[andimorony]

Yep and thats EXACTLY what I do here.
We have a 3000 sq/ft house with dual therms... So, what I do is turn down the upstairs during the day, to about 62. Then, on days when I am home most of the day, I build a fire in the living room (we have an open floor plan so this warms the living room, kitchen and morning room). That's where we do the bulk of our day time living. If the boys want to be up in their rooms, they simply bundle up--they're up there playing the durned PS2 anyway so they can make the sacrifice if they want it badly enough, lol. Otherwise its them at school, dh at work and Lili and I in the downstairs.

I burn the fire until an hour or so before bed, turn down the therm and turn it up upstairs to about 64 and off we go to bed.

This is a new plan and I *think* it will work but we'll see.

andi

Originally Posted by cercis

It could have been their memory, but thinking back, I think I do remember them showing the thermometer and the drop.

They don't go into why the temp dropped. Just that those rooms were a certain temp and then they were 3 degrees cooler. If the thermostat was in the room with the fire, then the heater wouldnt' have kicked on and that could just be a function of bad insulation.

I figure it's only 3 degrees and it took a while to happen. So, if you want to have a roaring fire and you plan to be in that room for several hours, it could save heating bills, especially if you heat with central heat and turn it off while you're in the room with the fire.