Is your heating ON or OFF?

Primrose

I think when it comes to the issue of putting heating on, when you get older, it,s a matter of the feeling of "wellbeing" sitting in a room where you feel comfortable with the temperature.  Of course you can be a miser (and I often have been myself, wrapping myself in thick  blankets and sweaters,) but if yiu can afford the heating without breaking the bank, why make yourself miserable.  I suspect this winter, with Corvid still very much around, we will all need to give ourselves a little leeway to prevent us getting the "shut in miseries".

Spamtastic

It was noticeably colder in the house this morning: the first time below 20 degrees C for quite some time.  Our central heating remains off for now but I do have the winter duvets on standby!

Julie79

molerat said:

Torry_Quine said:

Julie79 said:

I've seen quite a few people have started to put theirs on already! 
I'm still going to hold off until November if possible. 
I have got the blankets and dressing gowns out ready along with slippers instead of flip flops. 

I wouldn't want their bills! 
No it will be some time yet for me too.

MrsM has put the heating a couple of times in the evening.  3 to 4 hours uses 1 unit of gas so about 30p, hardly going to break the bank and putting into perspective less than the cost of 1 cigarette.  I don't get what all the fuss about heating bills, costs me about £3 a day mid winter to have the heating on 24/7 and that is with an antique inefficient boiler.

£3 a day is a lot over a month though, my gas is £50ish a month and I don't want it to go over that if I can help it. 
We pay £96 a month dual fuel.
I do shop around to get th cheapest deals but we can't afford much more than that unfortunately. 

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It was freezing yesterday but I resisted and never put the heating on. Instead I put my old supermarket uniform fleece jacket on which I never handed back when I left last year. It's very cosy.

molerat

Julie79 said:

molerat said:

Torry_Quine said:

Julie79 said:

I've seen quite a few people have started to put theirs on already! 
I'm still going to hold off until November if possible. 
I have got the blankets and dressing gowns out ready along with slippers instead of flip flops. 

I wouldn't want their bills! 
No it will be some time yet for me too.

MrsM has put the heating a couple of times in the evening.  3 to 4 hours uses 1 unit of gas so about 30p, hardly going to break the bank and putting into perspective less than the cost of 1 cigarette.  I don't get what all the fuss about heating bills, costs me about £3 a day mid winter to have the heating on 24/7 and that is with an antique inefficient boiler.

£3 a day is a lot over a month though, my gas is £50ish a month and I don't want it to go over that if I can help it. 
We pay £96 a month dual fuel.
I do shop around to get th cheapest deals but we can't afford much more than that unfortunately. 

But that is only in winter.  My gas bill varies from £15 to £90 depending on season, my dual fuel bill is £83 per month.

Torry_Quine

molerat said:

Torry_Quine said:

Julie79 said:

I've seen quite a few people have started to put theirs on already! 
I'm still going to hold off until November if possible. 
I have got the blankets and dressing gowns out ready along with slippers instead of flip flops. 

I wouldn't want their bills! 
No it will be some time yet for me too.

MrsM has put the heating a couple of times in the evening.  3 to 4 hours uses 1 unit of gas so about 30p, hardly going to break the bank and putting into perspective less than the cost of 1 cigarette.  I don't get what all the fuss about heating bills, costs me about £3 a day mid winter to have the heating on 24/7 and that is with an antique inefficient boiler.

That soon adds up. I do put my heating on when I need it but it's never been before the end of October and I'm in North East Scotland.

Torry_Quine

Primrose said:

I think when it comes to the issue of putting heating on, when you get older, it,s a matter of the feeling of "wellbeing" sitting in a room where you feel comfortable with the temperature.  Of course you can be a miser (and I often have been myself, wrapping myself in thick  blankets and sweaters,) but if yiu can afford the heating without breaking the bank, why make yourself miserable.  I suspect this winter, with Corvid still very much around, we will all need to give ourselves a little leeway to prevent us getting the "shut in miseries".

My elderly relative has Renaud's so does feel the cold more. They were several layers before the heating goes on.

DayDreamerandGeneralWaster

I try ro hold until the temperature outside drops below 10 degrees. However it's been such a sudden change l'm during her with the layers and a blanket on, in the south east!

missychrissy

I’ve been living in short sleeved t shirts for the last few weeks but I’ve donned a fleece for the last 3 days. I can feel autumn in the air. I’m off on holiday for a week tomorrow so def won’t have heating on. I try to get as far through Oct as poss without heating. I do have a wood burner so sometimes I might light it for a short time in the evening using wood I have collected for free and stored. I have been paying £73 a month for dual fuel to BG but it came up on my acc that I was paying too much and it has been dropped to just over £41 per month.

Rosa_Damascena

Torry_Quine said:

That soon adds up. I do put my heating on when I need it but it's never been before the end of October and I'm in North East Scotland.

Kudos!! But doesn't the North Sea breeze cut right through you?

I did notice a chill yesterday, end of August but it feels like autumn. Its wonderful walking weather, although the darkness when I finish work is less than wonderful. I did think I would use my fleece blanket under my 2x13.5 tog duvets last night but resisted.

The problem I have with the below is that its literally burning notes in front of my face. Same goes for smoking.
VVVV

molerat said:
MrsM has put the heating a couple of times in the evening.  3 to 4 hours uses 1 unit of gas so about 30p, hardly going to break the bank and putting into perspective less than the cost of 1 cigarette.  I don't get what all the fuss about heating bills, costs me about £3 a day mid winter to have the heating on 24/7 and that is with an antique inefficient boiler.