloves quite often in colder and damper weather. I feel the cold much more than Mr.B so I tend to layer up.

Just given in!
I’m waiting on a log delivery, if I’d had some logs, I would have held out for longer.

The heating isn’t yet in use (the thermostat will bring it on if it gets very chilly) but we did use the electric blanket the other night, and I got my wool throw out.

No heating, we went to a quiz night earlier, in a marquee. I had long sleeved t shirt tucked into jeans, heavy cardi and a fleece, fingerless gloves, socks with trainers. No Raynauds blue fingers, very toasty. MrJ, short sleeves shirt and a jumper, he rarely feels the cold.

Saggi

Go to bed early now … my husband has now been transferred to a care home as I can’t look after him with altzheimers anymore…..I’ve done it for 26 years! So I just wrap up warmer, and when I get too cold ….go to bed! His care bill is £1000 a month so can’t afford heating anymore!

You should not be using your money to pay your husbands bills. In a financial assessment, they only count your husbands savings or half the joint ones, his SP and half any company pension. The house is not counted if you live in it.

Your pensions are for your use, along with your share of any savings and company pension.

I know how expensive care homes are as my mum was in one for two years until she died recently.

can you tell me what is an ok fairly comfy temperature for all day downstairs, bearing in mind sensible warm clothes. I don`t mean warm but comfortable enough

My downstairs is now 21, so down degree by degree. I do think I am acclimatising somewhat but 21 is starting to feel cooler. A degree does make a difference. I have my digital thermostats on all downstairs, except utility, at 18 and am thinking that 19 would be more tolerable

I am bearing in mind that we have the extra financial grants this year. I also bear in mind that every little helps in the bigger picture of keeping the lights on in the uk this winter

We have just started our underfloor heating which increases gradually from one hour a day for 20 days. The tiles which have kept the ground floor cool all summer felt slightly less cool this morning. We have also had the reversible heating unit on downstairs first thing in the morning (5° outside) and the bathroom radiators on 20°. DH has severe arthritis pain and needs to keep warm.

karmalady

Gabrielle, now that is a job I can get my teeth into. The summer to winter clothing turn around. I shall wait for a miserable day as it is a satisfying job of discovery

In the meantime I am here in a cotton top with elbow length sleeves, a camisole and a knee length linen skirt. No leg coverings. I am acclimatising, which will take 2-3 weeks bearing in mind my age. So far so good

I love that!
I “discover” things I had forgotten I had, look forward to wearing most of them again but also take the opportunity to cull those which give me no particular pleasure!
Charity shop here I come!
As to this week, jeans, shirt and a lightweight jumper or else a lighter but long sleeved jersey top. Ooh, I can feel a cardi coming on ?

I agree, this turnaround is also a culling time maw. I have a good winter coat that will be going, not tried it on yet but it will have grown too big for me never liked the colour on me tbh and worn it only twice. Mentally nice to pass it on as it is very warm

I decided on 19 underfloor and I shall see how it goes. I can drop half a degree at a time if 19 is tolerable. It is set as on but not kicked in yet, I should think it will in early october

I weakened yesterday as it was so chilly sitting late afternoon.
It is a nice Autumn day here today and it clicked off easier than the set time.
Just twice a day at the moment.
I received an email from EDF, my supplier, yesterday with the forecast for the year based on last years use and taking October’s rise into account.
It was just short of £3,100.

I have this last week, although I put it on first thing in the morning, while I go for a brisk half hour walk. When I get back, I then turn it off. It's just to get rid of that really chilly 'bite'. When I'm back in the house I'm usually warm enough from the walk to manage without the heating and then, in the evening, I put a chunky cardi on and I warm up a couple of wheat bags when I go to bed. This is the first year that i've noticed I can't tolerate the cold as I used to. I'm really dreading the REAL winter weather and they reckon it's going to be a long winter this year.

Yammy

Yes, it is so cold here in the frozen North west. Not all the time usually for the last hour in the evening this last week. The plinth heaters before we eat. I am getting like my mother and leave the cooker door open after it has been switched off. we are all oil no gas in the village so hope it will be priced capped in the mini-budget.

Blooming heck, I too am in the north west. But it’s nowhere near frozen! No heaters on here! Windows still open - and I was wearing shorts two days ago! Have had the electric blanket on low to warm the bed up a couple of times but that’s about it!

Oh dear, I too have weakened despite vowing to hold out until the end of the month.
I’ve put it on for an hour this evening, then it’s going off.
The spirit was willing but ..

Visitors this week-end, so we too have relented, It will come on tomorrow then kept on low and very low the week after when we go on our tour of Croatia.

Yammy Opening the oven door will not give you any heat gain. The heat from the oven is going to dissipate into the kitchen anyway as it cools, it is just a choice between a quick blast of heat over a short period or a more gentle flow of heat over a longer period.

I've put on a cardigan; it doesn't seem as chilly this evening as it was a few nights ago.

Not yet. We are genuinely warm. Himself is in a tee shirt and joggers. I’m in my softies (3/4 sleeve top) and bare feet. It’s mild today probably because it’s raining.