Getting old, getting cold

[markem]

Man, I am so getting old. For years, I've been kept the thermostat at 68* during the day and 60* overnight during the winter. The last couple of years, even 70* seems cold to me. Right now I have it set to 72. Since I work from home, you can guess what this does to my heating bill.

So, what temp do you keep the house at when you are home during the winter? Am I the only total wimp in the crowd?

[kelmac07]

Keep my house at 64 in the summer, 68 in the winter.

[MrClean]

Winter it's set between 65-68, since I work nights I set it to 60, makes for good sleeping. Summer it's kept at 75 all the time, which is a little warm, but any lower and I get raped by the electric company.
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[CigarNut]

70 during the day (when we are home) and 65 otherwise.

When we are not home we will let the house get down to 55.

During the summer I have the A/C set to bring the house down to 65 at night as I like it to be cool when I sleep.

[Ogre]

That's why all the old people move to Florida. Their thermostats get out of wack!!!

[icehog3]

I keep the house about 67 or 68* during the winter, maybe a couple degrees colder at bedtime.

[IBQTEE1]

During the winter about 66 at all times. I turned it up if i have guests.

[jjirons69]

Good God, I'd freeze at those temps. I told myself when I got out of college, as long as I had a job, I was going to live comfortably!! And I have been for 20 years. It stays 73-74 in the summer and 71-72 in the winter. If I get cold, I'll bump it up, or vice versa. Our thermostat at work is whacked and I'm either freezing or too damned hot. Home is my castle and my refuge - it's going to be what I think is comfortable. 72-73 is a fine temperature year round.

[emopunker2004]

Summer time I have mine set to between 75-78 and in the winter i try to keep it set to OFF.

[irratebass]

Summer 68 winter 70-72

[longknocker]

Summer 75-78. Winter 72.

[jledou]

Summer time 76-78, Winter - down to about 71 this year, as the little one gets old enough to cover up in a couple years we will be back down to the 68 range.

[14holestogie]

73* in the winter. Each year it goes up another degree, so it may be 74* this year. :)

68* in the summer. I work in a forge shop where the ambient temp is usually over 100* near the office, so I'm gonna chill at home.

[Blak Smyth]

68*-70* all year for me, I hate paying the electric bill but I refuse to let that make me uncomfortable!
I have my air setup so it directs more cool air upstairs so it's more like 65* upstairs where I sleep and 68*-70* downstairs where the t-stat is.

[DPD6030]

Summer the A/C is set to 68-72. Winter the heat is set to usually 68-70...down to 65 when I'm sleeping.

[Barcode]

The Pellet Stove is set at 68 in the winter. I have not had to turn it on yet this year.

[Apoco]

If I'm home alone - 65-68. When the parents are home - whatever they want...it's their house :sh
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[shilala]

74 all year long. That gets too cold for me in the summer, so I usually bump it up to around 76. On sunny days in the winter I'll move the thermostat to 72 so the heat doesn't come on, otherwise it gets so hot my tongue hangs out.

[ktblunden]

In the summer we keep the AC at 78, in the winter I think we do 70 during the day and 65 at night. Last night it got down to freezing for the first time this year and we had the windows open. It was a bit chilly when I got up this morning, to put it mildly. I think it might be about time to set the thermostat for the winter.

[CigarNut]

Mark, I told my wife about your post and she sympathizes. She would like the house to be at 72 in the evenings... :)

[neoflex]

I work from home too and in the Winter I keep my offices zone on 70. The rest of the house during the day will be at 68 and than we will bump it up to 70 at night when we are using those zones until we go to bed and than it gets bumped back down to 68. If I keep all the blinds open in our Master which my office is right off of it and share the same zone it will usually reach 72 by late afternoon. It's the Summertime that kills me as I keep the temp on 75 and mid summer I feel like the A/C is running non-stop all day.

[kaisersozei]

68 year round. We supplement that with floor fans in the upstairs bedrooms (to drop the temp at night during the summer) and a gas fireplace in the living room (to raise the temp during the winter.)

I'm the only one in the house who is always comfortable. Even my teenagers are b1tch1ng in the summertime that it's too cold. Like Jamie, I pay the bills so I decide where the thermostat stays. Plus, I figure I paid my energy conservation dues when when I was growing up: we were poor and lived in a ranch style house. The only A/C was a window unit in my parent's bedroom that only got turned on at night. My mom hung a big woolen Army blanket in the middle of the hall to block off the rest of the house, and we all slept with our doors open. It was still probably about 80, but it felt relatively cool. In the winter, our only heat was pretty much just a woodstove, I think she kept the thermostat at 55 or something crazy.

[68TriShield]

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger Mark ;)

[SteelCityBoy]

The wife likes it hot so I have to deal with it at like 75 during the summer. I would prefer it around 68. Then comes winter and that's a whole different ballgame. Propane costs shot through the roof and we were getting like $500 bills (averaged like $80 all other winters past) so now we put it down to like 60 and run the electric heaters all over the house. I need to pay for smokes man!!!! Not propane!!! :bh

[forgop]

Is your thyroid up to speed? People with hypothyroidism are much more intolerant to colder temperatures.

[IBQTEE1]

Good God, I'd freeze at those temps. I told myself when I got out of college, as long as I had a job, I was going to live comfortably!! And I have been for 20 years. It stays 73-74 in the summer and 71-72 in the winter. If I get cold, I'll bump it up, or vice versa. Our thermostat at work is whacked and I'm either freezing or too damned hot. Home is my castle and my refuge - it's going to be what I think is comfortable. 72-73 is a fine temperature year round.

It has nothing to do with money for me. I like it colder. I sleep with a fan on all year round.

[BigCat]

68 in the summer and 65 in the winter. It usually takes a day or two to get used to the 65, but then it feels fine. I used to turn it down more during the day, but we got a dog last year, so I can't do it anymore.

[Skywalker]

69:D