We went out onto the streets of Manchester to ask people on the street about their heating and what sort of temperature it has to reach outside for people to commit to turning it on.
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00:00Hello and welcome to Manchester World. My name is Theo Houston Betts and today I'm out in Manchester asking people about heating.
00:04And that's because, well, the weather in Manchester is very, very changeable.
00:08We had some lovely sun last week and today it is pouring it down.
00:11I have not worn appropriate clothing, if I'm being completely honest.
00:14So we want to know, is there a certain temperature people wait for or do they wait for a certain time of the year before they turn on the heating?
00:20Yeah, big jump for most of the year.
00:22It's only like, you know, once it gets proper, proper chilly, like Baltic, you know, November, December, that's when you stick it on.
00:28But like, you know, for now, I just, if I get a chill on, I'll set a big fleece on.
00:32Prior to my flat that I have now, no.
00:35But the flat that we have in Leeds now is very cold.
00:37So my heating is always on.
00:39So there's never a point where I turn it on, it's just, it's just always on now.
00:42I don't trip it on until it's literally, until it's like snow outside.
00:47I'm the classic dad, you know, when the thermometer goes.
00:50Yeah.
00:50And I'll say to the messer straight away, what have you done?
00:53I look at the smart meter and I go, hang on a minute, lads.
00:55Let's have a word with ourselves.
00:56There's a jumper there.
00:57Yeah, but it's true.