Can you ask someone in their own home..

lostinrates

balletshoes wrote: »

it is a luxury though, as in its not a necessity . I've never had an electric blanket, my mum has one and she loves hers, but as I quickly warm up in bed if my feet are warm, i'm happier with a hot water bottle, then i kick it out of bed when i'm drifting off to sleep.
In a house or hotel where there is no electric blanket or hot water bottle to hand, if my feet are cold i put some socks on in bed, until i warm up - it doesn't take long.

With little or no heating I can say I consider mine a necessity. Socks and layers in bed when DH isn't here and I'm still frozen in the morning, in a room that gets ice on the inside. . With the electric blanket its toasty and delicious. Warm bed, cold room and I sleep well and comfortably.


Edit...not the best picture, but the stained glass windows I get from ice and sunrise are beautiful . (There is always a silver lining. )

FBaby wrote: »

Just to add that it is often around October/November that some homes can be the coldest as people leave it as late as possible to start putting the heating on, especially when some days are warmer than others. Then they accept that it is time to turn it on and they are all warm and cosy for the next three/four months.

Depends.....those of us with little or no heating the house gets progressively colder until spring, then takes a while to heat up with warmer days.

It can take a really cold, old house a good seven days or so of heating on twenty four seven to properly heat up, to the fabric of it. So heating a few hours a day if you've let it get that cold is't that helpful.

We don't do that exactly.....we have a electric heater and heat lamps on for the animals at all times, and a couple of electric heaters dotted about and the wood burner, But for example, I was her alone last week, and didn't light wood burner till Friday, because was just me, so felt wasteful (especially as ATM the dogs have extra heat demand. )

I did use an electric heater in the kitchen most days and the electric blanket upstairs.

I have also been running a dehumidifier a lot.

Contessa

victory wrote: »

They do but then we have to go to theirs because like they like us going and like I just posted they wanted to show off their seedlings that had turned into lovely flowers:D

Not hothouse plants then?

Gigervamp

Half of our house has 2ft thick stone walls and when we've run out of oil, it gets really cold and damp and takes a good couple of days with the heating on 24/7 to get it back up to a decent temperature.
We make do with a Calor gas fire and a small 2 bar halogen heater, but going to the loo isn't much fun!
I don't mind the bedroom being cold, I prefer it that way as I sleep with my feet out of the covers to keep them cool. I get restless legs if they get hot which keeps me awake. Having said that, if the room is too cold, I don't want to get out of the warm and cosy bed in the mornings!

lostinrates

Gigervamp wrote: »

Half of our house has 2ft thick stone walls and when we've run out of oil, it gets really cold and damp and takes a good couple of days with the heating on 24/7 to get it back up to a decent temperature.
We make do with a Calor gas fire and a small 2 bar halogen heater, but going to the loo isn't much fun!
I don't mind the bedroom being cold, I prefer it that way as I sleep with my feet out of the covers to keep them cool. I get restless legs if they get hot which keeps me awake. Having said that, if the room is too cold, I don't want to get out of the warm and cosy bed in the mornings!

Its horrid getting up btu the freshness thwacks you round the face into the day

I wish I got too warm anywhere! I have several things now that impact on temp regulation or comfort (hypothyroid, reynauds, and meds that have unpleasant but not horrific side effects when I feel cold...which is pretty much all the time, lol). I used to be really fine and prefer to be too cold, but the last winter was really too much. We were meant to have this all sorted out last winter, then this summer, but it turns out that's eating engineers in our area are really hard to pin down!

Having skimped on heating my entire life, certainly adult life, I'm looking forward to sitting like a cat, spread Eagled against a radiator.

Ames

Better_Days wrote: »

Nooooo!

I only discovered these existed earlier this year when we had all that snow and I had to exert a considerable amount of self control not to buy one as I couldn't afford a throw and an electric blanket.

Now I am browsing Amazon again for heated throws......I must resist.....I must resist

Sod it I'll ask for one for Christmas :rotfl:

I'd go for a throw over a blanket, as a throw can be used on the bed but a blanket can't be used on the sofa or computer chair.

balletshoes wrote: »

it is a luxury though, as in its not a necessity . I've never had an electric blanket, my mum has one and she loves hers, but as I quickly warm up in bed if my feet are warm, i'm happier with a hot water bottle, then i kick it out of bed when i'm drifting off to sleep.
In a house or hotel where there is no electric blanket or hot water bottle to hand, if my feet are cold i put some socks on in bed, until i warm up - it doesn't take long.

I've found since becoming diabetic that my feet just don't warm up easily once they've got cold. I've never liked hot water bottles, they get the bit touching them hot and the rest of me stays cold. Plus I'm not very safe filling them, due to my hands twitching.

victory

I never knew an electric blanket was so cheap to run, you learn something every day:D been on amazon looking for electric throws, great idea will wait for the sales:D

The plants was just to explain why we had to go to theirs versus getting them to come over here or seeing them in town etc, for eg she bakes, asked us over to sample, very nice, sure we could only visit in the summer but most important is their company over how cold their house is:D

I have a calor gas fire, they don't .

Yes we do layer up but not as bad as Michelin man;) yes bone cold, can see our breath, yes as cold as outside waiting for a bus, yes we try not to be there long, we can get out of going sometimes but not always, yes we know what it will be like, yes the later the time of year the colder the house:D

Spendless

Have you ever tried to find out why the heating isn't on? More of a 'Gosh, aren't you cold?' to them, rather than a 'I'm cold. Can the heating go on?' Just wondering if they are people who don't feel the cold as much so re oblivious to it, rather than they don't want to switch it on

neverdespairgirl

Really depends on who it is, I think, how close the relationship is.

For example, my parents' house tends to be colder than our home - it's not very well insulated (and can't be improved) and my mother tends to think that heating is a bit of an indulgence, anyway. So if I'm wearing enough clothes, and still cold, and we're staying there, I'll say, "Don't care if you're in Scrooge mode, Ma, I'm turning the heating on", or offer to light the woodburning stove. But then, I know my mother won't be offended, and will just laugh and say I'm a wimp and turn it on anyway (-:

SavingPennies_2

No it is not rude to ask, assuming you do it in a polite way.

You have offered to go out, or to your house, they want you to visit them, therefore they should accommodate you.

I actually think its rude to invite someone over and then not ask if they are comfortable. Id hate to have someone in my house and think they freezing or too hot.

Putting on a radiator for a few hours while you visit is hardly a big deal, and from what you say, they can afford to.

Fuzzy_Duck

I live in a old building and it's pretty cold even with the heating on. Generally I will put the heating on if someone's popping round as I'd hate to think they were cold!

It's probably politer to ask for a blanket than for the heating to be switched on. I have friends that ask for one from time to time, and I always give them one and take it as a hint to turn the heating on! I've always got some throws on the furniture which people can help themselves to.