What temp you keep your house at in winter?

[dukebound85]

I'm curious as right now I'm at 60 and I will say its a tad cold. I just dont want to get hit with a huge heat bill lol

[Eidorian]

50 F usually and 48 F right now.

[fireshot91]

Woah there guys, my parents like it at 68. I like it at 74.

It might be because I'm in DC and am used to the heat. I hate the cold :/

[Eidorian]

Did you mean when I'm in the house or not?

If I'm downstairs for any length of time I'll crank it to 66 F. Otherwise my house is kept cold.

[Dagless]

Our temperature is always set to 23c; spring, summer, autumn and winter.

It's 22.4c in my room now but the curtains and blinds are open (and bloody freezing outside).

[dubhe]

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I live in an old apartment with.individual radiators, but it is warm.enough to wear a T Shirt, but I might need to get used to wearing a jumper, my bill for the past three months was £350!

[rdowns]

Usually keep it at 62º. I can't stand how the forced air heat dries me out. I live in a 3 story townhouse and it gets very hot upstairs and stays cool downstairs. If I keep the fan running, the downstairs can get up to 65-66º just by moving the hot air around.

[Love]

In the snowy cold winters of Calgary I keep my home around 68 when not home and 71 when home.

[PlaceofDis]

65F when i am gone and around 70F when i am home. once the outside temps get to and stay above 45 ill drop each another five degrees probably.

[Saikou]

I like mine at LEAST 70º. I can't stand the cold and sadly it seems to last 6 months out of the year where I live. :mad:

[dukebound85]

I like mine at LEAST 70º. I can't stand the cold and sadly it seems to last 6 months out of the year where I live. :mad:

i like mine at least 70 too! i just dont like payig for 70 haha

[Aea]

I like mine at LEAST 70º. I can't stand the cold and sadly it seems to last 6 months out of the year where I live. :mad:

Or usually higher. Luckily I'm moving into a new place that's built for energy efficiency and facing south east. Then again I live in Denver so I'll probably need to run the heater all winter and the AC all summer anyway.

[Thomas Veil]

About 64-65º F during the daytime. The family room has a wood-burning fireplace, which keeps us warmer.

[dmr727]

My place is currently sitting at 62F with the heat off. It's a bit chilly and if it gets much colder I'll crank up the heat.

[ButtUglyJeff]

67-68F durring the day, and 61-62F when I'm in bed. It also dropps down when the house is empty durring the day.

I can't recomend a programmable thermostat enough...............

[Cassie]

72 in the day, 68 at night. Us southerner's don't like cold.:D

[Prof.]

66ºF all day, all winter.

[Mr. lax]

In the snowy cold winters of Calgary I keep my home around 68 when not home and 71 when home.

Same for me, for every part of that sentence.

[OllyW]

We've got ours at a temperature that I think is a bit too hot and the women of the house think is a bit too cold.

I think that's as close to ideal as it's ever going to be. :D

[hexonxonx]

I have a progammable thermostat that works out well. Before the thermostat, my bills were about $200 in the winter.

During the times I am at home, the temp is set for 73F. When I am at work, it's set at 65F. When I am sleeping, I have it set at 69F. My winter bills never go above $150 this way. In fact, last month when we had outside temps of -10 to about 10F for a week, my bill came in at $147.

Get a programmable thermostat if you don't have one yet.

[iShater]

We use a programmable thermostat, and this winter was the first time we dropped the temp below 70F.

Morning: 68F (like it warm to actually get my butt out of bed)
Day Time: 60F (tempted to drop it lower, but not sure how much low would be safe for pipes, etc)
Return: 65F
Sleep: 62F

So far our highest bills have been $165, we typically see over $200 in the winter, and considering our Chicagoland winter has been colder than normal, this tells me we are saving a lot.

[swingerofbirch]

Usually 62, sometimes higher if I wake up cold, never above 65....my houseguests recoil, but I manage...usually under a blanket in winter.

[bartelby]

We've got ours at a temperature that I think is a bit too hot and the women of the house think is a bit too cold.

I think that's as close to ideal as it's ever going to be. :D

Same here... Except there's only one cold person in my house...

[GGGUUUYYY]

No idea.. wood stove:cool:

[yOGi420™]

My thermostat is set to 68, but since it usually warmer than that outside my heater does not turn on all that often. Usually just before bedtime for an hour or 2.

