I haven't had my central heating on since early May but I'm sat here freezing with a blanket round me. The kids are fine, Hannah is wrapped up fast asleep and Thomas is running about like a nutter so is generating his own heat. I'm too tight to stick the heating on for 1/2 an hour to warm myself up. Roll on september!

Just wondered if any of you are like me and refuse to put the heating on in the summer months no matter how cold I am (it's against my religion! although if I thought the kids were cold I would) or am I just tight?

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September! Are you mad!

We put our heating on around October/November... our house seems to stay pretty warm until then (watch that change this year though, lol!).

But, yes, I am the same and wouldnt put it on in the summer (unless Aimee needed it on, of course).

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This house just seems so blummin cold! Having though about it though we moved here a year ago in two weeks which is also the weekend I got pg with Hannah so up untill June I was always pg here and then we have had summer so I don't think I noticed how cold it is here until now It's blummin freezing!

LMAO @ October!! you southerners don't know ya born with your tropical weather!! you wanna come stay up here in the arctic conditions of Manchester for a while - it's baltic!!!

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I don't feel too bad at the moment although I did feel chilly last night. Simon is the same though, he refuses to put the heating on until October, even more so as we've just had a high bill come through

I actually put the heating on saturday i woke up so cold...

but yea ours normally goes on end of september x

My DH is a bit (lot) tight so he wont let us put ours on yet.

If it starts to get cold we'll light the fire, but we still have to get a fire guard!

i had mine on yesterday but only to dry the chuffing 2 loads of washing i had done and couldnt get dry! grrrrrrr

i was boiling since i have my in built central heating blasting out all the time!

i have to put mine on for 15 mins a day to keep my pressure from dropiing to low
dont think will be to long till mines back on , but im up in scottieland ,, mucho coldness here lol

Lol Debs... I forgot about you being up north!

Still makes me giggle when we met in Bham, Thomas and Hannah were dressed for winter and Aimee was in a little summer dress

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My dad use to be so strict with the heating! One in October of in April that's it no questions asked!
I on the other had will have it on in the middle of summer if I am cold! I pay my bills so only have myself to answer to!
I actually had the heating on in the car this morning as I was cold! Felt lovely!
I'd far rather be hot than cold!

I have shitty storage heaters that only go on at night which are crap but they wont change them for me im dreading when they have to come on as they been off a year and gonna stink for days

we have awful storage heating too - i still cant really work it. i have had the boost on a few times this summer, mostly for elijah when he has been having baths in the living room and things as our flat is quite draughty. our bedroom window latch has broken and is stuck open at the moment so it was really quite chilly last night but we managed with blankies

i think having come from a family who refuse to use heating and spending a childhood feeling cold (its a very prominent memory!) i am quite liberal with the heating and will be with elijah

Are you lot mad? Heating - put a jumper on!

I am married to a Yorkshire man who grew up in a house where snow didn't melt when it settled on the window sill inside the open window.

We have regular discussions about the temperature our thermostat is set to - I think 12-15 degrees is a bit cold

LMAO Gill - "put a jumper on" reminds me of my dad!! and I have to admit I am turning into him his favourite saying when we were kids was "LIGHT AND DOOR!!!" i.e. when we came into a room we had to turn off the light in the other room and shut the door to keep the heat in. It is a standing joke in our house now but it is ingrained into my brain its one of my pet hates now if I see lights left on in unoccupied rooms.

We never had any heating when we were kids apart from a small gas fire in the front room that was only allowed on in extreme conditions. I have memories of winter nights watching tv (only 4 channels ) with the sofa pulled up in front of the fire with a duvet wrapped round all 4 of us . It's funny when you read guidelines on how warm a babies room should be and what they should and shouldnt wear in bed - I remember going to bed in cardis and socks and picking icicles off the inside of my windows in the mornings and it didn't do me any harm whatsoever - well apart from making me a tight wad with the heating

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I am tight with the heating to! OH used to have it on constantly! I soon stopped that! Lol! Although this year heating will probs be off til bubs is born cause I am roasting constantly!!
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I am wearing a tshirt, a long sleeved summer jumper and a short sleeved summer jumper, and Im still frikin cold!

I was very tempted to put the heating on today

I slept with socks on last night

This house is ridiculous - stupidly hot upstairs in the summer, too cold in the winter, decrepit heating system that's either full whack or off and costs a fortune to run

I'm having to have the bedroom window open though at the minute or I can't breathe - which doesn't help with the chillyness

I won't put my heating on till november/december. I just have like a vest top, a short sleeve top, a long sleeve one and a jumper, socks and big slippers lol. then a duvet with me when im watching tv. I'm really tight and hate putting heating on.

I don't have a thing about putting the heating on in the so called "Spring/Summer" months. If i'm cold i'll put it on lol. But i've not really been that cold.

I did have the heating on this morning though, just in the kitchen to get the laundry dry.

I only have to put the kitchen one on and the heat rises right up through the house (kitchen's in the basement). I live in a old terrace back to back and it keeps cool in hot weather and warm in winter, might have something to do with the 3 neighbours on each side