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Original poster

to think 14 degrees when your in a warm bed with electric blanket is fine

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suzzieanneba46 · 05/03/2015 09:46

Sorry my dp is getting a pasting by me today...

Anyway in my old house this morning it was 14 degrees, but we weren't cold at all as had a thick wool dovet and an electric blanket. Was a bit nippy getting ready but I don't mind that, means I don't waste any time. I don't often use the oil boiler as it costs a lot and never really warms the place up. I have two log burners that I keep going so it was still 19 degrees in the lounge this morning.

Dp was saying it was too cold and not good for you. I have a dehumidifier constantly on so it is never damp.

Aibu to think this is just fine for a house?

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RakeMeHomeCountryToads · 05/03/2015 09:52

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marmaladegranny · 05/03/2015 09:54

Nothing wrong with that at all - you can always add a layer of clothing or bedding!
Plenty of us older MN members will remember waking up with ice on the inside of windows in the pre central heating days so 14 degrees is positively tropical….

SavoyCabbage · 05/03/2015 09:55

It's 11 degrees in our house in the winter. It's uncomfortable but we are not cold in bed because of warm blankets and electric blankets.

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CupidStuntSurvivor · 05/03/2015 10:00

I'm sort of with your DH but only in regards to getting ready in the morning. I'm quite happy with the room being cold while I'm under a duvet...supposedly we sleep better wrapped up warm in a cold room.

I couldn't get ready being that cold though, not while retaining any semblance of a good mood. Cold really gets to me. So I have the heating on for an hour between 6 and 7am to take the chill off.

EveBoswell · 05/03/2015 10:03

Bodies in the bedroom (I had to share with my sister) created warmth which created condensation on the windows but it was so cold outside that the windows were cold so the condensation froze inside. There was no double glazing then.

It was awful getting out of bed in those days but we had to to go to school or work. I think that the younger you are the less you feel the cold. We certainly didn't walk around the house with very little on as we do these days.

14 degrees? Where were you brought up? The Arctic?

InfinitySeven · 05/03/2015 10:05

It would set my arthritis off something rotten, so I wouldn't be happy.

My heating schedule is finely tuned to keep the house warm enough that I can function, because once it all goes to pot it takes days to put it right. And I'm grouchy as hell when I'm cold.

ILovePud · 05/03/2015 11:51

People have different preferences on this and neither of you are being unreasonable but if you are living together you need to find a compromise.

PureMorning · 05/03/2015 11:59

My four year old doesn't like the heating on in his room so hasnt had it on all winter.
I do have him in warm jammies and bed socks though

Immovableobject · 05/03/2015 13:21

We never have the heating on at night, I light the logburner after school and the oil heating will come on for an hour in the evening but only if the thermostat is below 13.5 degrees - we are a bit mean hardcore but the kids haven't had a day off school sick in 18 months Smile

Having said that, roll on summer I'm sick of being bloody cold!

DrDre · 05/03/2015 13:31

My bedroom has been known to get down to 10 degrees. It's fine once we are in bed. I personally don't mind it being cold - I much prefer a cold bedroom to a hot one.

mrsm16 · 05/03/2015 13:33

The monitor in ds's room read 11-13 most mornings, no electric blankets on and it's definitely not too cold, none of us shower in the morning or it would be a different story!

DayLillie · 05/03/2015 13:37

16C minimum for me.

I find being wrapped up in a warm duvet in a cold room sets off my night sweats.

BertieBotts · 05/03/2015 13:40

No, sorry, that kind of temperature would make me miserable and snappy.

You should be comfortable in your own house IMO. I wouldn't be warm at that temperature even fully dressed.

ZebraLovesKnitting · 05/03/2015 13:51

I think if the people living in the house are happy then it's fine. And I would assume that if it was causing health issues then the people wouldn't be happy, so then it wouldn't be fine.

Personally, I have the heating set to "ON" permanently from about late Sept-late April, and the thermostat set to 19 degrees. So the boiler flicks on and off constantly. But then I've been known to turn the heating on in August if the weather's miserable!

Flomple · 05/03/2015 14:57

It's fine for us, but if DH was uncomfortably cold we'd turn the heating up!

silveroldie2 · 05/03/2015 15:03

"Plenty of us older MN members will remember waking up with ice on the inside of windows in the pre central heating days"

Oh definitely. I used to put all my school clothes under the bed clothes after getting up and run to the bathroom. On my return I used to get back in bed to get dressed Smile

Artandco · 05/03/2015 15:08

It would be too cold here, like others said ok in bed, but horrid once out. We keep house at 21 degrees here as we all feel the cold and x2 of us have raynauds so cold body parts get painful

Orangeanddemons · 05/03/2015 15:20

Do you have to keep it low for financial reasons? 14deg is too low to get dressed in, 17 or 18 is what bedrooms should be

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suzzieanneba46 · 05/03/2015 15:51

I don't have to, I just prefer to. I manage to just get dressed quite quickly in the warm bathroom.

Although we may have to reach a compromise, I find his new build house far too hot. Don't think the heating is ever turned off but in my house heating like that would be 1000s a year. His is pretty cheap.

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DidoTheDodo · 05/03/2015 15:53

We still have ice on the inside of our window in the winter. It's not a problem. 14 degrees is really rather warm.

SomewhereIBelong · 05/03/2015 16:01

I live in modern times, with modern conveniences - central heating on a timer that warms the house before we get up, but does not have to be on all night.

Just because I USED to wake up to ice on the inside of the window, does not mean I want to relive those times EVER I would be with your DH on this one - too cold.

minionmadness · 05/03/2015 16:11

It makes me shiver to think about how cold our house was when a child. No central heating and everybody huddled around the coal fire to get dressed for school. It was miserable really.

Back then we had no choice... we do now and our central heating is on 24/7 with the thermostat set to 18. We use oil so costs can soon mount up but we budget through the year to lessen the financial burden in the winter.

I would rather go without something else in order to keep the house comfortable.

I think you do need to reach a compromise that suits you both.

MoreBeta · 05/03/2015 16:12

Sleeping in a cool room with a warm bed is in fact not only reasonable but is actually medically advised. Optimal bedroom temperature for sleeping is 16 degrees.

I look forward to getting into my warm (heated underblanket) bed in a cold room. Sometimes I ask DW if we can go to bed early in winter as we have a TV in the bedroom so DW can watch Sky news review and I take a cup of tea and one of my bell ringing books.

Perfect. Grin

meglet · 05/03/2015 16:13

yabu. anything under 20 is unbearable for me. I need warm air around me.