Home heating, coughs, colds, sniffles and asthma
Discussion
I'm just thinking about something that has struck me recently.
I've been living in a 1970s prefab 3 bed bungalow since the beginning of the year. There is central heating but I don't put it on. In the kitchen, at one end of the house there is an oil fired Arga which is generally on its lowest setting. (I turn it up a bit if it gets really cold).
Most times I work it this way. At night time I open the doors from the kitchen through one other room and into the hallway, I then leave the main bedroom door open a little so there is some circulation of the 'slightly' warm air. I shut all the doors including the one to the main front room that I rarely use.
Morning time the house is chilly, but I just jump out of bed and get some extra clothes on, go to the kitchen (closing all the doors behind me), warm up a bit and make a brew.
One thing I've noticed is that when the little lad (2+1/2) comes to stay he often has a cold with a runny nose etc. But I never seem to catch what ever he has anymore.
Previously when living with the ex we were burning ludicrous amounts of oil keeping the old house warm, and she also keeps her new house very warm too - you know, kids can run around naked warm.
When the little lad is at my place, we share a bed, and on cold nights it is lovely snuggling up close and when he kicks the covers off I'm there to make sure they get pulled up again. At bath time I'll warm water with the imersion heater and there is a 1-bar electric fire on the wall to take the chill off the room. Once he's finished it's lots of cuddles and rubs in the towel before a warm set of clothese for the night.
I tend to shower in luke warm water that the Agar seems to provide.
One other thing that I've noticed is that since living here I've never had to use a Ventolin inhaler for any asthma troubles that I used to get.
So, I'm just wondering if anyone else has noticed anything like this. Right now I have plenty of clothese on, it's a little chilly but I can't see my breath when I breath out.
My bed and bedroom will be cold when I got to bed, but I just change into the clean clothes that I'll be wearing tomorrow and get under a couple of duvets.
So what's the gig? Is it better to be living in a colder environment? Is it harmful for the little lad in that he is being swapped from an essentially warm environment to a cold one every week?
I've been living in a 1970s prefab 3 bed bungalow since the beginning of the year. There is central heating but I don't put it on. In the kitchen, at one end of the house there is an oil fired Arga which is generally on its lowest setting. (I turn it up a bit if it gets really cold).
Most times I work it this way. At night time I open the doors from the kitchen through one other room and into the hallway, I then leave the main bedroom door open a little so there is some circulation of the 'slightly' warm air. I shut all the doors including the one to the main front room that I rarely use.
Morning time the house is chilly, but I just jump out of bed and get some extra clothes on, go to the kitchen (closing all the doors behind me), warm up a bit and make a brew.
One thing I've noticed is that when the little lad (2+1/2) comes to stay he often has a cold with a runny nose etc. But I never seem to catch what ever he has anymore.
Previously when living with the ex we were burning ludicrous amounts of oil keeping the old house warm, and she also keeps her new house very warm too - you know, kids can run around naked warm.
When the little lad is at my place, we share a bed, and on cold nights it is lovely snuggling up close and when he kicks the covers off I'm there to make sure they get pulled up again. At bath time I'll warm water with the imersion heater and there is a 1-bar electric fire on the wall to take the chill off the room. Once he's finished it's lots of cuddles and rubs in the towel before a warm set of clothese for the night.
I tend to shower in luke warm water that the Agar seems to provide.
One other thing that I've noticed is that since living here I've never had to use a Ventolin inhaler for any asthma troubles that I used to get.
So, I'm just wondering if anyone else has noticed anything like this. Right now I have plenty of clothese on, it's a little chilly but I can't see my breath when I breath out.
My bed and bedroom will be cold when I got to bed, but I just change into the clean clothes that I'll be wearing tomorrow and get under a couple of duvets.
So what's the gig? Is it better to be living in a colder environment? Is it harmful for the little lad in that he is being swapped from an essentially warm environment to a cold one every week?
The Excession said:
I'm just thinking about something that has struck me recently.
I've been living in a 1970s prefab 3 bed bungalow since the beginning of the year. There is central heating but I don't put it on. In the kitchen, at one end of the house there is an oil fired Arga which is generally on its lowest setting. (I turn it up a bit if it gets really cold).
Most times I work it this way. At night time I open the doors from the kitchen through one other room and into the hallway, I then leave the main bedroom door open a little so there is some circulation of the 'slightly' warm air. I shut all the doors including the one to the main front room that I rarely use.
Morning time the house is chilly, but I just jump out of bed and get some extra clothes on, go to the kitchen (closing all the doors behind me), warm up a bit and make a brew.
One thing I've noticed is that when the little lad (2+1/2) comes to stay he often has a cold with a runny nose etc. But I never seem to catch what ever he has anymore.
Previously when living with the ex we were burning ludicrous amounts of oil keeping the old house warm, and she also keeps her new house very warm too - you know, kids can run around naked warm.
