Have you got your heating on yet?

Luckygirl - I'm in the same position as you as husband is disabled and feels the cold. Happy to spending our Winter Fuel Payment and keep heating on all day while we are up and 24hrs in the real depth of winter but I have just bought a heated overthrow which he loves and hope I'll be able to keep the temperature at a lower level as I don't feel the cold so much - possibly because I always seem to be doing something or other!!

It’s warm here today, but sadly I’ve the heating on as I was halfway through painting the garden benches when the heavens opened. They’re blocking the hall now, next to a radiator, and I’m sweating cobs, as my DMIL used to say.

Its warm here.
When I left work I sat on the sea wall and watched people paddling, whilst I ate my icecream.

It's very hot here.
My neighbours have all their big windows open.

YES! It's just ticking over first thing in the morning and in the evening. I hate being cold

Miepl I ve never had central heating I have a big old ( quite cold) Victorian house and I could never warrant the price of central heating so it’s been gas fires in the two main rooms downstairs and nothing else but I ve never been used to heating in the bedroom, so it’s no big deal for me I get out of bed into the hot shower which gives me enough heat to get dressed by then downstairs and switch on the gas fire, instant heat and really that does me
My daughter has central heating but never has it above 16 and hasn’t switched it on yet They were all brought up without any heating so perhaps are more adaptable we used to scrape the ice off the bedroom windows we don’t do that now
Mableleaf my house isn’t the least bit damp or musty three storeys I open windows and air gets through its air more than heat that keeps a house in decent spirits I think lot of people have their houses too hot now adays and it’s not so healthy

A few evenings and a little while some mornings when I’ve felt cold. Turn the thermostat up as needed. Guess we’re lucky as it’s not too much of a worry.

Ours comes on automatically when the temperature drops below a certain level, so it has come on some mornings recently when the temperature has dropped.
I can't imagine only having a fire in one room and the rest of the house cold, but maybe that's just me as I can't stand being cold. I would also worry about the rest of the house getting damp and musty and the resulting cost of putting that right. ?

Lit the log burner the other evening, but not had central heating on yet.

We've had ours on for an hour in the evenings as DH doesn't like a cold bedroom. Our bedrooms face North East so don't benefit from the evening sun.

Yes ours has been on 2 hours in the morning and 2 in the evening. Supposed to be nice today, hope to sit out in the garden perhaps.

Miepl although like you, I don't like an over heated bedroom, don't you think you will miss a bit of heat in the mornings before you get out of bed? What about the bathroom?

I saw on the weather forecast that today will be 22 in the South ans 12 in the northern half of Scotland!! amazing to think it's all in one (relatively small) island.

We looked at last years electricity bill and decided that this year we would buy a fire for the lounge and turn off the central heating for good. Neither of us like heated bedrooms and its pointless heating the hall, so we've bought a fancy looking electric thing with a pretend logburner. We switched it on to test it and it put out loads of heat, so hope we have made the right decision. Time will tell!

Ours is on all year, but controlled by thermostat so it only comes on when temp drops below 21 degrees, whether that is June or January! House is well insulated, but have noticed the bathroom radiator has been on a couple of mornings lately. Do like warm dry towels!

Yes, we've had ours on and off as necessary. I do sometimes give it a nudge in the morning, as I do like a warm radiator for the towels. DH is a colder bod than me, so is often seen peering at the thermostat ?

No but it hardly ever goes on, maybe half a dozen times a year at most. My house is very well insulated and is more in need of air con than heating. That's my project for next year.

Only put it on for half an hour in the evening if it gets a bit chilly. Trying to keep this up until the heating is absolutely necessary.

A couple of hours most evenings for a week now but never in the mornings as it is not cold enough. I am adjusting the heating manually at present.

Yes. I only had it installed this summer and have been longing to use it.

We put it on to test one of the radiators yesterday, but turned it off after. This house is very well insulated so is not cold at the moment. We will get away with another few weeks yet I think.

Yes - it's been on a while. OH is very thin and not very mobile, so we need to keep him warm. I long ago resigned myself to the idea that our heating would cost a fortune. It is one of the things that I use the attendance allowance for.

We’ve been doing on/off manual overrides as it’s not been cold enough yet to have it on for long periods.

Mine is never off, it comes on when the temperature drops below 22.2.
It is so much easier to keep a house warm when the heating is ticking over than from cold.

DH has been eyeing up a box of matches for weeks now. He's longing to light the woodburner but I won't let him.