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What TEMP do you like your house at?

Juggernaut said:
70 summer nights, 74 summer days. I have a two story with a single unit... so I have to drop the temp at night to get upstairs cool. Heat @ 60 for December and January, quick winters here.
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Is that a quality of the system error? Seems like with computer control and all that jazz that this would be solved automatically with technology. But then I have never in my life lived in a two story either, so what do I know.....
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Ya, we dont have AC but they have jacked our water rates up pretty high considering that we have lots of water (claimed to be for state of the art treatment) and I have to have my lawn/pond/gardens. I get about 8 weeks on either end were I dont have either lawn water or heating energy to pay for, which is nice.
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I have 2 units...AC/heat pump. I replaced the one in the part of the house I live/work in back in January....much lower bills. I don't use the other one very much, no need. Now, 81 might sound warm in the summer....but when you have 30 days in a row above 110...81 is damned cool...and with lots of ceiling fans, its quite nice. If the house gets below 70, my feet freeze up...I gotta wear socks and neoprene booties...probably reynauld's disease..always had very cold feet.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Is that a quality of the system error? Seems like with computer control and all that jazz that this would be solved automatically with technology. But then I have never in my life lived in a two story either, so what do I know.....
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Most definitely, a single unit zoned system with all the razzle dazzle would manage upper and lower floor temps perfectly. Though, a zoned system would still have to run longer to offset natural convection and.... (the biggest issue) it cost more. Two units (upper and lower) plus a door at the stairs to stop the convection would be the best solution. But, the cost of installation doubles and stair door would be a PIA. I cheaped out and just have a single unit. So, I have summer and winter damper and tstat settings to offset convection as much as possible.
 
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68-70 year round. Have trouble falling asleep if it is over 75 when I am in the US. A lot of hotels keep it way too warm for my tastes, so this is something I complain about frequently. Although its weird, if I am in a tropical country, have no problem sleeping at 24c room temp. Maybe it's just because my body adjusts to the heat outside.
 
foadi said:
68-70 year round. Have trouble falling asleep if it is over 75 when I am in the US. A lot of hotels keep it way too warm for my tastes, so this is something I complain about frequently. Although its weird, if I am in a tropical country, have no problem sleeping at 24c room temp. Maybe it's just because my body adjusts to the heat outside.
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Speaking of that when it got really hot here one time last year my wife and i went to the movies to stay cool, like you know, at least 5 generations of humans have done, and damned if they did not have it set at about 80. Used to be about 65, just so that you could get good and cold before you had to go back out.

Very disappointed.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Speaking of that when it got really hot here one time last year my wife and i went to the movies to stay cool, like you know, at least 5 generations of humans have done, and damned if they did not have it set at about 80. Used to be about 65, just so that you could get good and cold before you had to go back out.

Very disappointed.
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That happened to me in Omak, WA this year. Was working there during a heat wave, went to the theatre to cool down, and the tiny ass theatre ended up being a sweatbox.
 
Summer during the day time about 76, evening about 9PM we turn it down 72 like it cool to sleep.

Winter during the day 68, evening 9PM we let it get a cool 62

A few years ago we got 2 Eden Pure heaters. Works great for individual rooms so there is no need
to heat the entire house. So when a cold spell hits we can use them to keep a small area where we
are a bit warmer than the rest of the house if needed.
 
A/C is set to 75 degrees.
Heat is set to 65 degrees.

I have a pellet stove in family room for winter nights.
Glass door provides the ambiance of the fire.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
And has this changed?

I used to like 70-72, was that way all the way up till about 50 years old. My parents kept the house in winter 60 nights/68 days which was too cold for me, they were saving money on heating, told us kids to deal. I had a paper route for years and when I went to collect my money a lot of times people invited me in to wait as they found their checkbook and whatnot, I was shocked at how hot some people kept their homes, there were some always up near 80 degrees.

I am on meds now and have diabetes which makes heat hard for me to deal with, I actually like 65-66 best now.

How bout U?
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Growing up I was a boney kid with about 3% to 4% body-fat. You could breath on me and I'd start shivering. Also, there is a BBBIIIIIGG difference between desert cold and east coast cold with humidity in it. I like sleeping in the cold now and it gets down in the 50's and sometimes 40's this time of year and I keep the windows open. But that is New Mexico cold. Very different than Easterners are used to. I don't think I could tolerate those night time temps on the east coast.
 
Ideally I like it about 70 degrees in the summer and 75 in the winter. I generally set it at 73 in the summer and 68 in the winter when we're awake and in the house.
 
I want to be 73f all of the time.
No problem.

Except the unit is only able to keep us at 79f when the Texas summer sizzles.

Mrs. would prefer 85f. If I'm cool, she puts on a sweater.

The heater does a good job at maintaining 73. Fire is cozy.


Anyone who has ever had long hair will vouch for me saying that it's a great insulator from the cold, but hot in the summer. Beards too.

I have become in tune to my surroundings, especially out in the elements.
 
Where I live I have neither heating nor air conditioning so I take what comes. If it gets chilly I put on pajamas or a sweatshirt and If it gets hot I sit around wearing shorts and have a fan circulating the warm air. At times it's a bit uncomfortable but I'm healthier without air conditioning and forced-air heat. I also like my $15 a month electric bill.
 
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