Is 15 degrees an OK indoor temperature?

[nappyaddict]

I have got tshirt, cardigan and hoody on plus socks and slipper boots. I feel fine temperature wise. We have a real thermometer in the room that tells you the exact temperature as opposed to one of those colour changing ones so I know it really is 15 degrees and not any colder. Sister came round earlier and said it was freezing and that we were neglecting our poor DS in that temperature. We haven't had the heating on yet and trying to hold out until December cos of a big bill earlier in the year. Does anyone else wait until December if they can?

I think it depends on your house to some degree. My current house is very dry and so even when it is cold it isn't too unpleasant. The house I grew up in was damp & when that was cold it was horrible and you would feel chilled to the bone.

Wrapped up in plenty of layers 15 degs is tolerable, as long as you are moving around and you have cups of tea or food to help keep you warm inside. If you came to visit the house & didn't have enough clothes on & were sitting still, then it would feel really chilly.

That is freezing to me. I have ours at about 21c cause i am a cold creature, i cant bear the cold.

We used to have ours at 21 but last winter turned it down to 19 and got used to it. This year we have turned it down to 17 and still fine. It doesn't even come on most mornings.

WHen I'm working from home I don't put it on at all. Socks, slippers, shirt and cardi, and then every so often I go outside and then when I come back in I feel nice and warm.

I have no sympathy for people with high fuel bills if they have the thermostat set to 23 if it were that warm outside I'd be in a sleeveless dress.

Freezing by our standards. It's 19 degrees in here and I have vest, long sleeve thermal top, knitted dress, thick woollen tights and pair of ski socks on!

Got a 2yo and a 10 mo baby. its 15-16 in here during the day. We are all pretty active so we don't feel that its especially cold. The baby is held most of the time when she's not crawling about anyway.

Once we start sitting still, the same temp feels cold. The heating goes on in the evening, up to 18. Anything higher feels stifling. It might be that this house is very insulated with few draughts.

Far too cold.

Mine veers between 20-25 degrees (usually on the higher setting TBH). It doesn't matter how many layers I put on, if the air is cold then I'm cold.

That's too cold for me. It's stripping off that I'd find impossible at low temperatures - getting into a bath in a cold bathroom is so unpleasant.

Our heating doesn't seem to have a thermostat thing to come on automatically at a certain temperature.

I usually put the heating on when I feel cold and I've noticed our flat is around 18 degrees without any heating on at the moment, but there have been a few cold evenings where it's been 16 degrees and I've put the heating on.

I feel very hot and stuffy at some peoples houses, I think I'm happiest at 18 degrees!

20-22 is where I am happy, and that is with extra layers on indoors.

Pits 15 degrees in my house and I keep taking my jumper off and putting it on again.

Two years ago I'd have argued vehemently that fifteen was far too low, but in all honestly I now believe you acclimate if you allow yourself to. I cannot sit in a room above about 16 degrees without taking my cardigan off, I find it so uncomfortable. At night, I set my thermostat to 13 to avoid damp, and personally I sleep with the window in my bedroom open. We all have fleece pyjamas and I often find my kids stripped in the morning because they're too hot.

Also, none of us have had the 'November Wheeze' that visits asthmatics every year, and I can't help thinking it's due to a fresher temperature in the house.

To add, I whack the heat up to 20 at shower time because who wants to be cold and wet?

If I have a bath I put warm water in it and so it warms up the bathroom.

People wearing scarfs and tights and things if it's 19 degrees; is that what you do when it's that temperature outside?

Colditz, if you're acclimatised to 15c, and 16c is so warm you can't wear a cardigan, why is being briefly undressed at that same temperature so cold you have to turn the heating right up? Genuine question, not doubting what you're saying. I don't understand how that works because I don't need to turn the heating up before we undress (thermostat usually on 19).

People wearing scarfs and tights and things if it's 19 degrees; is that what you do when it's that temperature outside?

They probably would if they were as inactive outside as most people are at home.

Maybe I'm more active than I think I am I do try and go running at least twice a week.

I have the climate control in the car set to 19 all year round, and I wear one layer in the car, so 15 with jumpers on is fine - I'd happily not have our heating on but I get out-voted!

Shatners, for some reason, my bathroom is the coldest room in the house. It's snug in my kitchen and living room but I would hate to be wet and naked in the bathroom. Being wet makes you lose your body heat so quickly, and being dry and in top to toe fleece helps you retain it.

In other words, my living room is 15 degrees but the bathroom is somewhere between 10 and 12.

i was talking about this with dp the other day actually.

i grew up in a council house that had no central heating. we had a little gas fire in the sitting room and that was it.

i don't EVER remember being cold.

i guess my mum just dressed us for the temperature of the house??

My heating is on 18 and I have a hoody on and I'm bloody freezing.

I also grew up in a council house with very basic central heating and I could often be found sitting in the (very big) airing cupboard as I was so cold!

I'm avoiding heating bar the twenty minute window of bath and bed. I can't afford to run it more and so I'm making sure we're both wrapped up. My thermostat is reading below 15 and both myself and DD are fine

My car temp is often to be found at 27c

There is something wrong with you or the car, Ecuador! (or are you are a naked motorist?)

I think 15c is too cold to potter around a house normally. I expect I'd spend a lot of time thinking about how cold I was and how I was going to deal with it to occupy my mind with much else. Maybe I'm soft.

you get acclimatised.

If you had been living in Oz or SA you would think 20 was cold. I have been outside today in jeans and a fleece at 12C. My windowcleaner was working in his shirt (and a vest) and was working in shorts last month.

the gov website says "Keep warm by setting your heating to the right temperature (18 to 21°C)" but they are concerned about the sick and elderly. Fit people are naturally hardy. -40 is too cold for me, even wrapped up.

If your house is damp, it will feel uncomfortable. Draping wet washing around is the best way to make it damp.

If your bathroom feels damp it would benefit from an extractor fan that works.