For those of you who heat your home in the winter, how warm do you keep it?

I am retired and home most of the time. I keep it at 59 all the time unless it is really cold outside (under 25) when I put it at 62 during the day and open cabinets at night.

I don’t have AC and wouldn’t use it if I did.

Dry heat and dry AC hurt my lungs and heat also gives me a headache. I wear a sweater or bathrobe and have a quilt over me on the sofa. Very cozy.

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For 2023, our average monthly gas bill was $57.56 (single-story 2900 sq ft home, 10ft ceilings).

Our overall monthly average is more like $65…I think that is the number I’m going to use next time DH complains we keep the house too warm!

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65° during the day. 60° at night.

My nose and fingers are literally cold right now, sitting in my 63 degree room. Who are you hotblooded creatures who can survive in 60F during the day? :smiley:

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68 in the day/evening, 62 at overnight. Unfortunately it does not heat the house evenly (we have had four HVAC companies out and none of them have any solution short of ripping out all the ductwork and equipment and starting from scratch – the system is already as balanced as it can be with the duct valves). So even set to 68 where the thermostat is ends up being about 60 in the coldest rooms.

(And this ends up costing about ($900-1,000 a month in the coldest winter months.)

Yikes!

I refuse to to sit in our dream home bundled up to stay warm. Our thermostats are set to 73 all-day, and all-night. I guess I’m just a bad man :slightly_frowning_face:

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Your cost depends on your area. We pay $350 a month on a "budget"plan, which simply means they figure out what we’re going to spend during the year and space out the payments evenly.

In winter, downstairs is always 69, upstairs is always 68. I’d go colder if I could, but DH complains.

In the summer, we keep it at 74.

ETA: How does keeping cabinets and medicine chest open advantage you??

Yep, no fun.

Currently at 65 here with radiator heat in the upper midwest. We do bump up a couple degrees for a few hours in the evening (programmed thermostat). We go down to low 60’s after 10 pm, kicks up at 6 am. Empty nesting for the first time this year.

And yes, my spouse regularly wears hats, vests, etc around the house. :joy: I will bump it up if we are having guests.

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Heating with gas (baseboard water) about $150 per month in Nov-Feb. Water is heated by gas so about $20 the rest of the months. Summer May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep we use evaporative coolers and the electricity is taken care of by our solar panels. Water bill is around $25 per month which is minimum billing amount.

Not medicine chest…bathroom sink vanity.

Because often the pipes to the water are going into the walls from there…and an open cabinet provides enough heat to keep things from freezing.

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68 during the day, 62 at night during heating season.
No AC, so summertime it is whatever Mother Nature dishes out (for really bad nights, we sleep in the basement where it is never over 75).

My husband is a warm weather pansy so he turns on the fireplace in his office/library. At the click of that fireplace switch, our cats quickly migrate in and stretch under the fireplace.

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Our cats migrate to the throw blankets and then serve as small heaters to legs/feet. Pernicious little traps, as all of us are loathe to wake them up by moving.

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Some of your comfort level also depends on the level of insulation and the quality of windows and doors. Drafts can make it feel a LOT colder than it really is. Some older houses really are tough to keep warm. Some newer ones with cathedral ceilings are equally difficult because that warm air goes up…high…where you are not.

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70° during early AM hours while getting ready for work and for a few hours in the evening. 62° overnight and when the house is empty. If we’re home during the day, then 67°. My spouse runs colder than I do and if home alone will push the thermostat to 75°.

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68 at night. If I am cold in the evening I will put it at 70 for when we are up. DH will often turn on a space heater in the bedroom during the evening. I turn it off before bed.

I understand some of you are comfortable at lower temps, but like another poster, we aren’t about being cold in our own home! We do have an old home.

At my office we have it at 78. It doesn’t feel hot though, idk what the difference is. I do have two outside walls where I sit.

Haha yes! On windy days, you can feel the air blowing through the house. I figure they were ahead of their time airing it out for covid.

Our house was built in 1910 and has 10.5 foot ceilings.

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Our house is 1915 and has higher ceilings too. Some of the best money we’ve spent since we moved in was having insulation blown into the walls. It made a HUGE difference in holding heat, sound, etc.

We also had small duct AC put in.

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