To think that 17 degrees is not warm enough?

[Maybebaby10]

Staying with a family member who is refusing to agree that 17 degrees in a drafty living room is too cold!! I have a small child here with me and the said family member decided to sleep with the window open as they like the breeze. They also do not like to shut their bedroom doors so draft under our door into the ‘make shift’ bedroom all night. We are in England and it’s freezing at the moment. I am fuming and freezing but don’t want to ruin the day.

Yes, I too find most houses and restaurants way too hot. Anything above 16 is uncomfortable for me. I am constantly opening windows.

Yes, if it's about hosting then those who like it hot would also need to accommodate preferences for lower temperatures and open windows in winter if you have guests who prefer that. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

But being practical, the best thing would be to try and work out a compromise option.

17 degrees is freezing? I learned something new today.

Generally at 17degrees c outside you won’t be sat around still like you will be in your house.

So you feel warmer outside due to moving about. Plus there is likely to be a radiant effect from sunlight outside which makes you feel warmer.

in your house you have cold solid surfaces such as walls and ceilings which suck up heat and again make it seem cooler.

21-23° for me. 17° would be hellish .

Same. My husband mocks me for it but I feel the cold very easily, even with jumpers on.

I'd rather be a bit hot if it meant my guests were comfortable.

Genuine question - do you find 17 degrees outside on a summers day to be hellish and cold?

Jeez, people are so literal on here. Clearly I know 17 isn’t actually freezing point, but it’s too cold for a child. If you have guests, you want them to be comfortable, not constantly cold.

If I was sat still in the shadows with no coat on then I would be uncomfortably cold. If I was moving around or in the sunshine, ideally both then I’d be less cold.

It’s different thought, isn’t it - you’re probably moving around outside; whereas you’re more likely to be sitting down inside.

My house is typically about 15c, but that’s by choice. We have plenty of money for heating, but I hate being hot. I always run the heating higher for guests or anyone who asks though.

Mine too. I’m fine outside in heat but central heating really affects me.

Genuine answer, a summers day outside and 17° inside in December are hardly comparable.

I don't think using words with a specific meaning when you don't actually mean that is being negatively literal.

Are you also being lose with language with your assurtion that 17 degrees is too cold for every single child because that's also clearly untrue

I’m honestly surprised people would be uncomfortably cold at that kind of temperature even if they’re just sitting down.

But it’s the same temperature- why is one uncomfortably cold and one a normal summers day?

17 would be fine here. Ideal temp is probably around 18.
I sleep with the window open a crack too.

With that said, if a guest felt cold, i would increase the the heating.

Sounds good to me! I’d find anything more to warm.

@PodMom’s post at 11:08 explained it perfectly well.

The trouble with just putting a jumper on is that your hands and face are still cold, which feels absolutely horrible when you're trying to work on a laptop or read, etc.

I’ve read it, still makes no sense to me!

Oh do go and enjoy your Christmas instead of trying to be smart online.

Ok… perhaps just leave it there then? You don’t get it and that’s absolutely fine. Have you home as cold as you like, this thread discussion won’t result in someone showing up to your house and increasing your thermostat against your will.

Those detailing that 17 will feel different in some houses than others must be spot on. I live in a fairly new build, triple glazing etc and I promise you, 17 is absolutely fine. No one mentions it, no one wears a woolly hat, no one is shivering. It would be unbearable at 20.