For people who live in a part of the country that experiences 4 distinct seasons (basically, I'm thinking, WINTER as seen on TV), what temperature do you keep your thermostat at when you're home (1) and awake (i.e., doing normal home stuff -- reading, loafing, cooking, working, whatever), and (2) asleep?
I keep things in the low sixties during the day. And somewhere in the high fifties at night. But I know I am weird. In summer anything below 80 is fine but I am happiest at about 76.
My personal loathing is places too heated in the winter and too chilled in summer. It's winter, I am wearing socks, please don't make me icky sweaty. I'm the one who always has a sweater in offices in summer. Because it's freezing.
The year Joe was gone, I kept out house at 71 or 72 during the evening. If I didn't, my hands and feet got cold. For me, it was totally worth the extra money to be comfortable in my own home And I wasn't walking around in shorts. Usually sweatpants, a T shirt and a sweater. But I'm always cold.
My parents kept our MN house at 69 in the winter and it was just too cold for me.
I think 65 is as cold as I can take it at night.
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My personal loathing is places too heated in the winter and too chilled in summer. It's winter, I am wearing socks, please don't make me icky sweaty. I'm the one who always has a sweater in offices in summer. Because it's freezing.
Yes yes yes!!!!
I hate having to carry sweaters to the movies or the grocery store in summertime.
I guess a more accurate question is: what's a reasonable upper limit for room temperature?
For me, I think 75 is generally Way Too Hot for me in the winter because I
dress like it's winter.
Also, I'm poor and I was raised by a skinflint, so I'd rather not waste money on utilities when I could just put on some socks and a hoodie.
Teppy, my dad would have screaming fits if anyone touched the thermostat.
We keep ours around 69 all the time, because the kids tend to throw off blankets, pull off socks and sometimes get entirey naked. DH prefers it cooler at night.
If I feel cold, I'll nudge it up to 70 during the day.
Now that we've got a fireplace, we'll sometimes burn some wood, which doesn't raise the temp all that much but gives us a lot of psychological warmth.
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He's been keeping it at 65 or so during the day, and 60 or 62 at night.
I personally like it around 65 when I'm around, whether it be day or evening. Sixty sounds a bit low for my tastes.
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I'm doing around 65 day and night (for my part of the house) when I'm home, partly because (daytime) there's so much space to heat I feel guilty about how much gas I'm using and (nighttime) there's so much space to heat that only by making it heat the area around the thermostat to 65 can I get the bedroom/bathroom warm enough for me to get out of bed in the morning.
I'm pretty sure my mother keeps it at 60 during the day and 58 at night. This is among the many reasons my visits to her are never very long. That, and she's had two houses in a row now where the showerhead is set at about 5'. WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?
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