Heating on All Day, is Yours?

I only put mine on in the evening once my son and husband are home. I am just trying to not put mine on unless I have to.

Twice a day, once before school and once after they come home 2 hour in total.

We have ours on a timer so if it drops below a certain temperature it comes on - but if no one is in the house we don't bother

Heating? What's that?I don't have central heating at all! When winter hits ..er that's Feb/March I put my electric heater on for a few hours occasionally to warm the room a little. Off to buy an oodie from Primark for less than a score on Saturday.

I try and not put my heating on until the husband I home from work in the evening. I keep warm with an electric blanket and those oversized hoodies that are popular at the moment. Keep your feet and hands warm and if necessary put on a hat. It all helps keep you warm. I try and have a warm breakfast and lunch now as I find that helps e.g porridge, soup, or beans. It doesn’t have to be expensive food just something warm. I also drink more hot tea as this helps. I now have blankets sitting on the chairs so anyone cold can put one over them to help keep the cold out

Not had ours on yet. Not particularly feeling the cold yet tbh. Luckily Im from the North East so we don't . Honestly Iv just been wearing long sleeves & thick cardi indoors throughout the day. Blankets on sofas in evenings are still perfectly fine. We will avoid putting heating on for as long as possible. I refuse to pay these extortionate prices anymore than is essential. Thankfully we don't have kids in our house or elderly otherwise I would probably think differently

40 minutes in the morning and 1.5 hours on a night, 3 x on weekend. thats Just to take chill of stop the damp. If it gets colder I’ll put on more..

THANKS FOR YOUR REPLIES. GOSH YOU’RE A HARDY LOT

We are having half an hour in the morning and 2 1/2 hours in the evening. Not doing to bad, just layers and hot water bottles.

No we've still got ours off at the moment although I do think we will have to turn it on sometime soon as its certainly got colder recently.

I don't use the heating yet as I think its the first day its gone down to 12 degrees here and my house is very well insulated so it takes a day or two to adjust to the outside temperature. I start wearing more clothes before I think about putting heating on. I can tell when it gets colder though as my cat moves from the bottom of the bed at night to right up next to me.

Noticeably colder where I am today, up until now just had heating on for a few hours each evening , probably put it on for a few hours in the morning now also, as there is nobody at home during the day most days no point having it on all day.

I still haven’t put mine on yet, but I light the fire to heat the living room and open all the doors

Not had the heating on yet, my teenage daughter has a little heater for her room my son doesn't really feel the cold, he still walks around in shorts I'm ok with my oodie x

I have not had the heating on at all yet. Mainly because the lounge rad needs replacing and cannot be used. Plumber's coming next week so no point heating upstairs and diner when I spend all evening on the couch in lounge. I have no problem wrapping up, blanket over me and yes I am happy to wear gloves indoors, why not? Mine are a gift from last Christmas and the forefinger and thumb have special tips which means I can use my tablet and phone with them on.

I didn't have central heating as a child so doubt it will harm me now.

I'm currently working from home, as I've been fairly ill the last couple of years. I'm finding heat changes affects my breathing badly and brings on some of my symptoms.

We've also got a lot of animals, including insects, that need a decent room temperature, so we need our heating on (some have their own heaters)

We do use blankets and things for ourselves and have the heating set to come on twice/three times a day but only if it falls below a certain temperature (which is wise to stop your pipes freezing too)

I try and have the heating really low, but sometimes for my health it isn't the best option.

No way am I turning on my gas central heating until I feel it is really, really cold and it will be for only an hour maybe 2-3 times per week.

Much as I'd like to turn it on, nope, I won't. Gotta make do with coats, blankets, socks, robes, etc.

It's going to be an expensive winter if people can't handle or simply don't want to with less than desirable conditions.

I’m not going to let my husband read all your replies Ashe would agree with the majority of you. I’m having the heating on, the thermostat is lower at 20 and I’m still cold.

Not going on yet. As soon as I feel cold I do something to get warm, this could be Zumba, Wii or later in the evening I find putting my pjs on and snuggling under a blanket works.

A few times through the day. Morning to take the chill off when needed but I don't think it's been anywhere near as cold as it should be this time of year.

If you are trying to lose weight forcing the body to heat itself burns calories. So try to keep the ambient temperature a little lower than normal and allow your body to burn some calories. I think 18-20 degrees is normal so perhaps 16 degrees? Just to give the body a little work to do, you can burn up to 400 calories an hour if very cold but it can make you feel fatigued as you are using your glycogen at a high rate so less energy for general tasks and moving about. By allowing yourself to get a little cold you increase your metabolism so it can have a positive health effect if your body is forced to keep to a high metabolism due to a low temperature. The body was never designed to have a stable and warm environment temperature all the time so its good to give it some variety in temperatures. As you get older the ability for the body to heat itself reduces a lot though.

My heating has not gone on yet, and only just put a duvet in the duvet cover. Window in bedroom is still wide open. Having said that sitting here now the tip of my nose is a little chilly.

Heating has always been a choice for the household budget . Unfortunately it has now become a very expensive choice !

We must understand our energy consumption , which means we must know our energy costs -scrutinise your energy bills , experiment with 1 or 2 degrees lower on your thermostat or turning off altogether . Only then can you understand what it means to your particular circumstances .

My heart bleeds for those who cannot afford to heat at all (and there are many) . I have power meters to check everything and submit my meter readings weekly to work out how much difference minor adjustments make .

I’m managing without. I’ve got thermals on, and if it’s a bit nippier than usual, I’ll put the hat on. I’m happy to do more exercise just to raise the body temp

We have a wood burner and live in an old cottage. We also have a back boiler so if the fire doesn’t go on we have no hot water so even in the summer we have it on. I still have my summer bedding on as I’m menapausal so constantly boiling the instant anything touched me. Might have to move my bed out to the garden

I succumbed and put my heating on last night for an hour, it had got to cold.

We succumbed last night too tho having checked metre this morning & seen it cost over £6 for just under 3.5 hours heating. Stuff that! We'll be sticking to layers. I refuse to pay that.

We have oil for heating but it still takes electricity to use the boiler. As we are home all day and don't like to be cold we have had the heating on.

I don't know if anyone else uses oil but our oil bill trebbled this year (compared to the price one year ago) and hasn't come down much since then so our tank now costs £1,400 to fill instead of being under £500. The government have stated that they are going to give oil heating households £100 towards this trebbling of costs! How generous.....

Will your tank last all winter or just a couple of months?