What temperature do you keep your house in the winter?

tomboy mom · 07-04-11, 02:15 PM

In the winter ours is about 75 upstairs and 70 downstairs during the day. At night, the inside temperature drops about 15 degrees--sending the downstairs bedroom down to around 55 if we don't use heat. In that bedroom we run a space heater for about an hour to keep from getting too cold. We rarely use the central heat. We did have a terrible cold spell this past year--the worst in 100 years--but it only lasted a few days. It got down to 19 degrees one night. I was glad to know the heat still worked as we had not turned it on in a couple of years. I'm sure we set the thermostat somewhere in the 70's.

In the summer, we don't use the central air until the inside temperature is almost 90. When we use it, we set it at 87. If anyone feels hot they just go outside and water some plants. The 110 makes the 87 feel much better.

07-04-11, 02:15 PM	#11
tomboy mom Helper EcoRenovator Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: arizona Posts: 39 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	In the winter ours is about 75 upstairs and 70 downstairs during the day. At night, the inside temperature drops about 15 degrees--sending the downstairs bedroom down to around 55 if we don't use heat. In that bedroom we run a space heater for about an hour to keep from getting too cold. We rarely use the central heat. We did have a terrible cold spell this past year--the worst in 100 years--but it only lasted a few days. It got down to 19 degrees one night. I was glad to know the heat still worked as we had not turned it on in a couple of years. I'm sure we set the thermostat somewhere in the 70's. In the summer, we don't use the central air until the inside temperature is almost 90. When we use it, we set it at 87. If anyone feels hot they just go outside and water some plants. The 110 makes the 87 feel much better.