What temperature do you keep your house?

I don’t think 22 degrees is excessive, just comfortable if you aren’t active or cooking.
I’m find it incredible that those horrible electric storage heaters from 40 odd years ago are still in existence and are preventing people from controlling their own comfort in their homes.It is 2026 isn’t it? Just 😮
And-so much for modern controls.
I am thankful for my combi gas boiler, ordinary radiators and instant hot water. I have double glazing and carpeting, but no fire. I turn temperature up and down from a simple dial on landing and it responds instantly.

19 degrees here, comes on at 7.30 off at 9.30 then on again at 4.30 until 10.30. We've been switching it on around 2pm if we're cold 1990 house so keeps quite warm. Radiators all have thermostatic valves so can control heating in the rooms we're not using.

CH set at 21 comes on at 6:30 & goes lower at 19:30 (as I’m usually in a room with a gas fire by then.) It’s set not to drop below 15 at night but the last few mornings my bedroom has been 11 or 12 degrees. And that’s how I’ve discovered that although IT thinks it’s on the house doesn’t! Got back from chemo yesterday having checked the living room temperature remotely only to find that it hadn’t been on for possibly hours. It’s an old back boiler, a good 30 years old and has proved a reliable workhorse. Fingers crossed it can be coaxed to outlive its owner.

I must be the exception.. As my central heating thermostat is set at 22° .I control up or down if necessary but usually find 22° to be suitable. Clearly I am a cold person!

No idea. Hubby sets it to suit him. I'm in t shirts most of the time, he's in 3 layers of clothes

I too would be miserably cold going by some of the above temperatures; I cannot bear being cold.

Usual winter routine.is to turn thermostat up to 22° in the morning, keep it at that all day unless I go out then I turn it down to about 17°/18°. Similarly I turn it right down overnight.

Since this cold snap started end of last week I have set my thermostat to a constant 22°C day and night and it feels just right to me. Sometimes need a fleece in the evening. and I sleep well at night at that temperature. It seems to keep the house at a constant comfortable temperature. It is nice to wake up to a warm house.
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Underfloor heating - never switched off, as recommended. The open plan living area and hall are set at 22degrees, and the bedrooms at 18.

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I'm a cold sole so mine's 22%. I pay £180 per month all year so it builds up enough for the winter I hope. Open plan house so upstairs is often warm enough upstairs only two radiators up there and one is turned off. We do however live right on the edge of a nature reserve and nothing between us (UK based) and America so very cold winds.

At this time of year our heating is on at 22° from 6.30 till 10.30 then it's off all night. Heating is off and door closed for any rooms we don't use.

We live in a very old farmhouse. The kitchen is always very warm and is the hub of the house, kept cosy by a logburner. It's probably around 24 I'm here at the moment. We don't put the heating in for the rest of the house til about 5.30pm when we're likely to spend time in the sitting room watching TV or reading in the evening. It goes off about 9. It then stays off til 5.30 next afternoon unless we're about a lot in the day. It was a surprise to me that some people have central heating on all day! I've lead a very sheltered life!

We have underfloor heating so the house is always warm the heat comes on at 6am for three hours and stays well into the 20s as I suffer from the cold.

I rarely put my central heating on, my house is very well insulated. I put it on @18° when the outside temperature is forecast -1°. I myself wear thin base layers under a top jumper and jeans. That keeps me cosy. When I'm sitting I always have a warm throw to hand for my lap. I love fresh air in the house so frequently have a door or window open, no matter the month!

20° for 2 and a half hours in morning, same for 2 hours mid afternoon and then from 6 pm to 10 pm. 16 year okd house with cavity wall insulation, double glazing. All radiators thermostatically controlled.
I have been away for two weeks over holidays and I too have noticed a higher reading for my current bill. I had a look at readings on Monday and will not look again until bill is due. Just have to accept where I live and the current weather do not lend themselves to a cheap bill.

17 down to around 12 at night

Our thermostat shows between 15 and 20, usually we have it warmer in the evening when we sit down more. I don’t think the central heating system could ever get it over 20 anyway! We live in quite a big house and it takes a lot of heating. Sadly, our boiler broke down one day before this current cold spell. It’s now fixed but it was quickly perishing. It’s surprising what we take for granted!

Commonly 19.5 - including at night as I’m asthma and can’t deal with cold air. Sometimes I put it up to 20.5.

Reading this, I am reminded why I do not live in the UK!

Heating "just right" at 18 degrees!

I don't own an indoor thermometor, so I don't know exactly what the room temperatures are, but they are no lower than 23-25 degrees.

I could not live in any of your houses, I keep my house at 25 all day and turn it down at night to around 18 depending on the weather. I can turn the radiators up and down as required but usually all the rooms I use are full on. I am sat still most of the day working from home and now my hands are cold.

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I am not sure everyone is moaning, but quite a lot are trying to create their own version of the John Cleese sketch with the six(?) Yorkshire men.

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I am not sure everyone is moaning, but quite a lot are trying to create their own version of the John Cleese sketch with the six(?) Yorkshire men.

Try living in a farmhouses 900 feet above sealevel no heating except a rayburn stove for cooking on no heating system. In 1963 I spent most of the winter trying to help water 90 milking cows plus the young stock. This involves smashing ice on ponds for them to have a drink. Good way of keeping warm. Why does everybody moan?

our heating is on whenever one of us gets up, usually 21,, at the moment the living room seems to take a long time to heat up
The heating's on all day, as O H has alzheimers and always feels cold,,,he sits beside the radiator with his gloves on,his hands are sore with arthritis, I turn it down an hour before we go to bed, so it's off all night.

We have Hive, with gas CH. It’s set for 18deg overnight, 22 early morning and evening and 20 during the day. We have thermostats so turn down the radiators in rooms not occupied. It’s easy to boost the day time temp via Hive - it’s on 22 today as it’s very cold here in Scotland plus Dh has a serious health issue and we also both had Shingles vaccines yesterday so are a bit off colour.

The last bill for our 4-bed house was £135.

I am arthritic and have hypothyroidism so I feel the cold very badly. I keep the downstairs temperature at about 21-22. However the only upstairs room that is heated is the bathroom. I find heating in the bedroom is too stuffy.