Our house is in the mid 50's right now (minus my room thanks to baseboard heaters) and my roommate insists we can go another month without turning on the central heat. How cold do you let your house get before you turn on the heat?
Heh.hoodie
haha...I couldn't tell you what the hell she sets ours at (besides the fact that I probably couldn't operate the thermostat). All I know I usually wear a sweatshirt around the house in the winter and I like it that way.I see a lot of wrong answers here.
The correct answer is whatever in the hell your wife sets it at.
haha...I couldn't tell you what the hell she sets ours at (besides the fact that I probably couldn't operate the thermostat). All I know I usually wear a sweatshirt around the house in the winter and I like it that way.
Ha, same here. I wear a hoodie (trademark @ stoney98) in the winter if I am cold, and a wife beater in the summer if I am hot. It keeps thing simple.haha...I couldn't tell you what the hell she sets ours at (besides the fact that I probably couldn't operate the thermostat). All I know I usually wear a sweatshirt around the house in the winter and I like it that way.
Oh man, how did you survive?60-65...
I do live in san Diego, so my vote may not count. Rarely gets below 50 here. Although last year we had a cold snap. Got down to 28deg 1 mile from the beach.
Flannel sheets = mehIn related news it's cold enough around here now that we put the flannel sheets back on the bed. Flannel sheets are my favorite part of winter.
At night, set the thermostat at 60 (about 10pm-8am)...during the day drop it down to 52.
Last fall I put in a pellet stove insert in my fireplace, and that keeps the main portion of my house plenty warm (it's an open layout ranch), though the bedrooms down the hall stay a bit cool. I'm putting a nice tower style fan in the hallway this winter to (hopefully) blow the warm air from the living room down the hall into the bedrooms. As is, the heat hardly kicks on until the temps are consistently in the teens or single digits. It being a new(er), well insulated house helps as well.
My guess is I saved about $1,000 in oil from the first winter to the second winter after putting in the stove, and 2 tons of pellets got me through the winter (about $500).
This. Combine it with a heated mattress pad and you're set!Flannel sheets = meh
Best part about winter for us is our king size down comforter!
Don't it wind up costing a bunch to replace panes?sometimes i crack the windows.
We had a heated mattress pad until a couple years ago when the neighbors two doors down almost lost there house in a fire started by one. Wifey said it had to go.This. Combine it with a heated mattress pad and you're set!
I was fortunate enough to get it from my parents as they no longer wanted it for whatever reason, otherwise I would have had a hard time justifying the cost myself. Although I will say, If you were to spend $3k on one, based on the past winter alone I would say you could get your money back in 5-6 years depending on the house layout and how much it actually heats. I saved about $500 in heating oil last winter I would guess.similiar set up as me and been toying with the idea of putting in a pellet stove. Did you get yours
at the depot/lowes or a specialty store? The ones I've seen are around $3k and have a hard time justifying
that upfront expense.