Lodger putting on the heating

[temosmail]

Is it really that cold???

I've had it on a few times this week. I'm in the North West.

Dd showers late some evenings and the window stays open all night summer and winter. I am often up early and shut it before the heating comes on. This would work less well were the window not protected on one side by our house and on the other by the neighbour’s (it’s in a kind of wide U). But it really doesn’t feel cold for long in there once the heating is on.

We also leave the bathroom window open a considerable amount of time after showers. I find if you don’t want mould and things like the bathroom radiator to rust fast, an extractor fan doesn’t really cut it.

21 degrees here and humid. Crazy to put heating on unless 15/16 degrees.

Depends where in the UK you are. Orkney and Shetland Isles are closer to the Artic Circle than London.

@Mummyoflittledragon she opens, I close, and so the circle continues....

I’m in NE Scotland just outside Aberdeen and it’s so hot I’ve sunburned today. If it’s 22° here in north Scotland it can’t be much colder elsewhere surely?!

It's about 14 degrees here but feels cooler. Was very warm earlier when the sun was out. Kind of weather to put a light cardigan or sweater on, rather than heating, but then I don't feel the cold much.

@Harlechchick well insulated flat?

It's 20 in winter,... lol

Here in SW Scotland we've lit the woodburner every evening and needed it.

DH put heating on for an hour today, he was cold WFH , sitting still in a room with no direct sun.
I was also WFH but wasnt cold. Some people feel the cold more than others and some rooms in the house are colder than others.

The only time I’ve put my heating on in the last few month is when the boiler man came to do a service! Even then I didn’t want to put it on 😂 Absolutely no need for it to be on in August they need to grow up 🤨

As many have said - depends on where you live and what kind of house you are in

Put ours on for an hour as 14 degrees here in Scotland

Perhaps this thread also shows that some people in this country have no idea what the heating requirements are in rural parts of the country - but it is Ubisoft a lodger to do this

@@KittyMcKitty

same here, it's been 24 most of the day, peaked at 26°, it's still very warm.

@temosmail

you need to speak to them and come to some agreement. My god daughter (17) would say it's cold, she'd be told to get a jumper, socks, throw. and I'd TRY to restrain myself from saying don't be so bloody ridiculous

Your heating would not have actually come on though if it's set at 15⁰C as the rooms are already warm

22 degrees is a perfectly comfortable temperature. It's that temperature where I am right now, and I'm OK with a T-shirt. I'm definitely not the hardy type, if I thought it was cold I wold put a jumper on.

If its cold it's cold.

Mine kicked in overnight last week, it was that cold overnight.

I lodged with people for years and never put the heating on or switched it off - it was her house and for her to decide. Lodgers generally pay a charge that covers rent and bills. If the lodger puts the heating on whenever they want, you could end up making little profit on the rent they pay you.

You can, but I actually prefer the house cooler in summer. It's not very refreshing to come in from. 25 degrees to 20 degrees.

Agree about airing the bathroom though - my own reason for keeping a warm house all the time in winter is elderly cats, one prone to lung infections. Definitely cheaper to keep him warm and to not pay the vet.

Have you explained to the lodger how the extractor fan works and when the window needs to be closed to let it work versus when the window needs to be open? It's not obvious in a different house.

I agree windows should be opened daily including in winter, but for an appropriate length of time!

I’ve put the heated towel rail on because nothing is drying. It’s sitting on the rack and going ponky.

It depends where you are

I'm in Northern ireland and its cold and raining .I've had to put the heating on as past two nights I was shivering in bed.
Also , some people store body heat better than others. I'm always alot warmer than my partner , he's always cold , even in summer

It may well be, but I reckon he's benefiting, like I say, from the residents above, below and to either side of him having theirs on. He's friendly with his neighbours and says that their flats are roasting & have their heaters on high!
If they start to move out & the flats stand empty, he may start to need his own heating in the colder months of course.

It is cold for August. I'm in the West Country (further up than Cornwall but still never usually really cold in summer) but it's v changeable and windy.

Bathroom window absolutely should be open.

Heating should absolutely not be on!