Minimum Temperature for home

We’ve got smart TRVs in pretty much every room with different profiles for each. In general we set one of 3 different temperatures depending on anticipated room usage for any given time of day/week.

Rooms we don’t expect to use (spare bedrooms etc) are set to 16 with the door closed just to maintain some temperature

Rooms we expect to be in and out of (bathroom, kitchen) tend to be set to 18

Rooms that we are spending prolonged periods in are generally at 20.

Also bear in mind that with these temperatures being measured at the TRV the proximity to the radiators will mean they are probably higher than you’d see on a room stat.
 
kaiowas said:
We’ve got smart TRVs in pretty much every room with different profiles for each. In general we set one of 3 different temperatures depending on anticipated room usage for any given time of day/week.

Rooms we don’t expect to use (spare bedrooms etc) are set to 16 with the door closed just to maintain some temperature

Rooms we expect to be in and out of (bathroom, kitchen) tend to be set to 18

Rooms that we are spending prolonged periods in are generally at 20.

Also bear in mind that with these temperatures being measured at the TRV the proximity to the radiators will mean they are probably higher than you’d see on a room stat.
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I've got most rads with Smart TRVs myself.

Fairly similar, 16 degrees (was 15, found to be a tad too cold) for unused rooms, then 19 for other minor use rooms and 20 for the main living area, it's got open doorways between hall / kitchen / utility / dining area so that's pretty much one space.

I've still got 4 rads to control, the Tado ones we've been using are fairly good, they now sell separate temperature sensors so you can control the room using that value rather than the TRV since as you point out, depending on the location those can be a bit out..
 
Have the heating off overnight, then set to come on before we get up to bring temperature up to 17c. Tend to leave it at that during the day, then tweak it up manually for the evening, with shut down at 7pm.
 
On from 5.30 till 7 and then back on at 7.30 till 9, thermostat sat at 16c

Temperature at the moment is showing 11c but am still comfortable in shorts and vest.

If I start feeling the chill I stick on a hat.
 
10c at night and 17/18c morning and evening. We have a good stock of coal and wood so it doesn't come on for long or at all in the evening if the fire is going.
 
18.5 for the daytime and night (overnight drops off to 13) and comes back on in the morning.

I do agree with @robfosters having lived in a place that had expensive, inadequate heating and suffered damp. It played havoc with mental wellbeing and I never want to revisit again (fully appreciate many have no choice though). I would much rather heat my home and live/deal with the bills.

A cold house/flat can be so miserable and bad for your health.
 
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Yulaw said:
On from 5.30 till 7 and then back on at 7.30 till 9, thermostat sat at 16c

Temperature at the moment is showing 11c but am still comfortable in shorts and vest.

If I start feeling the chill I stick on a hat.
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So you sit indoors in 11 degrees in a vest, shorts and a hat?
 
We're all electric with storage heaters and with them on 70% during this cold snap we're maintaining 18-19c during the day downstairs.

Our bedroom is cooler. The OH has been taking a hot water bottle to bed, but recently started complaining about getting a cold face! I've put a little portable oil-filled radiator beside her side of the bed and she's happy, but our bedroom is really warm now and I'm getting a bit hot at night.
 
Heat the main room (our offices 0800-1700, living room and kitchen 1700-2200) to 21c and other rooms stay at 15.

Bathroom keeps warm due to towel rail
 
kaiowas said:
We’ve got smart TRVs in pretty much every room with different profiles for each. In general we set one of 3 different temperatures depending on anticipated room usage for any given time of day/week.

Rooms we don’t expect to use (spare bedrooms etc) are set to 16 with the door closed just to maintain some temperature

Rooms we expect to be in and out of (bathroom, kitchen) tend to be set to 18

Rooms that we are spending prolonged periods in are generally at 20.

Also bear in mind that with these temperatures being measured at the TRV the proximity to the radiators will mean they are probably higher than you’d see on a room stat.
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That's what we do too.
I offset them a bit due to being at the trv
 
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18°C from 07:30 until 22:00 using the gas CH. Set to 15°C over night, but doesn’t come on unless it’s very cold and the wind is blowing up against the dining room with the system thermostat in it.

We have a wood burner running in the evenings and this keeps the whole living room/dining room/kitchen area warm overnight.
 
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I hate the thought of sitting indoors wrapped up in thick jumpers, blankets and what not. I like to be loose and comfortable indoors. That means t shirt, shorts, loungewear etc.
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Yep. I want to be comfortable in my home. Not wrapped up like I'm living on the street, so ours is set to 23 Deg.
But were fortunate to be able to afford it. Some people aren't.
 
Currently the thermostat is set to 19 overnight, and 22 during the day. We're lucky to be on a cheap deal until March '24 so don't have to worry about it yet.
Even then we'll probably just carry on as normal and suck up the extra costs.
 
Folks on cheap deals/ able and willing to pay for it - are you considering the environmental side of things? Reducing demand has a monumental impact given how much is lost in transmission/creation.
 
Depends on the weather. Usually remote thermostat in the living room set at 17 and 19 for a few hours in the evening.

We have an odd shaped house though. Only 2 rooms downstairs. Built in garage. 4 rooms upstairs and a loft conversion. Open plan staircase. So heat rises. No rads on upstairs unless we’re drying washing.

Currently bringing remote thermostat upstairs at night. It’s dipping down to 14 some nights downstairs and the heating was constantly on, boiling us alive in bed.
 
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