What temperature do you keep your house?

My old house has no double glazing, no insulation apart from the roof space (where there’s nothing under the slates), terrible draughts from old sash windows.
I used to keep the thermostat at 15 all day in winter but now need it up to 17. When the heating goes off the indoor temperature drops immediately. I have never had heat on at night and am never cold in bed.
But I dream of nasty plastic windows instead of period features!

It’s more cost effective to have the heating set to on all day rather than turning it off and on as it has to work harder that way to warm the house up again.
Each radiator having its own thermostat is the way to go.

I keep the Hive thermostat in the living room at 18 from 7am until 9.30pm. The living room is just right and the chill is kept off in all other rooms.
The smart meter registers around £7.50 a day.

Set at 16.5 during most of the day, up to 18 max in the evening, keep on at 15 degrees overnight.

I'll put it up if I need it, to 17.5 probably will if it remains around freezing outside. I dont have thermostats on radiators, I wish I did, I could save more.
I've had a non active morning, but I am wearing what is now standard for a day in: thick fleece trousers, warm socks, a light thermal top, and key - a big thick but lightweight fleece garment that goes down to my mid calves with a hood.

Like this but longer, pretty colours,

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Small house, 2 bedrooms: the living room is unfortunately the coolest room, so in the evenings if sitting, a HWB and a duvet.
Gas/Electric use - about £110 pcm.

Our heating goes on from 7 am to 9.30 am and then from 4.30 pm to 10 pm. When the weather is very cold we boost it as necessary during the day using the Hive app. Today it is on at 21 at moment as we are sitting about and feeling cold. I have a fleecy throw as well over my legs and feet. I do feel the cold badly unless I keep moving

There are several similar threads but I'll repeat mine here.
Last year I set the heating to come on twice a day, morning and evening and not at night.

This year I thought I'd see if it made a difference keeping it a constant temperature, including at night time.

I was very surprised to find this has saved me money! The house is now around 21-22 degrees throughout the house all day and night, but I sleep well despite fleecy jamas and a winter quilt.

I don't tolerate the cold and haven't been plagued this year by my usual health issues.

My boiler is only a few years old though, so must be very efficient.

I don't understand this reluctance to keep warm- it's winter for heaven's sake and you don't get medals for being cold all day...I agree some of the temps posted here are way too cold.

merlotgran

^There was a similar thread on mumsnet where someone said they keep their whole house at 25 day and night!!^

I would find it impossible to sleep if my bedroom was that hot. I have my thermostat set to 18 and increase it manually if needed. The heating comes on twice a day and goes off at 8.30pm. The gas fire in my lounge will keep me warm if necessary for watching TV but I prefer to sleep in a cool or even cold bedroom, so long as the electric blanket has been on and my bed is warm and snuggly.

I'd not be able to sleep with heat on, fires slowly fade.

When we had a boiler we set it at 20-22. Fire suits us better.

Nandalot

We feel the cold so hall thermostat is set to 21 degrees. However, we have radiator thermostats in all the other rooms so can keep bedrooms etc. cooler.

Ditto.

Whitewavemark2

21c 7am -9pm.

Off at night when the house temperature drops to about 18c by morning.

My bill for gas and electric is £147 pm at the moment.

The same except it goes off at 10pm and I ease the thermostat down by half a degree a time if we're too warm.

The radiators all have thermostats and those in the bedrooms are on the lowest setting or just above.

We feel the cold so hall thermostat is set to 21 degrees. However, we have radiator thermostats in all the other rooms so can keep bedrooms etc. cooler.

19.5° from 4am. It needs the early warming up time as the system heats up up ultra slow. Then off from 4pm-7pm as this is our expensive tariff and 19.5° again from 7-10pm. The thermostat is in the kitchen, the coldest room in the house. I have a heated throw if needed for the evening but often just have it on me, its so lovely and warm without needing to turn it on

There was a similar thread on mumsnet where someone said they keep their whole house at 25 day and night!!

I would find it impossible to sleep if my bedroom was that hot. I have my thermostat set to 18 and increase it manually if needed. The heating comes on twice a day and goes off at 8.30pm. The gas fire in my lounge will keep me warm if necessary for watching TV but I prefer to sleep in a cool or even cold bedroom, so long as the electric blanket has been on and my bed is warm and snuggly.

Ours on x2 a day at 20° on at 0650 - 0930.. Then 1600-2100.

When I awoke at 4.40 the temperature was under 12. My smart meter has broken and the company said they are still getting readings so no problem, call in a month if i want a replacement.

Just checked and it's 13C at the moment.

Just looked and the temperature indoors is 20.5. I had been reading the annual discussion about whether you are better to leave your heating on all the time on low or just as you need it.
As usual, there is never a definitive answer.

A lot depends on where your house is - in a sunny position or shaded. My lounge is currently flooded with lovely sunshine so we are very lucky. It also depends on how well insulated your home is and how effective your heating is.

My neighbour over the road keeps their heat on (oil) all the time on a low temperature but it never feels warm over there and they have big fleece tops on which we would only wear outside!

We have oil heating and have cavity wall insulation, well insulated loft and double glazing. We have the heating on timer from 7.30 am to 10.30 and it comes on again at 3.30 and is on until 10pm. If we need it on more, then we do so. Works for us anyway and our house is always around 20 degrees.

Mine is mostly kept at 21 degrees. As soon as this cold spell is over I'll reduce it to 20.
And, yes, I keep the thermostats on a low setting in rooms that aren't used much.
I don't keep the heating on overnight.

Heating comes on at 6 a.m and off at 10 p.m and set at 20, it’s an old and cold house.

The thermostat in the hallway is set at 23 - this means that if I want heat in a particular room I can just flick that radiator on and know that the boiler will fire up and send heat. I have a combi boiler and no tank - but it fires up every time you turn on a tap or a radiator.

I do not have radiators on in the rooms that I am not using, but when I turn a rad on it heats up very fast. For instance if I am in the kitchen diner working on the laptop/cooking/painting then the rad is on in there, but nothing in the living room. I turn this off when I settle in the living room in the evening during which I do allow the heat to go up to about 22 so that I am comfortable. But I wear lots of layers of course. I cannot do star jumps - I wish!

There was a similar thread on mumsnet where someone said they keep their whole house at 25 day and night!!

21 deg 7.00am - 10.00pm and no heating through the night, as it gets too hot to sleep.

Luckily we have thermostats on all our radiators, so those in rooms we are in at the time get turned up slightly, the others get turned down.

21 deg, from the time the first of us is up, until about 10 pm. No heating on at night - we’ve never felt the need.

My kitchen is at 21c ATM and I'm moving around cooking etc in between looking at my laptop, I also wouldn't like it to be any cooler but bedrooms are a different matter, I like my bed to be warm and cosy and the room to be a bit chilly.

Goodness, I would be utterly miserable living at some of the temperatures quoted above. My Nest thermostat is set to 15º midnight to 7am, 21º at all other times unless I feel cold and increase it by half or one degree. It's a small house, all the rooms are in use so those temperatures apply throughout.
If I'm away, as I have been recently, Nest is set to 16º 24/7 to prevent the place getting utterly bone-chillingly cold. I'll be home later today and have just used my phone to switch the Nest back to the normal schedule so it'll be lovely and warm when I get there. I love these conveniences!

Ours is set at 18 except overnight when it is on a frost free setting, if we feel cold we increase the target on the Hive to 19 or 19.5.