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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Katrina Harper-Lewis

How Many Hours a Day Should Your Heating be on in Spring? The 'Goldilocks' Number That Will Keep Your Home Feeling Just Right in March

Black and white living room with red patterned chairs.

While there are signs of the green shoots of spring – trees are in bud and those rays of sun are starting to break through the clouds – there is still a bit of a chill in the air and, I for one, am not quite ready to keep my heating off all day yet. But how long should we really have our heating on in March to ensure that we hit that sweet spot of feeling warm enough and not throwing hundreds of dollars away on unnecessary heating?

If you've been following a winter heating schedule, the new season is the perfect time to start making adjustments, to ensure your home feels comfortable as the temperatures start to rise outdoors. How you do this will depend on a number of factors though, from how warm you and your family personally like to feel, to the style of your home and how well it holds the heat, as well as what kind of heating system you have, and the region you live in.

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