Is it possible to be too tight!

ZTD

Snaggles wrote:

Dad? Is that you?

You're not that much younger than me kiddo!

Mics_chick

Could you do some research on the net about his condition and see if cold or warm conditions suit it better? I've heard some people even move abroad coz it's warmer and helps their condition but as I'm not sure what CFS is don't know if warmer conditions would suit it better...

Snaggles

ZTD wrote:

You're not that much younger than me kiddo!

I'm probably older! No offence intended, I promise

AUNTMAGPIE

I suffer from sinusitis and asthma. If the place is too hot, I get orrible eadaches, if too cold I get coughs.

I'm also 65, We were always told not to waste heat and to put on more layers. I used to get cross with my ex-husband for having CH installed, which whacked up our fuel bills amd made the place much too hot for me. Observe the "ex". Nuff said

Marisan

Hubby and I are in our fifties and we haven't got CH because neither of us likes to be over heated.People look astonished when we say we don't have it,as though we are living a shack or something.But we think it isn't healthy to be too hot. Now my MIL loves the heat and when we visit we can hardly breathe sometimes.Each to his own,we all have different levels of tolerance to cold.

It would be a shame though,if someone is feeling the cold and is afraid to turn up the heating for fear of large bills,rather than just been 'tight'.I would say put the heating on and be blowed - your health is more important.

WISHIWASRICH_2

Just changing the subject slightly...I think it is possible to be too tight. Who wants to turn into one of those really rich mean people....we've got friends who've taken it all too far , they sit in their big hse ..too tight to turn the heating on, huddled in the courner counting their sacks of money...................... needless to say nobody bothers with them any more. Jus t because u've seen the light doesn't mean u have to go to the extreme:rolleyes:

chevalier

I went to my mums recently. It was stifling. So much so that I asked her what her thermostat was set at 23 degrees! So we turned it down to 21 degrees, and there was no real difference! I leave the heating off as much as possible when everyone isn't here. But that is as much because then I have an excuse to get the fire going in the sitting room as much as to save money.....!

lxpeanut

The ideal temprature for a room is between 19 and 22 degrees. Apart from that its all about personal preferance. I hate being too warm and it makes me feel ill. I much prefer to put on a jumper than turn the heating up. Its also better for your pocket and the environment.

ZTD

Snaggles wrote:

I'm probably older!

You're not - I checked.

Snaggles wrote:

No offence intended, I promise

And none taken kiddo...

sillysarah_2

me and the kid had to have a gas pre payment installed, we now wear thermals and fleeces in the evenings,the house is cold in the main but we only have the heat on in the bedrooms and the bathroom.
there's a gas fire in the lounge, there's no point in heating rooms you barely use, we don't heat the dining room (unless we're using it) the hall stairs and landing, the kitchen or the spare room
it's better for the environment and our pockets