what temp do u keep heat on?

[FrugalFish]

The thermo is in the hallway, which stays warmer than the outlying areas of the house. It's set on 70 to keep the rest of the house at 67-68. DD is not quite 3 and isn't real good with blankets yet; we tried to go a few degrees cooler the beginning of the season, but she wasn't sleeping well so we bumped it back up a to that.

[DebbieL]

70. Being comfortable in my own house isn't something I'm willing to skimp on.

My thoughts exactly. I would give up other things first. You will not find my place at 55 degrees (wow)? I wouldn't even be able to move my fingers they'd be so cold.

[simpleyme]

My thoughts exactly. I would give up other things first. You will not find my place at 55 degrees (wow)? I wouldn't even be able to move my fingers they'd be so cold.

when we go to my moms house she keeps it so hot non of us can even breathe, so those that wont skimp look to see if your guest are dying from the heat ,;-)
we turn up the heat when we have guests, seems like most people we know keep the house at 70 even when they are at work and no one is home

[DebbieL]

It isn't hot in our place, just comfortable. My dad stokes up his woodstove so much that you would want to die when you step foot into my parents' kitchen (and yes, it is a source of some humorous friction between my parents with mom opening windows and dad shutting them, etc). I cannot stand it too hot, I just don't like to be cold at home either.

[LivingAlmostLarge]

I wish I could keep it as warm as I would like. 70 would be good. I make my DH suffer in the summer when I won't turn on the A/C and if I do, I only let it get down to 78 or 80. I really love it warm.

He punishes me with 62 or 64 in the winter. He thinks it's pretty reasonably warm. I am dying.

Sometimes I sit in front of our fireplace till I'm pretty much roasting. My DH thinks I'm nuts and tries to get me to move and be normal about the heat.

So cheapness I think plays a role but unfortunately it's partially due to our difference in temps.

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

Usually 60-62 when we are both home or 58 when it is just me. 58 at night as well. Husband does not even own a sweater or fleece shirt, so though he wants it warmer than I am do, I think he could easily get by with the house at 54 if he'd dress for winter. I wear a lot of clothes to be warm. I think human beings were meant to live in the tropics.

[arthurb999]

I have a programable one so it set to be

69 when home
62 at night
60 when both of us are at work

[red92s]

My thoughts exactly. I would give up other things first. You will not find my place at 55 degrees (wow)? I wouldn't even be able to move my fingers they'd be so cold.

When I didn't run heat at all overnight, it would be 45 inside when I woke up. I did that for about 4 weeks. It's 55.4 inside right now (23 outside) and I have a t-shirt on . . .just got home from work and turned the heat on though.

[DebbieL]

I probably should have mentioned that I'm in Canada, so when I said we didn't get much of a winter in Victoria, and it was 13-14 degrees yesterday, I meant celcius, not farenheit. When red92s just said it was 55 degrees inside and 23 degrees outside right now, I was thinking "Wow, 23 degrees is summer type temperatures" . It just didn't click in my mind that the 23 degrees would be farenheit, lol.

It's kind of funny, but I think of indoor temperatures in farenheit, but I usually think of my outdoor temperatures in celcius. Go figure. It is the same with some other things, like with metric up here. We are supposed to be metric up here, but nobody thinks of their weight in kilograms or their height in centimeters. Everyone says "I weigh XXX pounds and I'm 5'7" tall". There are lots of other examples too. When I bake, I use cups and teaspoons, etc.

[GREENBACK]

I forget that many here are thinking in metric terms ( because I'm in the US).Guess we should specify farenheit/celsius....lol.

[kork13]

I forget that many here are thinking in metric terms ( because I'm in the US).Guess we should specify farenheit/celsius....lol.

Personally, I think the US/Britain should go metric. It makes more sense. Yea, it would take people a while to get used to, but once you've done that, it's perfectly logical. The imperial system (in general) is FAR too confusing.

(........I'm very left-brained, does it show at all? )

[Caoineag]

65 right now. Would be warmer when its cold out but not till we have windows that can seal. Come spring I will turn the heat off and leave it off.

[GREENBACK]

Personally, I think the US/Britain should go metric. It makes more sense. Yea, it would take people a while to get used to, but once you've done that, it's perfectly logical. The imperial system (in general) is FAR too confusing.

(........I'm very left-brained, does it show at all? )

I think the metric system is great but it's that "take a while to get used to" part that makes me wonder if the logistics will work in the US.

[Goldy1]

I can' t imagine being at 65. It would feel cold. 69 used to feel cold to me, but you get used to it. My house has many levels so really where I am makes a big difference also. I don't want to be cold in my home, but 69 is not freezing and dh was being way too dramatic about me putting it at 69 (24 hours a day) when I am skinny and can deal with it.
I was over someone's house for the weekend and it was at 65 and I am not sure but it may have been turned off at night. It was horrible even tho I didn't complain.

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

Goldy, I normally turn the thermostat up for guests.