[comictimes]

67-68F durring the day, and 61-62F when I'm in bed. It also dropps down when the house is empty durring the day.

I can't recomend a programmable thermostat enough...............

Exactly what I like. If I am absolutely freezing for one reason or another I'll crank it up to 70 or 71 then let it slowly settle back down to its programmed levels.

[chilipie]

I just heat my room with my MacBook Pro.

[millerj123]

Thermostat is set to heat at 70, but we'll drop that to about 68 at night. Right now, it's 78 indoors, but we've opened windows to cool it down some. It's about 73 outside. We refuse to switch AC on in the winter. Gotta love the desert. ;)

[iBookG4user]

I like it around 60-65º in the winter, which sometimes means that the AC has to come on in the winter. I really hate the hot weather here :(

[yOGi420™]

I like it around 60-65º in the winter, which sometimes means that the AC has to come on in the winter. I really hate the hot weather here :(

same here... the last month has had more hot days than cold ones here in Cali.

[andreab35]

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Around 64 during the day. Back down to 62 when in bed. 68-70 so they don't freeze. :D

[Prof.]

I just heat my room with my MacBook Pro.
LOL I do the same thing but with my PS3.

[cycocelica]

We keep it at about 69 degrees.

And we push well over $300 a month for electricity. We also live in a house that is over 50 years old and has single pane windows.

[iJohnHenry]

You could go to the shrink-wrap route, to cut the drafts.

That is a heavy bill, for sure.

[cycocelica]

You could go to the shrink-wrap route, to cut the drafts.

That is a heavy bill, for sure.

Yeah we all talked about that (there is 8 of us), and we actually have foam over the windows in the living room.

But still, the people who own our house suck and wouldn't even think of doing some minor upgrades.

[DiamondMac]

Winter? 71

[dukebound85]

Yeah we all talked about that (there is 8 of us), and we actually have foam over the windows in the living room.

But still, the people who own our house suck and wouldn't even think of doing some minor upgrades.

at least you get to divide it by 8 right?

[Rodimus Prime]

73-74. I hate the cold like a true southerner. Now in the summer my apartment will sit at 80-84 and I am just fine with that.

[cycocelica]

at least you get to divide it by 8 right?

Yeah, which makes it bearable.

[Eidorian]

We keep it at about 69 degrees.

And we push well over $300 a month for electricity. We also live in a house that is over 50 years old and has single pane windows.I shrink wrap my windows bro.

[dukebound85]

I shrink wrap my windows bro.

how would one do this: just tape a layer of shrink wrap over the windows?

[Eidorian]

how would one do this: just tape a layer of shrink wrap over the windows?Frost King shrink film insulation with ever so lovable double sided tape and a hair dryer.

[jessica.]

I tend to keep it around 67º-69º. At 69º it actually gets too warm when moving about and cleaning and such so it's been at 67º after the first week I was here. Before that it was 70º as I was adjusting to the single digit temps.

[63dot]

50-55F at night

i wear a hoodie during winter :)

[thisonechance]

I usually bounce between 68 and 74. I would have it colder but I think the girlfriend would freeze and I just can't have that happening.

[Dmac77]

In the winter, we keep it between 76°F and 78°F, no one in our house can stand it if it goes any lower.

Don

[Rodimus Prime]

I want to lower mine to reduce my heating bill. It is just I REALLY REALLY hate being cold and I get cold easily.

73 is cold for me. I wear a hoody or some type of sweat shirt most of the winter.

[SlasherDuff]

In the winter, we keep it between 76°F and 78°F, no one in our house can stand it if it goes any lower.

Don

I feel better now, I am not the only one who doesn't like my house feeling like a freezer.

70 degrees is too cold for all of us
EDIT: we keep our heat at least at 76 degrees

[mariahlullaby]

I tend to keep the heat off in the day (keep in mind this is in Georgia) and open the windows at night cause I love cold fresh air. In NYC, our dorm is centrally heated though we have heaters in the room...I still like to open the windows at night here, too. I usually wake up cold but that's incentive to get my butt moving and go shut the window.

[ButtUglyJeff]

how would one do this: just tape a layer of shrink wrap over the windows?

They're called "window insulating kits"; Frost king was mentioned above. You put double sided tape around the window, on the molding, stick the plastic on, then use a hair drier to heat the plastic so it shrinks down smooth and clear. It doesn't interfer with your vision, out the window.

