Is your heating ON or OFF?

Auntycaz

It was -4 here this morning with a thick frost, but with the wind chill it felt much colder so I've still not ventured to the shop, but I will have to brave the weather tomorrow as I've nearly run out of milk. The heating's been on non stop since this cold spell started, and its not helped that my neighbours have been away since the weekend as the heat seems to be escaping through the adjoining wall.I'm well wrapped up,  but my feet are the hardest part to keep warm.even though I have thick socks and slippers on. Stay safe and warm everyone .

Florenceem

No wind here so didn't feel too bad when I went out today.

Wednesday2000

I have the heating on for an hour. I wore tights without any socks yesterday and really noticed the difference. I have got out my Norwegian thermal socks and am wearing them now. I always have to have my neck warm and my feet to feel okay. 

Rosa_Damascena

I had it on this 8-11am and switched it off when the SMETS2 hit the £5 mark. 

PrincessMellie

I have rejoined the thrifty crew and taken on some more of @Primrose 's advice.

I won the curtain battle. Thermal curtains for the bedroom, living room, and a draft excluder for the front door (now, if I could only figure out how to stop the keyhole from being like a wind tunnel). Ordered on the internet, with cashback, and I got £115 worth of vouchers from work for the FlatPack Palace so that's cut the costs very much. 

I've also made myself wear two pairs of socks everyday (a thin pair and a thicker 'wooly' pair) and I keep a hat on. And a jumper at all times, plus a pair of leggings because I cannot justify spending £80 on a thermal set. 

weenancyinAmerica

@PrincessMellie - maybe you could make a keyhole cover that hangs over the door handles - It can be part of your holiday decoration. Felt would be good, especially if double thickness, to hang better. 

PrincessMellie

I think I might have to do this, or at the very least, peg a towel or something over the door handle. I'll see if my mother wants to have a go with some felt from an old coat or something. 

We had the heating up at 26 degrees this week because of the cold (my mother who lives with me is disabled and cannot get cold) but the heating bill will be astonomical if we raise it beyond 20 degrees. I won't take it any lower or we'll get more damp in the house but we must not raise it any more than 20. I will not allow anymore. Seeing people in this thread not go over 18 degrees is showing me the error of my ways. 

HouseMartin567

@PrincessMellie My thermal set came from Amazon for about £20. Bought about 14 months ago and washes up well.

The last few days I’ve been WFH so have been putting the heating on when I get up at 7am and turning it off about 8pm.  I’ve kept it to 17 degrees for all of that time - granted it takes a few hours to reach that temp. The smart meter has been settling at around £6 per day, but this also includes standing charge and normal electricity usage. Outdoor temps seem to be 10+ degrees for the next week so hopefully the heating system won’t need to work as hard to maintain temp and the bill will reduce slightly.

Auntycaz

I've got heavy rain and we have 48mph winds forecast to start in the next hour and to continue for the rest of the day but at least the temperature has finally got above zero degrees
.I still have my heating on though as the strong winds might cause a powercut and stop my gas central heating from working. I've filled a flask with boiling water just in case so at least I can have a hot drink if it does.( I have an electric cooker and no other way of heating water}
 @PrincessMellie I've just taken the key out of the door and covered the keyhole with parcel tape until I can find an alternative. Stay safe everyone.

YorksLass

@Auntycaz - I'm electric for cooking and gas for heating too so I'm off to fill a flask now, thanks for the prompt.  We had a text yesterday from Northern PowerGrid about potential power cuts.

My heating has been on almost all day this week but it does feel slightly milder today so I'll leave it on the timer and see how it goes.