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Personfin676
30/6/2020 at 9:46pm
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We have a light weight summer quilt on the bed, normally the bedroom window is open but curtains are closed all day to stop sun warming up the inside
i am in the process of building a raised floor in the loft and extra insulation south face is done now working on the north i think it may have helped a wee bit
Main creator of noise is the Phesants who start at first light 0415 but also get some noise from the rooks and magpies and then the songbirds
I learned how to sleep through almost anything when in the army however wife is a light sleeper and complains mainly about the phesants

Brian


PersonFiona W
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Quote: Originally posted by ficklejade on 29/6/2020
Not for the first time when it got hot (for here) and upstairs like an oven I've had my window wide open. The tawny owls (they like the tree outside usually so don't bother about bird noise) obviously fancied a change of perch as I woke up with pellets on my dressing table!

This made me laugh. You must be a heavy sleeper to not notice an owl (or owls, plural) flying in and (more important!) flying back out.


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PersonPixie_Hez
30/6/2020 at 11:02pm
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This will probably sound crazy to anyone who has not tried it but a few years ago we bought a pure wool duvet. We had the option of heavy, medium or light so we plumped for medium. It is lovely and warm in the winter and as summer approached the first year we had it, I kept waiting to get too hot and have to change to a lightweight duvet but it never happened. There is something about the wool that keeps you warm in winter but let’s your body breathe so in summer it never feels too warm!

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Personfranbee
01/7/2020 at 7:26pm
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We always had feather/down quilts but then bought a silk filled one, thinking that it would be as breathable. But it's not, you do get quite warm.


PersonCapt Lightning
01/7/2020 at 8:03pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Suzie2poos on 30/6/2020
It's sounds counterintuitive but the best thing to do is keep the windows and curtains closed. Keep the sun well and truly out and stop the room from heating up in the first place.


The trouble is that the walls of the house are about 30 inches thick of stone. The whole house warms up over a few days and stays warm overnight. Open or closed, the window and curtains don't seem to make a lot of difference.



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PersonMonty15
01/7/2020 at 8:04pm
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Can't stand Duvets, ALWAYS too hot for me, I'm an old fashioned sheets and blankets type, cold - put another blanket on, hot - take a blanket off! Until depths of winter, probably only got a bedspread over a sheet, when it gets colder, blankets come out.

I also hate overheated bedrooms, just can't sleep, no trouble going to sleep in an icy bedroom once I'm snuggled under the blankets.


PersonCapt Lightning
01/7/2020 at 8:10pm
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Monty, we've never used blankets. We have light and medium duvets that we can use separately or together as appropriate. Of course, we can do without them altogether - but we'd never go back to blankets.

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PersonColin21
01/7/2020 at 9:45pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Monty15 on 01/7/2020
Can't stand Duvets, ALWAYS too hot for me, I'm an old fashioned sheets and blankets type, cold - put another blanket on, hot - take a blanket off! Until depths of winter, probably only got a bedspread over a sheet, when it gets colder, blankets come out.

I also hate overheated bedrooms, just can't sleep, no trouble going to sleep in an icy bedroom once I'm snuggled under the blankets.


We are complete opposites there Monty. If it's nice and warm, I'm gone, as long as it's not REALLY hot. Being cold will keep me awake for hours!

When we lived in an old house in Norfolk in the 80s, the bedrooms were FREEZING in winter. No central heating. Ice on the inside of the windows. This coupled with working weird hours as a coach driver and my sleeping was terrible. By the time we moved to where we are now I was driving trains, so still working weird hours, but the house was always nice and warm so I slept like a log. Still do normally.


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PersonMischiefsmum
05/7/2020 at 10:41pm
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If you’ve got a loft open the loft hatch. The hot air rises into there feeling cooler below. If really hot I’ve resorted to sleeping downstairs...


Personfife-bloke
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It’s dreadful at times but a fan works absolute wonders and if you get a quiet one you don’t even know it’s there

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PersonCapt Lightning
06/7/2020 at 9:37am
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Quote: Originally posted by Mischiefsmum on 05/7/2020
If you’ve got a loft open the loft hatch. The hot air rises into there feeling cooler below. If really hot I’ve resorted to sleeping downstairs...


Our house is slightly 'upside down' with the lounge upstairs and he main bedroom & bathroom, downstairs. This is quite common in older houses in this area. Our house dates from about 1830's with a 'modern' extension in the 1890's.


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