What temp should the Thermostat be set at?

JoolzS

It completely depends on where your thermostat is sited and how it is calibrated. Find the setting on *your* thermostat where you are comfortable depending on what you are doing at the time. For sitting about watching TV mine has to be set at somewhere between 22 and 24 which seems quite high. However it virtually never, ever kicks in until it's at 18 except on the most bitter of days. It's only from reading websites over the years that I've come to discover that it must be about 3 or 4 degrees out from the actual temperature. It is sited in a fairly cold part of our flat - if I'd taken my plumbers advice about where to site it I'd have to have it up to about 28 because he wanted to put it directly above the biggest radiator we were having installed!

If I'm going to have a bath or shower then it goes up to 25 for about 15 minutes because our bathroom is absolutely freezing during the winter. This does, however, make the rest of the flat almost too hot - but it's worth it

Julie

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it depends if your body is acclimatised or not. Whatever suits you is the right temperature but try turning it down a bit at a time. Your body will get used to cooler conditions quite quickly and personally 18 is fine for me, not bad at 60. If I feel cool while sitting then I use a fleecy throw

notbritishgas

shelly wrote: »

I agree with tanith, depends on the individual. At 18 degrees I'd be shivering

I have ours set to 22, and if I can get away with it I turn it up until hubby notices :rotfl:

Are you by any chance my wife?

shelly

notbritishgas wrote: »

Are you by any chance my wife?

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

1carminestocky

notbritishgas wrote: »

Are you by any chance my wife?

:rotfl: Joking apart, and without wishing to expose myself as some sort of male chauvinist (which I most definitely am not!), IME it tends to be the female members of the population whio can't bear to be anything other than toasty warm. My wife is certainly much less 'resistant' to lower temperatures than either me or our 2 sons. In the past, before we decided to deprive the greedy utilities of as much cash as possible, it was entirely common for the 3 men in our house to be walking around in shorts and T shirt whilst my wife would be wrapped up in a throw on the sofa with 3 layers of clothing. Her feet are always like ice as well. Is the female form essentially badly designed? Having to sit on a cold toilet seat just to empty one's bladder, to me, seems like a massive oversight by their maker..:rotfl:

oldskoo1

Everything we read gearing up to our new arrival said the baby should be in rooms heated to 18d.

Our hall thermostat when set to 17 means all rooms are 18 when tested with thermometer. So we set it to 17 (actual 18 in rooms).

Some may find this too cool but to be honest once you have it running at this 24/7 its very comfortable. You don't get the thick air heat we used to get when heating to 21. But if you only have your heating on twice a day 18 would be too cold. Because we run 24/7 its a maintained heat throughout, i.e. no cold spots.