heating

Thermostat is set for 22 degrees in this house, I would freeze to death at 15 degrees...and if the heating isn't on for any reason and I start to feel chilly, when I look at the thermostat it's always 18 degrees, so that's obviously my limit when it comes to feeling cold..

Kitty, regarding thermostatic valves for your radiators, buy the best you can afford, my latest ones are Honeywell and so far all working well. After I moved here I had new thermostatic valves fitted on all but one radiator which already had one. I wasn't knowledgeable enough at the time to realise that there are some cheap ones around which fail after a season or so and these were what the plumber supplied. When they do fail, they prevent the radiator heating up, not something you want to happen mid-winter. I ended up having to replace them all in 2015 using a new plumber. So far all are working well. I hope this helps.

We don't have central heating, but do have a set routine of heating rooms in a sequence...electric fan in the bathroom while we shower and dress, electric ceramic panel in the kitchen while we breakfast, then gas fire in the living room if we are staying at home. OH feels the cold, but will happily sit watching TV with a blanket over his legs, a hot water bottle, mittens on his hands and a hat on his head. The hat is the key element; without it he complains constantly, even when the temperature is in the 20s. I can't stand the heat in there because I am dressed for the ambient temperature in the rest of the house as I potter. Half an hour before he goes to bed (at 9pm) I put the heater on in the bedroom, and once he is in bed with a fresh hot water bottle, I turn it off. I also turn off the heating in the living room and then settle down with the blanket and my hot water bottle to watch my choice of TV.

So much depends on your house. Modern well-insulated homes stay warm. Mine is old and draughty with insulation only in the roof space and, when the heating clicks off, the temperature immediately drops.
My thermostat is at 16, I can’t afford it any higher. I need it on most of the day now I’m old.

I have the age UK thermometer in my hand. 21 is the ideal temperature for the living room. 18 for the bedroom above 21 is warm and below 15 is cold. According to them 15 and below thickens blood and increases blood pressure which can be bad for your health.

We have oil fired central heating set at 18% . It is set to come on 2hr in the morning and 2 in the evening. We try to manage with that. However we have a very efficient log burner in the sitting rom . When that is lit and the door to the hall left open the heating does not come on, as the thermostat is in the hall. However the rest of the house is warmed also.

Set at 21c and on all day from 6.30 to 8.30.

DH has a heart condition and we keep to the recommended temperature. We also have the gas fire on in the sitting room during the times we are sat, during the colder days.

I can't sleep with heating on as asthmatic and the dry heat of central heating makes it worse. I do however have electric blanket on in bed. First thing in morning we switch on central heating at 21 degrees. If very cold we also put on gas fire in lounge. Sons get cold in loft extension so have oil radiators in room they leave on overnight as well as central heating during day. We are lucky we can afford to have heating on when we want to and I won't sit around cold.