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No! Maybe it's because I'm a New Englander but you don't open windows when the heat is on. Just like you don't bake when the AC is on. It's like leaving the fridge open. Is this frugal NE speak? Like it's wasting your utilities? I'd rather have someone turn down the thermostat a bit. But most thermostats go to "hold" and then back to the scheduled routine, so at 6AM it would set to my morning time and I wouldn't have even noticed. [/quote]

There was an interesting article in the Atlantic (I think), about how many radiator heat systems, especially in apartment buildings, were designed to run very hot so that people would open the windows to circulate fresh air to avoid disease. This was started in the 1918 flu pandemic. It was deemed healthier than hermetically sealing up buildings and keeping the germs concentrated inside. Can’t imagine why that might be relevant right now, especially with different households apparently sleeping in the same room.

Back to OP. - your hosts wigged out because you are a imposition. No one wants to share a bedroom, so when you changed the thermostat in their room, it was the last straw. If you have to stay, go sleep on the couch or if you’re in a tiny studio, go home or to a hotel. [/quote]

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