Is your heating ON or OFF?

HouseMartin567

It’s not the temperature outside that matters - it’s the temperature inside 😂 Thankfully still around 19 indoors here, although I have moved to jumper territory.

mrs_motivated

I’ve just put mine on for the first time, and set the thermostat at 18 degrees daytime and 15 degrees overnight. It feels nippy and there’s a cold wind outside today and I was out and about this morning so felt quite chilly when I got home.

sammy_kaye18

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82163898#Comment_82163898

We are currently at 18 indoors so still a way off of needing the GCH on yet. Thankfully Im also perimenopausal so thats keeping me toasty too!

spoonsmcgee

Started to put the heating on this week. It has been chillier a few days here. My heating is quite efficient as the house is well insulated so it takes no time for the place to heat up!

itsthelittlethings

Mum's heating is off as she's trying not to buy any logs until after her big holiday.

My heating will stay off for a while as I live in a south facing, well insulated block of flats with big glass windows. I think I shall put it on last week of October ready for the cold snap.

SuzeQStan

forecast is for a low of 3c from Friday so will start putting GHC on for an hour in morning on 16/10.

been having log fires in the evening for the last week or so and that warms up the open plan house pretty well.

There are electric underblankets for the beds and soft knitted caps to wear in bed once it gets really cold at night.

When winter cold hits properly (usually Jan/feb) the GHC goes on for one hour in morning, at noon and just before bed at night.

Total gas CH/DHW/cooking spend last few years has averaged £600 (largish detached 3 bed house) and in years past we source/process our own firewood for free so this system has worked well for us.

This year bit different as have a new firewood man several years after our last one left the business. Life got in the way so had to supplement this year with 4x ton bags of seasoned split hardwood logs this season at cost £65 per ton bag delivered. We’ve got the rest covered so anticipating total gas/firewood costs just under £900 for 2026/27 (octopus fixed gas 7p per kWh

Rosa_Damascena

I did feel a little chilly last night, but it was nothing that couldn't be solved with an extra layer.

@sammy_kaye18 - you're fortunate if able to maintain a steady temperature! Its no fun when the internal thermometer gets a midn of its own, don't underestimate how many years that will be.

@SuzeQStan - is your log fire a sealed system? I'm cutting back on my scented candle use now that I have realised the long-term impact on airways.

SuzeQStan

it’s not an open fire - log burner with glass door. But no - not a sealed system. I’ve seen those on utube - where the burner is located some distance from the house.

boultdj

I've had to give in and put the heating on, my hands were to cold to knit they just kept locking up. Still it is later than last years date, which is a win and both beds now have the warm bedding on.

Rosa_Damascena

It felt a bit nippy last night, nothing that a jumper and a thick dressing gown couln't resolve though.

Can I hang out until November?