When the little lad is at my place, we share a bed, and on cold nights it is lovely snuggling up close and when he kicks the covers off I'm there to make sure they get pulled up again. At bath time I'll warm water with the imersion heater and there is a 1-bar electric fire on the wall to take the chill off the room. Once he's finished it's lots of cuddles and rubs in the towel before a warm set of clothese for the night.
I tend to shower in luke warm water that the Agar seems to provide.
One other thing that I've noticed is that since living here I've never had to use a Ventolin inhaler for any asthma troubles that I used to get.
So, I'm just wondering if anyone else has noticed anything like this. Right now I have plenty of clothese on, it's a little chilly but I can't see my breath when I breath out.
My bed and bedroom will be cold when I got to bed, but I just change into the clean clothes that I'll be wearing tomorrow and get under a couple of duvets.
So what's the gig? Is it better to be living in a colder environment? Is it harmful for the little lad in that he is being swapped from an essentially warm environment to a cold one every week?
I would agree that colder is better (to a point of course). Then again we live in a very cold house.I've been living in a 1970s prefab 3 bed bungalow since the beginning of the year. There is central heating but I don't put it on. In the kitchen, at one end of the house there is an oil fired Arga which is generally on its lowest setting. (I turn it up a bit if it gets really cold).
Most times I work it this way. At night time I open the doors from the kitchen through one other room and into the hallway, I then leave the main bedroom door open a little so there is some circulation of the 'slightly' warm air. I shut all the doors including the one to the main front room that I rarely use.
Morning time the house is chilly, but I just jump out of bed and get some extra clothes on, go to the kitchen (closing all the doors behind me), warm up a bit and make a brew.
One thing I've noticed is that when the little lad (2+1/2) comes to stay he often has a cold with a runny nose etc. But I never seem to catch what ever he has anymore.
Previously when living with the ex we were burning ludicrous amounts of oil keeping the old house warm, and she also keeps her new house very warm too - you know, kids can run around naked warm.
When the little lad is at my place, we share a bed, and on cold nights it is lovely snuggling up close and when he kicks the covers off I'm there to make sure they get pulled up again. At bath time I'll warm water with the imersion heater and there is a 1-bar electric fire on the wall to take the chill off the room. Once he's finished it's lots of cuddles and rubs in the towel before a warm set of clothese for the night.
I tend to shower in luke warm water that the Agar seems to provide.
One other thing that I've noticed is that since living here I've never had to use a Ventolin inhaler for any asthma troubles that I used to get.
So, I'm just wondering if anyone else has noticed anything like this. Right now I have plenty of clothese on, it's a little chilly but I can't see my breath when I breath out.
My bed and bedroom will be cold when I got to bed, but I just change into the clean clothes that I'll be wearing tomorrow and get under a couple of duvets.
So what's the gig? Is it better to be living in a colder environment? Is it harmful for the little lad in that he is being swapped from an essentially warm environment to a cold one every week?
Not sure if it will be good or bad for your boy, as someone living in a cold house when we go to a warm house (our inlaws always have an uncomfortably warm house) we don't seem to feel right... The inlaws are always unwell, I've had one day off sick in about 15 years.....
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We have both found that if we ave the heating on with the windows closed up then both of us suffer with astama more than normal. I once read that if you put a bowel of water on the radiator it helps stop the air drying out which causes problems. We tend to have our bedroom window ajar at night which seems to help.
Well if you look at the history of human living over time it goes like this:
No central heating: 4,000,000 years
Central heating: 40 years
Somehow we managed for 4,000,000 years without heating, hypo-allergenic duvets, bactericidal handwash and showers every day - so I guess it doesn't matter too much
No central heating: 4,000,000 years
Central heating: 40 years
Somehow we managed for 4,000,000 years without heating, hypo-allergenic duvets, bactericidal handwash and showers every day - so I guess it doesn't matter too much
Simpo Two said:
Well if you look at the history of human living over time it goes like this:
No central heating: 4,000,000 years
Central heating: 40 years
Somehow we managed for 4,000,000 years without heating, hypo-allergenic duvets, bactericidal handwash and showers every day - so I guess it doesn't matter too much
Survival and comfort are 2 different things though!!No central heating: 4,000,000 years
Central heating: 40 years
Somehow we managed for 4,000,000 years without heating, hypo-allergenic duvets, bactericidal handwash and showers every day - so I guess it doesn't matter too much
satans worm said:
Simpo Two said:
Well if you look at the history of human living over time it goes like this:
No central heating: 4,000,000 years
Central heating: 40 years
Somehow we managed for 4,000,000 years without heating, hypo-allergenic duvets, bactericidal handwash and showers every day - so I guess it doesn't matter too much
Survival and comfort are 2 different things though!!No central heating: 4,000,000 years
Central heating: 40 years
Somehow we managed for 4,000,000 years without heating, hypo-allergenic duvets, bactericidal handwash and showers every day - so I guess it doesn't matter too much
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