[eldy]

OMG you guys are eskimos!

The house is set at 80F on the thermostat (77F actual in the living room) 24/7 during winter. I like walking around in shorts and t-shirt which is very comfy. :) No Snuggies here!

[Tofaha]

you guys keep it chilly :p

we have a programmable thermostat...but its not programmed lol
the house ranges from 70-75

last months bill (gas & electricity) = $700 :eek:

[emmawu]

70 during the day. 62 at night.

[Gray-Wolf]

If it would stay there, 55 deg is perfect for me in the winter, and 65 in the summer. I love cold weather, so winter is easy to do.

[doubleohseven]

At Winter time our house is set to around 24-28 degrees Celsius, while at Summertime, it's set to 18-20 degrees Celsius.

[d_and_n5000]

When someone's at home, at 69 or seventy. When not, around 65.

Thing is, my dad works either monday-wednesday or thursday to saturday with alternating sundays, so more often than not, somebody's home and the heats at 70.

I don't think our bill's too bad, though(I'm just the kid, I don't see it). We did get at least a digital thermostat, so we've been keeping it more constant at a lower temp than we used to. We haven't gone programmable, though - my dad's work schedule changes too much, and my parents aren't technically minded enough to want to bother to change it all the time.

edit: And in the summer, about 72-73 when the AC's on. But we're a throw-open-the-windows house, so we'll crank it up to 80 or so and open the windows quite frequently as well.

aaand another edit: eldy, better you than me. My grandma does that, it's like suffocating every time you walk into her apartment. :P Do you pay your own heat bill, or is it included in your rent?

[mithrilfox]

My house is whatever temperature is it outside.

I don't have central heating of any kind. When it's really cold we just use a portable kerosene heater to heat the room we're in.

Taking a shower is fun, since it's just as cold in the bathroom as it is outside. But even more fun is having to turn off that hot water and get out of the shower :eek:


EDIT: One time my honey in the kitchen cupboard crystallized. It was pretty cool, made it more like a peanut-butter type spread instead of a corn-syrup consistency.

[11800506]

We keep our thermostat at around 71 and 68 at night pretty much year round.

[LizKat]

If it would stay there, 55 deg is perfect for me in the winter, and 65 in the summer. I love cold weather, so winter is easy to do.

Me too. When I'm using the furnace I leave the thermostat set to 56ºF or so in daytimes, turn it down to 52 overnight since I'm upstairs under a pile of quilts and two cats anyway. If I am burning wood well then I'm into cutoff jeans and T-shirts since it gets up to 85ºF in the kitchen and 65 the rest of the place. If I don't burn wood then the kitchen gets pretty cool overnight, enough to turn olive oil cloudy if it goes to -20ºF outside.

[Markleshark]

On my setting dial thingy-ma-jig it's officially™ set to "Toasty Warm".

I hateeeeee the cold.

[pimentoLoaf]

When it dips past 15F, it's set to around 67; otherwise, it's set to around 64.

[ucfgrad93]

I usually keep it around 68-70.

[yellow]

Somewhere between 64 & 67.

[Lesser Evets]

In the depth of winter, when it is below 10ºF day and night, I tend to get it around 70º-74ºF. Other times when it is above 10ºF the house is between 72ºF and 82ºF....

I burn corn.


The stove has no precise temp. control and heats the house unevenly, so I crank it up and let it blast. A ceiling fan blows the heat around the house a little.

Heating price per month < $100.
Eat it.
Also, my windows and doors are leaky as hell, so I could probably heat this house for $70/month if it was properly sealed.

[aross99]

I keep it at 66F when I am home, 62F when I am not, and a chilly 58F at night...

70F would be ideal for me, but it's not worth the extra cost. I wear my Apple Fleece in the winter to make up the difference.

[NC MacGuy]

69 all the time.

[yojitani]

Wow. I can't believe how low some of you can go. We usually do 66 during the day on a sunny day, 68 if it's overcast. 60 - 64 at night.

I hate air conditioning in the summer though. I try to keep it off as much as possible. Problem is my other half is Japanese and loves the air con:(.

[leekohler]

We have radiators. It's an old building from the 20's. We don't pay heat, the landlord does.

It's always really warm in our place, sometimes a bit too warm. I love radiator heat.