Heat in hotel rooms?

WhiteWalls · 16-02-2015 12:38AM #1

Why does it have to be so warm in hotel rooms? Is it anything to do with heat rising up through the floors if you were on the top floor? I hate staying in them for this reason

Stheno · 16-02-2015 12:39AM

Any hotel room I've stayed in has room temperature controls. have you checked for this?

weadick · 16-02-2015 12:40AM

Couldn't agree more. It seems to be a phenomenon particular to Irish hotels more than anywhere else.

Andrewf20 · 16-02-2015 12:45AM

Yep, not too uncommon and it can be a divil for getting colds I find, especially if its cold outside and you are in and out - hot and cold.

The worst offenders I found were hotels on skiing trips in Europe. I remember a place in Andorra in particular - it must have been 25-30 degrees in the hotel corridors etc, as were the rooms when we 1st arrived. Ice cap melting stuff and simply unnecessary.

The One Doctor · 16-02-2015 12:45AM

Just open the window.

darkpagandeath · 16-02-2015 12:46AM

Don't bring a black light near the place.

cloud493 · 16-02-2015 12:49AM

Well la di da mr I can afford hotel rooms. Some of us have to sleep in a box.

WhiteWalls · 16-02-2015 12:50AM

The One Doctor wrote: »

Just open the window.

Open all weekend and still sick heat

Duke O Smiley · 16-02-2015 12:51AM

Maybe the hotel doubles as a grow house and you just happen to have the room above the main grow room? Ask management they'll probably move you

thelad95 · 16-02-2015 01:04AM

Normally I have this exact problem but I stayed in a Premier Inn in England a few years ago and it was heavenly cool.

Just cannot sleep in hotels at all. It takes 5 minutes to disentangle the duvet from the sheets and even then the duvet is always too heavy and the room is too warm.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 16-02-2015 01:18AM

Makes sex hot and sticky too.. Usually upon entering the room I'll turn down the heating, open the windows, shower then bed. My problem with hotel rooms is the sound, or lack of!.

I hate quiet hotel rooms, almost as bad as over heated. I loved the Crowne Plaza on Times Sq NYC, I could open the window slightly and listen to NY 43 floors below.

enniscorthy · 16-02-2015 01:20AM

hehe dont get me started i turn up the heat in hotel rooms if you know what i mean especially when they have good wifi signal and i'm broadcasting live on cam4 and smotri hehe

Pinch Flat · 16-02-2015 01:24AM

Heat doesn't rise

Turtyturd · 16-02-2015 01:33AM

Alaina Fierce Yogurt wrote: »

I hate quiet hotel rooms, almost as bad as over heated. I loved the Crowne Plaza on Times Sq NYC, I could open the window slightly and listen to NY 43 floors below.

Love that constant bustling sound. Although stayed in the Hotel Pennsylvania a few years back and it was freezing...colder inside than the minus temperatures and snow outside. Someone had also managed to write 'Ballymun' with their finger in the dirt on the outside of the room window...small world.

Copa Mundial · 16-02-2015 01:35AM

I can never sleep well in a hotel! The rooms are always roasting, aircon or not, and you can only ever open the window 4 inches.

WhiteWalls · 16-02-2015 01:37AM

When people say turn down the heat do they mean turn off the radiators? I'v never been in a hotel room where I could regulate it myself on a device or whatever

kneemos · 16-02-2015 01:38AM

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Heat doesn't rise

Why do they fill hot air balloons with it?

lulu1 · 16-02-2015 01:42AM

Dont worry you are paying for it. Why open the window and throw it away. I would make sure if I was paying for something I would take it if I wanted it or not. Cant afford to put on heat here. Now where's me hot water bottle

mickdw · 16-02-2015 01:43AM

WhiteWalls wrote: »

When people say turn down the heat do they mean turn off the radiators? I'v never been in a hotel room where I could regulate it myself on a device or whatever

At a minimum, a hotel will have a temperature valve at the rad that can be really turned from hot to cold. If not that, you will have a temperature control on the wall.

delw · 16-02-2015 01:51AM

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Heat doesn't rise

Hot/warm air does

Pinch Flat · 16-02-2015 02:09AM

kneemos wrote: »

Why do they fill hot air balloons with it?

They fill hot air balloons with hot air which, being less dense than the cooler air surrounding it, rises.

Heat on the other hand is a transfer of thermal energy between two bodies and can operate in any direction - up, down, left or right

https://scienceinquirer.wikispaces.com/file/view/HeatMisconceptions.pdf

delw wrote: »

Hot/warm air does

Bingo

SpaceTime · 16-02-2015 03:22AM

weadick wrote: »

Couldn't agree more. It seems to be a phenomenon particular to Irish hotels more than anywhere else.

And British !

I find London shops are all totally overheated too.

calanus · 16-02-2015 03:22AM

I can remember being in the Hotel Marriot near Times Square where the windows were allowed to be open a sliver because of "dangers" ... i.e. - it is a suicide hotspot. Spent ****loads of money but spent my time sticky and uncomfortable even with the AC

kneemos · 16-02-2015 03:22AM

Pinch Flat wrote: »

They fill hot air balloons with hot air which, being less dense than the cooler air surrounding it, rises.

Heat on the other hand is a transfer of thermal energy between two bodies and can operate in any direction - up, down, left or right

https://scienceinquirer.wikispaces.com/file/view/HeatMisconceptions.pdf

Bingo

Bet your thrilled somebody contradicted you?

Canis Lupus · 16-02-2015 05:47AM

Pinch Flat wrote: »

They fill hot air balloons with hot air which, being less dense than the cooler air surrounding it, rises.

Heat on the other hand is a transfer of thermal energy between two bodies and can operate in any direction - up, down, left or right

https://scienceinquirer.wikispaces.com/file/view/HeatMisconceptions.pdf

Bingo

Pedantic much?

Flippyfloppy · 16-02-2015 05:54AM

And why is the air soooooo dry, Eugh cotton mouth to be got in the dry hot quiet hotels.

Charlie19 · 16-02-2015 06:04AM

calanus wrote: »

I can remember being in the Hotel Marriot near Times Square where the windows were allowed to be open a sliver because of "dangers" ... i.e. - it is a suicide hotspot. Spent ****loads of money but spent my time sticky and uncomfortable even with the AC

You'll find most hotel windows only open a small bit, even on the ground floor.

You would think there be some sort of fire hazard by not allowing the windows to open fully.

suicide_circus · 16-02-2015 06:49AM

Yep really annoying, especially when you're in a hotel which restricts window opening to 4mm. I happened to have a phillips head screwdriver with me once and was able to remove the little bracket thing which was stopping the window from opening fully.

suicide_circus · 16-02-2015 06:53AM

Flippyfloppy wrote: »

And why is the air soooooo dry, Eugh cotton mouth to be got in the dry hot quiet hotels.

Combine this with inevitable over zealous hotel sex and hangover and you're in for an unpleasant morning. Not to worry, you can head down for breakfast and enjoy a thimble of orange juice!

16-02-2015 07:10AM

I've just had the worst nights sleep in a hotel. So feckin warm and I think the air con is automatically controlled as I can't find any place to change it - the noise of it went through my brain though.
On the bright side, I can sleep all day all the pool if I want.

Pinch Flat · 16-02-2015 01:03PM

kneemos wrote: »

Bet your thrilled somebody contradicted you?

Apparently a few posters think they fill hot air balloons with heat. Maybe it's an Irish thing

http://youtu.be/52bna-tn_dY

Heat in hotel rooms?

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