Just reading about how cold you guys keep your houses makes me feel cold.
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Just reading about how cold you guys keep your houses makes me feel cold.
You and me both, Dana.
Being extremely warm-natured works well for me in the cold months, I spend almost nothing on heat. When it's above about 78° (which is maybe 9 months of the year here) my love for tall ceilings and big windows bites me in the ass with very high AC bills.
Could you work-warning that?
There is no way that having the furnace dude at your house for 2 hours can be good. He was just supposed to be inspecting it. I suspect he found a problem.
Dana, I can lesson you in the Ways of Cold Blood. There are down booties. There are cashmere layers. There are lap-blankets. And when all else fails, there is culinary ambition, to give you a reason to stand in front of your hot stove.
There are also hot water bottles to rest the soles of your feet upon. This works unbelievably well for me, because you've got some very close bloodvessel/skin area down there, so it warms you up quite well.
I will chime in in my capacity as a person who has written approximately 500 articles and web pages about setting your thermostat.
The standard "normal" temperature is 72. Utilities recommend setting the temperature at 68° or lower during the heating season. Your heating costs increase about 3 percent for each degree above 68. Aside from the whole caulk, seal, insulate routine, one of the better ways to save money is a step-back thermostat, which turns the heat down during the day when you're gone and back up before you get home. You can also set it to be cooler in the middle of the night. Brenda, it sounds like that's what you have. Usually it gives you a number of time slots that you can program.
I have the thermostat set at 68, but that used to be a little cold for me. Now I'm pretty happy if there's not actually ice forming.
I love it when I'm reading another blog/discussion board and recognize a Buffista! IOW, I was going to wave at you, JZ, over at Shapely Prose, but decided to say "I saw you!" over here.