What temparature is your house?

DH has heart issues, and undoubtedly the temperature affects him detrimentally.

He gets very cold if the temperature goes below 21 and looks very pale. Likewise if he gets too hot he also goes very pale and feels unwell.

That is going to be a real issue for the elderly as they attempt to economise. Health outcomes are going to look poorer.

Mine is 19 degrees and set to come on 7 to 10 am and 4 to 9pm. I put it on again when it goes below 17. I don't put it on at night. When just sitting I often boost it as I hate being cold. I do wear thermals, with a jumper and cardigan.
The new fuel cost, plus increased Council Tax, is over 25% of my income. It's scary and I'm glad I have savings.

No idea. We don't have the heating on thermostats - in fact, we rarely have the heating on at all. Our house is always what most folk would consider 'freezing', but having grown up in it, I'm just used to it now. When I was young, we had ice on the inside of the windows as well as outside - thankfully we now have double glazing so that's a thing of the past. We have our wood burning stove in the living room, so that's the one room which is usually warm (in the evenings anyway, we don't light it until after dinner).

I would never cut down on heating to the extent that I felt cold. I would rather do without cakes/biscuits/crisps and treats. You can waste so much money on them. Ive never smoked and drink only one bottle of wine a week (shared with relative when he comes) and I dont order takeaways or run a car. I go out rarely and entertain little. Cant remember when I bought new clothes, So Im not going to be miserable and sit in a cold house.

The world must be warmer though blondiscot I don’t have double glazing and only have the same heat we had when I grew up but my windows never freeze up now

20 usually for us. I love my house warm as I’ve really bad asthma. I do still work and it’s freezing most of the time in my classroom. I plan to keep drought excluders etc in place during winter now this heating price thing has took off.

21° if DH is here - even then, he starts complaining it's too cold, but objects to wearing more than two layers of clothing.

If I'm alone for a few days, I lower it, and with that plus the fact that I waste far less hot water than he does, I use way less energy.

That reminds me - I secretly dropped it a degree this morning because the sun was shining in in and it felt really hot - I'd better turn it up again now before he notices, as its cooling down now that the sun has gone.

Currently 13.7 in the kitchen....I'm running around doing a big clean so not cold at all

I can’t bear being cold and at the moment I’m not very mobile . The thermostat is set at 19c and is on from 7-10pm . In the evenings I have a cosy rug to put over me . Upstairs the thermostat valves control the temp and are a bit lower . I have underfloor heating in my extension and it remains a constant 17 C . That is the only part of the that is well insulated , I do have double glazing but sanded floor boards and a draughty original front door. The plan this year is to have new flooring and really draught proof the front door . Don’t really want to change it but may have to .

That is 7am- 10pm !

It’s set for 21c through the whole house, which has been known to occasionally creep up to 22c when my DH is away…..I don’t know how that happens?

BlueBelle

The world must be warmer though blondiscot I don’t have double glazing and only have the same heat we had when I grew up but my windows never freeze up now

Maybe depends where you are - we have neighbours who don't have glazing and they still get ice on the inside of their windows in the winter.

I’m afraid I really can’t stand being cold, so the heating (timed), comes on when the temperature drops enough for it to kick in. I occasionally use the boost facility if it becomes really cold.
The problem is, that if your rooms are set at very low temperatures for lengthy periods, there is a risk to your overall health and well being. In addition, there could be other problems developing in a permanently cold house - damp and mould, which would become expensive to fix and also lead to health issues.
I really couldn’t stand living in a home that is permanently showing 12 to 13 degrees in the colder months.

Our target temperature is 19 degrees, if we get cold we increase it but not very often. 21 degrees would be too hot for us. The heating is programmed to go off at 10pm and only comes on overnight if it drops right down below the frost setting. The heating comes on at 7am for a couple of hours then back on again at 12:30pm. We have an electric fire in the lounge but very rarely switch it on.

My heating comes on at 7.00 am and goes off at 10.00pm, was set at 20 degrees last year but I turned it down to 19 degrees this winter and a couple of weeks ago I lowered it to 18 degrees. I give the heating a boost in the afternoon or evening if I am in, I use the nose test - if my nose is cold, I turn the heating up!

Over night it is set at 10 degrees but I don’t think it has ever come on.

I heat all the rooms in my house and leaves doors open allowing air to circulate as I had serious damp problems when I first moved in as the old boiler was not powerful enough for the number of radiators and took ages to heat up. My house ( three bed dormer bungalow) was build on marshy farm land. With a new boiler I added an extra radiator in the lounge as there is no fire in there and it never felt warm. It does not get any direct sun either. Now my house heats up really quickly and I no longer have damp problems so I am happy. And my visiting children no longer complain about being cold!

In the summer, I turn the thermostat down to 15 degrees but it never comes on until the autumn. I am on a fixed tariff so my dual energy bills have remained at £98 a month and won’t change until November. I’m thinking my bills will double then - or even worse but as I have very bad arthritis, heating is one area I cannot do without.

I just think you get used to the cold after a while...
I can't stand being too hot. If I'm in an overheated house, I start to feel ill.

I like to keep the thermostat at 18°c. but DH is a hot chap and turns it down to 16°, he also leaves every door in the house open! It drives me mad. I was taught to close the door behind me when I entered or left a room. When it's really cold we light the wood burner as we have a big living room with only one radiator.

. 18. On at 6.30 - 10 then 4 - 10

20c comes on 7.30am to 10pm turned off overnight.

Our central heating is on at a steady 18-19 degrees, but when it's particularly cold we put it up to 20-22.

We dress for the seasons. The thermostat is on 17-18 degrees during the day when we’re usually moving around, this is a warm bungalow and it’s rare for the heating to come on at that setting unless it’s very cold outside.

Once we sit down to relax the heating is increased to 19-20 if we feel cold. It’s never on over night as we don’t need it. Worsening arthritis and fibromyalgia make being cold very difficult for me, Mr C’s heart condition means he needs to be reasonably warm. Our current fixed rate tariff is affordable, next year frankly worries me.

Our heating goes on at 7.30 at 20 and goes off at 21.30. It doesn't mean the radiators are on all the time only when the temp drops. If it's very cold I increase downstairs to 21/22 for an hour or two. Heating is a priority for us we both have the cold and my arthritis is made much worse by being cold. We have been advised that leaving the heating on in this way is more cost effective than heating it up sporadically from being very cold. It is a new boiler and radiators with individual thermostats which we regulate according to room usage.

All rooms in our house have their own thermostat/ heaters.

Rooms are kept around 20 degrees. A little cooler during the day, a little warmer before bed. All have their own set programmable schedule.

If it happens to go below preset temp, heating turns on again until the room is where it should be.

In summer rooms are set the same, but heating very rarely comes on

18 degrees - 7-9.30am and 5.30-9pm. All radiators have thermostats, so occasionally boost them up

I am amazed as to how many people on here actually keep their heating on virtually all the time.

It that suits their life style and they can afford the bills then that is their choice.

I am fortunate that my flat is quite warm, very warm when the sun shines through the large windows. My heating has actually been switched off at thermostat for the past three weeks. In the evenings when I am watching tv, I have on my warm fleece dressing gown and a knitted throw. I note that even the temperature gauge rarely goes below 18*.

I detest any heating in bedrooms whilst I am trying to sleep. Went back into my normal short sleeved cotton nighties a few weeks back and only have on my bed a 4.5 tog duvet. I am very snug in bed.

However, when my daughter visits me, I always turn the heating on - at 20* - not just for her personal benefit, but otherwise I get a long lecture from her about the dangers of old people (like me) not noticing the cold etc. etc.