What temperature is your thermostat?

elantan

mine doesnt work well it possibly does but it is situated at the top of my stairs ... the downstairs of my house is colder than a freezer so any cold draft blows up stairs hitting the thermostat and giving a wrong reading ... my house is always freezing anyway so ..... oh poor is me :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Rikki

Badger_Lady wrote: »

Mine's on 10. I don't need to be warm at home, I just need to not freeze

Mine is only been on 10 or 12 at the highest and only for an hour in the evening but not every night.

frugalqueen_2

Hi - I have a wood stove, pay for the wood up front and supplement it with scrounged pallets, left over wood and anything I can glean. I will not give the thieving so and so's any money for gas. There really isn't much choice, not much difference in price. It's a rigged cartel of a few companies who have us by the throat! When I'm retired, I'll install a wood cooker too so I can cook without paying the big companies. I pay a local supplier who works as a tree surgeon for wood, buy it green, chop it ourselves and store it for a year to season it ourselves. I pay £60 a lorry load for green wood and have just paid £100 for a tonne of seasoned wood for this winter. Next winter, I'll be burning my own, which we felled and the cheap green wood we bought this summer.

Catslovelycats

OK, call me thick ("thick!!") but could you make something clear please?
I've only lived in a house with GCH for a bit over a year and apart from when it was really cold last winter, I don't think my thermo is EVER over 15. Surely people whose thermo is at 21 or higher are in a house that's actually hot rather than just warm or not cold???
(I'm working on the basis that 68 is considered pleasantly warm for sitting on the beach....).
Please correct me if I'm worn gin any way!

Sepa74

:eek: sit on a beach when it's 20c? Are you CRAZY?! :eek: or just English?!

and now you'll embarrass me by telling me you're Scottish!!

Sorry, I'm Australian... that will have to be my excuse, lol

Well, this poll is really interesting and proves that it was a bit of a dud question because there are so many variables (most importantly thermostat location). I will just set mine at the temperature that keeps me comfortable while dressed warmly (no wandering around in t-shirts for me!!).

Thanks everyone!

HappyMJ

Sepa74 wrote: »

:eek: sit on a beach when it's 20c? Are you CRAZY?! :eek: or just English?!

and now you'll embarrass me by telling me you're Scottish!!

Sorry, I'm Australian... that will have to be my excuse, lol

Well, this poll is really interesting and proves that it was a bit of a dud question because there are so many variables (most importantly thermostat location). I will just set mine at the temperature that keeps me comfortable while dressed warmly (no wandering around in t-shirts for me!!).

Thanks everyone!

Sitting on a beach....not necessarily in a swimsuit and it is pleasantly warm. It's not hot and it's not for swimming.

Catslovelycats

I didn't mean sitting on the beach in a swim suit, but warm enough to sit in clothes and not be uncomfortable.
Today the sun is shining in my garden. I've been outside and it's pleasant. I wouldn't sit in it - without hugging a hot drink! Yes I have a long sleeved Tshirt and a cardigan on. Thermometer says it's 12.

I know heat and people's reactions to it are very variable, but to me, the idea of having the thermo on something over 15 seems odd. Why would someone want to do that, unless they like going around wearing Tshirts?
Genuine question, am not judging people's choices!

Catslovelycats

HappyMJ wrote: »

Sitting it's not for swimming.

Agreed!
I need it to be HOT before I would swim outside!
(No New Year's Day swimming in the channel for me!)

Hurdler

Sepa74 wrote: »

Well, it's that time of year when the heating is on, and I am trying to decide what temperature to set my thermostat. Do I set it low to save money but run the risk of finding myself shivering through the last episode of Holby City?

Or do I make it warm and watch that gas metre tick over faster?

I am opting for 18c / 64f at the moment, but I feel cold, even though 18 was fine last year. I'm tempted to move it up a notch or two, but am interested to know where everyone else's is set.

BIB made me chuckle.

I am making a point of setting mine at 18c when I am out of the house but I do find myself sometimes having to crank it up when I get back home, especially if it's a little later and it's been a stressy day.

But I have fleecy blankies that I am actually preferring to snuggle under and even if I do crank up the heating - I turn it down to 20c once the house has warmed up a little.

Sepa74

:shocked: Why anyone would sit on a beach without swimming? :shocked: