PS, Even at 15, I often wake up in the night because the heat kicks in and I am too warm, but I am afraid to leave the thermostat lower in winter because of the pipes.
When I was in high school and my family was on welfare, we kept the house at 16C during the day and 10C at night, and never had any pipe problems. Cold feet in the morning, yes, but no pipes bursting.
I think that is when I developed my habit of reading in bed in the daytime - if you're not moving around, you'd better be under some covers at those temperatures!
That, and she's had two houses in a row now where the showerhead is set at about 5'. WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?
That's just ebil.
I don't want to duck to take a shower. Make them tall!
I was raised by a skinflint,
Me too, but I blame that for needing it so warm, since I feel like I spent my entire childhood being Too Cold -- and no, an extra sweater does not make up for it. Mittens, long underwear, and a ski mask might, but at that point just go ahead and buy a log cabin and teach your kids to shoot the G-men who try to invade your sovereign territory.
Your Too Cold For a Sweater may vary.
When I was in high school and my family was on welfare, we kept the
house at 16C during the day and 10C at night, and never had any pipe problems. Cold feet in the morning, yes, but no pipes bursting.
Maybe I'll dial it back to 12 or 13 at night.
I am the opposite of my parents, for they are old and always cold. they keep the heat at around 76 in the day, and about 65 at night. In the middle of the winter, I am wearing shorts at their house. But we always had a warm house. In the winter, I would sleep with the window open.
I guess a more accurate question is: what's a reasonable upper limit for room temperature?
For me, I think 75 is generally Way Too Hot for me in the winter because I dress like it's winter.
Well, I don't need it to be 75; but 65 is turning out to be too damn cold for me. Maybe we could try a compromise temperature of 68 or 70.
Also, I'm poor and I was raised by a skinflint, so I'd rather not waste money on utilities when I could just put on some socks and a hoodie.
Oh hell, I've been wearing 2 pairs of socks, and a sweater. Though not a hoodie, because I don't own one, and I think if I have to pull up a hood to be warm in my own home, that's too cold, and damn it, I'm paying half the heating bill now.
Ahem.
signed,
my toes are froze
My parents house always feels chilly to me. And they do keep it cooler than mine,but it's also a helluva lot more space to heat.
It's all about reaching an acceptable compromise without making one person freeze and the other roast alive!
My general rule is that if my (or someone else's) toes are freezing in my slippers and my nose is running and I don't have a head cold, time to turn up the heat.
I had to go off on a college housemate once. We rented a house with a dodgy furnace which was expensive to heat. I came home from class in October to find her in SHORTS, with the thermostat set at 80 degrees. It was 65 degrees outside.
Her parents were paying her share of the utility bills. I was responsible for my own living expenses so I told her to put on some pants and keep her hands off the thermostat.
Yeah, once you've reached the point where you're changing clothes to accommodate the heat, you've overdosed on thermostat power and need to seek help.
