Comfortable room temperatures

It's 15c in our house at the moment.

ExDancer, I know just what you mean. Our living room will be lovely and cosy with the sun streaming in. O.H. lowers the blinds so that he can see the TV and the temperature seems to plummet instantly.
I can’t explain it either.

Could the sunshine have just made it feel different, ExDancer? I feel that 19/20c is warm enough for me, any higher and I'm struggling.

19/20 C is the norm for us. Of course if the sun is shining in through the windows, it will feel warmer.

We prefer 20-21, sun does make it seem nicer.

It's been 15°c in our living room all day. I've just lit the log burner since it will soon be dark. Even if it doesn't get much warmer, it will look jollies.

We keep our heating on a comfortable 18.5, all over the house.

I have noticed this in the past and have wondered why. I think it has to do with the outside temperature. If it's warm outside you will feel warm, but if it's cold outside then it seems to creep through the walls. This chill is also more noticeable if you are on the ground floor. It comes up from the ground, but upstairs there is no ground chill. That's my theory anyway, that the outside temperature affects how you feel indoors.

Our thermostat says room temperature is 19⁰. The heating hasn't come on yet and my nose, hands and feet feel very cold. Mind you, I've been sitting in an armchair for an hour. If I'd been out gardening like yesterday I'd be peeling off layers. My circulation needs a boost.
I think there's a psychological effect too when gloom descends. DH's granny would cheer up and say "Oo, lovely and warm!" when her electric fire went on, even though it was just the log effect light and not the heating element!

15.3 here. Brrr.
Like it at 18 really.

MiniMoon

It's been 15°c in our living room all day. I've just lit the log burner since it will soon be dark. Even if it doesn't get much warmer, it will look jollies.

15C is the normal temperature in winter for our bedroom. We like a cold bedroom, with a good quality duvet and a blanket on top if necessary, and the window always open. But 15C is too low for living room, really. Glad to hear you have lit the wood burner, yes cheery, but will hopefully raise to 18C and a bit above.

Fleurpepper - we don't heat our bedroom unless it's not only very cold but is damp in the air too - even then we always turn it off at bedtime and open the window.

Sitting room etc is different - 18 is ok during the day but in the evening I do like it a bit warmer.

Even with the house at a steady temperature, I find I feel colder as the day goes by and really cold in the evening, regardless of the weather.

Our temp is set at 20 but I boost it to 21 if we are sitting still and I have a knee blanket. Always been a cold body and being arthritis makes it worse.

I am always cold have hypothyroidism and have always liked the temp around 20, but the funny thing is I now wear one of those oodies our temp is 17 and I’m actually finding it really bearable, so I’m thinking power to the oodie!

I like it around 20/21, but am trying to get used to 19 now in order to be economical.
This living room always feels warmer when the sun shines. Today is dull and rainy and it feels cold even though it isn't really.

I like it at 20 during the day . I can cope up to 35 but more than that and I hibernate.

My thermostat is set at 16 and I’m nice and warm under a double fleece throw. It’s been a cold wet day.
I’ve never had heating on at night, I turn it off as I go to bed and back on when I get up.
My house is old and cold, I notice a huge difference in well-insulated modern houses.

My heating is set on 22° when I put it on. But never have it on overnight as I am cosy in bed. I have problems with my limbs and if they get cold they hurt more.

It's amazing how much difference a couple of degrees make, either that or my thermostat doesn't work but 15 is freezing and 17 is toasty according to mine and there are no radiators near it

VioletSky it is recommended that older people in particular should not have their heating set below 18 degrees.

The problem is that thermostats are not necessarily that accurate. We have a quite separate room thermostat that just measures the temperature in the room and, in our case, bvoth a gree, but it is worth checking.

M0nica

VioletSky it is recommended that older people in particular should not have their heating set below 18 degrees.

The problem is that thermostats are not necessarily that accurate. We have a quite separate room thermostat that just measures the temperature in the room and, in our case, bvoth a gree, but it is worth checking.

I did just realise I'm daft and that if my thermostat is away from a radiator it probably is warmer than 17 degrees in rooms that have one.

It's in the downstairs hallway which doesn't have a radiator for some reason

20 degrees is a minimum for me if Im working on the computer or watching TV. However I keep it cooler in the bedroom - about 16 degrees.

Relented and put heating on for first time as room thermostat saying 13 degs. Have layers on but realised breathing cold air is not good for an asthmatic. Worried about the bills.