'Don't go by the calendar, go by these conditions in your house' – this is exactly when heating pros advise you to switch on the heating this fall

A bedroom with a large arched window and a radiator beneath it. A bed with cream and blue throw pillows on it in the foreground. .

As the days get shorter and colder, the question of when to switch the heating on begins to arise.

There is no one answer to suit us all, but our heating pros advise that instead of turning to the calendar, you should tune into certain conditions in your home instead.