What temperature do you keep your house?

If some rooms never warm up, it’s often heat loss rather than the thermostat. After 20 years, insulation and glazing can definitely be worth reviewing.

Ah, I see, Grandmabatty. Luckily, I don’t have other health issues, so far (am always worried I’ll develop them!) so I never need to think about my thyroid. I’ll count my blessings.

We have gas central heating but it is rarely on, if we feel cold we just put it on for an hour. We certainly don't have it on overnight ever and as I say rarely during the day. All the investment in insulation has certainly paid off. The only rooms heated are the bathrooms with underfloor heating, which is lovely.

Between 20 and 22 during the day and I turn it down to 14 during the night I live in a very old bungalow and keeping it warm helps keep away the dampness

Yes, I'm on thyroxine but have a number of health issues which all combined affect me and often I feel cold. It's a pain!

I frequently visit a friend and her husband, she has major health issues and is bedridden. Her husband keeps the house heated to 15 degrees, as it was when they were both out at work all day, 18 years ago! She’s warm in bed, he wears several thick jumpers. I wear at least two jumpers when I visit, but am usually almost shivering with cold when I go home. When I open my front door, a blast of warm air hits me - my house is at 20 degrees, no more than that.

Are you not on thyroxine, Grandmabatty? I’ve had an underactive thyroid for more than half my life and taken thyroxine all that time. It restores me to something like normal. 😂

I don't know what temperature my house is at, however I suffer from cold very badly because I have an underactive thyroid. Therefore my house is warm. The heating goes on in the morning and I'll switch it off once I'm warm enough.

I keep mine at 22C ...veering up occasionally to 23C. It's on constantly from early morning to bedtime.

I made myself a promise as a child that I'd never be cold in my own home again - as I was so often cold in my bedroom as a child (as my mother wouldn't allow any heating in it - cue for hugely distracted from my homework come colder weather, as I'd have to give up any attempt to focus on it much and go into the sitting room and where my mother always always had the tv on).

So I figure the house is only little anyway - 2 bedrooms, 1 kitchen, 1 reception room, 1 bathroom and I've done what I can to have a warm structure to it (it had cavity wall insulation when I bought it and I'm the one that added 12" of loft insulation and put a conservatory around an exterior door and changed the boiler to a modern-style one). I checked recently and the house was rated E (!) when I bought it and I went through the info. on how it should be rated now and it came to C and so that will do.

I shouldnt think anyone else ever feels cold in it - as I've throws draped around in the sitting room and no-one else ever uses them.

It's one of the things in my mind that I'd "think shame on myself for" if a guest was cold in my home.

We keep ours at 16, but do boost it if we feel really cold or have parents or grandchildren visiting. I have a heated blanket on my work and living room chair and there are other blanket in the living room as well.

We find 17 about right, cooler in the bedroom.

I prefer to breath cool air but have a warm body. The sitting room is 18 degrees from an electric heater. The rest of the house is 8 - 10 degrees. I wear 3 layers but am not sat still all day. I sleep covered in 2 duvets and have only closed the window since the temperatures dropped below zero.
We are all so different, I couldnt imagine living in a house at 25 degrees.

18c and I tend to use a gas stove in the living room instead of the central heating which is very effective. I wear layers when it’s really cold and have a heated throw for when I’m vegging on the sofa reading or watching TV. I don’t seem to feel the cold as much as I did when I was younger which is good.

"must say that I would be hot sweaty and uncomfortable were our thermostat set at 22, even if just sitting down quietly. I prefer an extra layer, to high heat".

I would be too warm as well MOnica, anything over about 18/19 is the not something I'd want. Starts to feel stuffy. 17 degrees at the moment and it's warm enough, even with the wind and rain beating on the window.
I went into my neighbours a couple weeks ago and nearly melted, they keep theirs set to at least 22 degrees all day and night.

No wonder I hate the heat in the summer.

unnecessary. 🤔
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Homestead62

I have an autoimmune condition which gives you a dodgy internal thermostat and I don't cope with cold at all. I don't like a warm bedroom so that is on a very low setting that never changes. The rest of the house can be between 20-22°during the day, at night, at the moment around 20-21° , it really depends on how cold we feel. One charity suggested anything lower than 18° can be rather dangerous for older people, so, in winter our heating is never below this setting. Hypothermia can just creep up on you.

My thermostat doesn't work well either so ours is set at between 20 and 21C but turn it lower if unnecessary.

Nor do I like extreme heat.

I would never complain to someone that their home was to hot or too cold. I would just make my excuses aand leave.

M0nica

I must say that I would be hot sweaty and uncomfortable were our thermostat set at 22, even if just sitting down quietly. I prefer an extra layer, to high heat.

I think each person has their own internal heat setting and the adjustments between internal and external heaat is not obvious. I feel the cold, but do not find a high house temperature comfortable because it is so hot.

Fair enough. I avoid visiting some friends and family in winter because their homes are too cold. No one ever came to my house and complained it was too hot.

I have an autoimmune condition which gives you a dodgy internal thermostat and I don't cope with cold at all. I don't like a warm bedroom so that is on a very low setting that never changes. The rest of the house can be between 20-22°during the day, at night, at the moment around 20-21° , it really depends on how cold we feel. One charity suggested anything lower than 18° can be rather dangerous for older people, so, in winter our heating is never below this setting. Hypothermia can just creep up on you.

I must say that I would be hot sweaty and uncomfortable were our thermostat set at 22, even if just sitting down quietly. I prefer an extra layer, to high heat.

I think each person has their own internal heat setting and the adjustments between internal and external heaat is not obvious. I feel the cold, but do not find a high house temperature comfortable because it is so hot.

Granmarderby10

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.

I agree- however last night I decided to turn down my control as I have saved money by keeping the heating on all the time. I turned it down to 20 degrees and that seems about right now.

16° overnight from 10.30 -though the heating rarely comes on.
18° from 7.30 when we get up.
Sometimes 20° in the evening from 7-10pm

My heating is on all day from 9 am to midnight. I hate being cold - my lungs need warmth. I do open the bedroom and kitchen windows for about 2 hours in the morning.
My bills are enornous, about £250 for gas and electric, per month.
I can’t remember when they last read the meters,

50 year old house 2 up 2 down . Open plan lounge . I have strung up a thick net curtain covered over with a king size sheet across the open plan stairs . I used to shiver in the lounge as the landing was super warm. Now with my curtain up it's much warmer . 8 yr old boiler ( combi) temp during the day 18 or 19 , after dark 20 or 21 . Thermostat turned down to 17 overnight, it stays off till dawn when I hear it click on . I did have £200 credit with Octopus energy but think that's probably in debit now . I'm paying £80 per month but will up it to £110 . Spent many years freezing growing up and tell myself I deserve to be warm

Our heating is usually about 19/20. We have gch now but in our last house had the new storage heaters - these were no more expensive to use than the gas is now and were a lot more controllable than the old type.