keep back bedroom warm?

moments_of_sanity

I have a bedroom built over my garage and it too is a room that we can never get warm. We have noticed that some of the clothes in the wardrobe were getting damp so for the last month we have switched the thermostat to keep the room at 17 degrees and turned the rest of the radiators down to 2 on the TVR's, this small amount of change has cost us an additional £45 in one month :eek: unsurstainable for us as we only have one wage coming in so I will be looking at suggestions made with interest.

Mimi, I hope you get something sorted soon but i wouldn't worry too much if she isn't waking up at night. My girls (aged 17 & 19 now) have bedrooms at different temps due to location in the house, it's just one of those things and doesn't make us bad parents x

Eenymeeny

I had the same problem with a north facing, 3 outside walls, extension bedroom. I had wooden blinds and lined curtains but it still seemed very cold. I salvaged a big cardboard box from our new kitchen units, cut to the size of the window. This was just leaned against the blind behind the closed curtains. It made a big difference. During really cold weather it was just left there for ages (or you could stash it under the bed in daytime or against a clear wall, adding to the insulation )
I've also found that a cheap fleece blanket seems to 'stick' to the duvet cover when used next to the body. I can actually feel when my foot is out of 'the zone'. Hope that helps

honeythewitch

A good way of insulating outside walls is to fit bookshelves across as much as possible and pack them tightly.
Another thing you can do is to get her the warmest goose down quilt you can find (expensive but wash easily and last forever,) and an old fashioned thick eiderdown on top of it.
The hot water bottles/microwave pads will keep her warm. Change them just before you go to bed if it wont disturb her. Dont forget, its the temperature of the child that matters, not the temperature of the room, so just concentrate on keeping her bed warm.:)

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Mimi_Arc_en_ciel wrote: »

Yes kittie I spent money 'doing the house up' - that doesn't mean I've been buying luxeries! oddly enough she would have been even colder without a roof - and she wouldn't have been able to eat as there was no kitchen, the toilet was outside, not sure if your old enough to remember toilets outside but they aren't nice, neither are bed pans, there was damp that's been treated and yes I had a new heating system and if you had bothered to read the thread, at all, you will see that it says even with the heating on her room is still cold. I've already had the same discussion last night, if you don't have anything productive to say then read my responses to your assumptions already 😊

If you have done all you can, then this winter at least swap rooms with her. You have the cold room and let her have a warmer room or bunk in together in your room

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I forgot to say that you should feel the back of her neck to get a much better idea of her body temperature

notanewuser

My parents' house was 200+ years old and a bloody nightmare to heat. I still remember waking up in the mornings with a headache, freezing nose and getting out from under the duvet being extremely uncomfortable. As adults my sister and I have problems regulating our temperatures. We both now live in newer houses where we are able to maintain temperature more easily.

jk0

This may not be much help to O/P with keeping the bedroom warm, but I use something to warm my bed that my granny put in my bed as a child when I stayed with her.

It's a Belling bed warmer:




I put it in the top of my bed a couple of hours before bedtime. Before I brush my teeth, I move it down to the middle of the bed, and before I get undressed I move it to foot area.

Edit: (Remove it completely before getting into bed, or you will burn yourself.)

The bed is so warm that you go to sleep almost instantly, rather than lying there shivering for ten minutes while it warms up.

oystercatcher

Four poster beds were designed to keep people warm. You can get modern versions of these, dressed up like a 'princess bed ' perhaps, or even sleeping on the bottom level of bunk beds with cosy throws as curtains might mean she can have a small warm den in a colder room.

Broomstick

I wonder if a modern take on a four-poster bed would work. I think cold houses were the reasons four-posters were created in the first place.

If you were to surround the bed by attaching uprights to each corner of the frame or base and linking them at the top with doweling or similar rails you could hang lightweight fleece blankets/fabric all around. It would be a fun play space as well as practical. You might be able to source the wood etc on freecycle.

We have created a big cupboard downstairs by attaching floor to ceiling uprights linked with a doweling rail at the top to some cheap pine bookshelves. Before we put it together we threaded a curtain (an old bed spread cut in half) with curtain rings at the top onto the rail. It works really well.

B x

oystercatcher. Great minds think alike - we crossposted!

theoretica

Thick curtains all round the walls like medieval tapestries would help too - the older version of the foam wallcoverings mentioned.