Putting the heating on-or not

I think some people regard it as a challenge. I know of one person who did not put hers on till the 1st November every year and was very sanctimonious about it!

I remember thinking to myself……WHY?

I put my heating on yesterday and a few other evenings previously. Having blue hands and feet and going to bed early is not my idea of a fun June but here we are wet and windy again today.

I live in Scotland. The heating will go on when I need it. However, the costs of energy are ridiculously high, so I understand if people are more cautious about putting it on when, technically, it should be warmer

Life is too short and even shorter with hypothermia!

I can understand wearing an extra layer or whatever, but if it’s that cold, just put the heating on.

I would put my heating on if needed but I haven’t felt it’s been cold for a while. So it’s 14* outside now but in the house it’s 18* that doesn’t feel cold to me so I won’t be putting my heating on.
If you feel the cold then I agree put it on but we all have differing ideas of what feels cold or not.

My heating works on a thermostat. If it drops below the set temperature, the radiators turn on. It was on full this morning 14th when I got up. It isn't on overnight, and it was so cold last night I got a hot pad for my feet so I could sleep

I put our heating on for a few hours yesterday, and I put my electric blanket on last night - ditto to both a few times lately!

Same here re thermostat. I did get my son to lower the base temperature of the thermostat ( I couldn’t seem to get it right, I am useless with gadgets). So the heating comes on if the temperature drops below that number. I don’t need to “ put the heating on”.
Yes, I do put extra layers on at times, but I am fortunate to be able to afford the heating bills and will not deprive myself of heating just to be “virtuous.”

We have hive so can regulate thermostats individually. They must be very confused as they should be having their simmer sleep but have been clicking on and off like mad.

Normally my thermostat is set to 18C all day, but I switch it off if I think it's not needed. At the moment it's needed, because it keeps dropping down to 17C which is a bit chilly. I dress warmly, but that's too low for me.

I agree it's ridiculous to go by the date which is meaningless when it comes to temperatures. I remember in the Midlands it was freezing cold and snowed on 2nd June 1975 and then four days later was a heatwave!

If the temperature drops below 21 then the heating automatically clicks on. If it happens to be June/july/ august, so be it.

We put it on if we want to.
Our trouble is, sometimes one does and one doesnt want it on, and vice versa.

We dont normally have it on during the day lately, but I did put it on yesterday. I had to unexpectedly go out. By the time I got back I was quite cold.

It does help that the latest lot of oil we bought, is quite a lot cheaper than previous lots.

My bedroom radiator came on by itself this morning. I was glad of it.

I've turned my heating on almost every evening this year, except for a few days in late May when it was in the 20's outside. I'm certainly no martyr to convention and I detest being cold.

Chestnut, it also snowed in Bristol on 2nd June 1975. It was only for a few hours but enough to settle on the ground. I remember it well.

I dress for the day rather than the season so if it’s jeans and jumper in June so be it!

My heating was switched on for the first time in 2 months yesterday as it was below 16 degrees in the conservatory and I won’t tolerate being cold in my own home!

My heating engineer came yesterday to do the annual boiler service. I had the heating on low for the first hour but turned the thermostat right down knowing he would need to work on it. He told me his wife was also complianing it was chilly and miserable. As soon as he left I turned it back on again. I put the heating on as needed. I have arthritis and feel physically ill if I am too cold.

I too detest being cold especially as I'm on blood thinners and jeans and jumpers it is for me too. If its cold I'm afraid the heating goes up. The older I get the more comfortable I want to be!

Athrawes

I too detest being cold especially as I'm on blood thinners and jeans and jumpers it is for me too. If its cold I'm afraid the heating goes up. The older I get the more comfortable I want to be!

Me too! The thermostat is set for 17° and it’s clicked on this morning.
I lit the wood burner yesterday afternoon and I won’t hesitate to do so again if I’m feeling cold (I am wearing three layer plus a padded gilet. In June. That is ludicrous 😵‍💫)

I think I must have an wonky body thermostat! T-shirt weather for me lol. No heating on here since the start of March, most days at least one window in the living room is open, often back door is too. Bedroom one is open all year. We don't have central heating, maybe that's why we don't feel the cold as much as people seem to these days, although my OH has a heater in his bedroom.
My Grandfather would never light the fire until November, he worked as a boiler stoker at an airbase so you would think he would feel the cold when he was away from there, but never seemed to.

Not the full CH, but a little electric fire in the living room.
Yesterday was SO cold here...
I hope not to use the CH until October.

Yes I haven't put my heating on just because it's June. I use my heated throw a lot, don't know how I managed without it!

We have underfloor heating , it’s great , but isn’t instantly responsive
I feel this in the bathroom , it faces east . When the heating is turned off , I keep the thermostat high there , but the rest low , it still isn’t warm in there when the thermostat in the other rooms is showing off , even though the bathroom one shows it’s working . Ok in the winter , thank good ness but not in the so called summer
Got a fill of oil yesterday , and the price is lower than last year fancythat

19 degrees sitting in the evening.
I have had to put heating on now and then, it depends on whether moving around or not. It feels chilly if below 17.5 for me in the day.