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Hilt
Social climber
Utah
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Dec 14, 2011 - 09:22pm PT
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60-62 when no one is sick and up to 68 when needed, this is especially when the old folks are visiting.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 14, 2011 - 09:35pm PT
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Currently 55 degrees, hoodie weather.
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hossjulia
Social climber
Eastside (of the Tetons)
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Dec 14, 2011 - 10:16pm PT
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My apartment has some fancy heat pump thingy that is more efficent if you keep it at a consistant temp, so I try not to fiddle with the thermostat too much. Not sure the last time I HAD a thermostat. I turn it down to 58 at night, because I sleep better if it's kinda cold, and am afraid to turn it off all the way, incase it burns more energy. But when I am hanging out, I find that it has to be up around 70 to be comfortable, which is kinda appalling, considering I used to think 55 or so was fine and have survived, buried in down, at much lower temps.
Hav't gotten a bill yet, but the landlord said the highest he has seen is $50 a month in the winter, Wyoming winter at that.
I'd just as soon turn it off at night, have not seen it get below 50 in there, even when it's -10 all night.
My internal thermostat has been broken for a few years, so I am either too hot or too cold all the time now. :( I have to look at a thermometer to tell if it's just me.
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Jay Wood
Trad climber
Land of God-less fools
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Dec 14, 2011 - 10:17pm PT
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55 evening, 52 the rest of the time. I bump it up to 60 or 62 sometimes, more for guests.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Dec 14, 2011 - 10:30pm PT
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I can give an explanation for the 68 degree feeling warmer in the summer than in the winter...Beer always taste good whether it is cold out or warm...RJ
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kc
Trad climber
the cats
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Dec 14, 2011 - 10:45pm PT
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63 in the morning when I get up/for a few hours. Turn it off the rest of the day. Space heater in the evening as needed; it heats up my entire lower floor on a 'low' setting. Keep all heaters off at night. So far, it has gotten down to 57 inside overnight. (Northern Cal) Brrrr when I first get up in the morning, and it's only December! New house, so I haven't gotten a PGE bill yet. We'll see if I have to modify shortly!
Fortunately/unfortunately, my hot flashes keep me generally nice and toasty. Lovely. But free!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Dec 14, 2011 - 11:10pm PT
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KC: re your comment
Fortunately/unfortunately, my hot flashes keep me generally nice and toasty. Lovely. But free!
I can relate!
Here in Choss Creek lately: highs have been high 30's F and lows are down close to 0 F.
Heidi's Hot flashes keep the house a little warm during the day, and just right at night.
Hot Flash alternative energy!
WOO-HOO!
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Dec 14, 2011 - 11:36pm PT
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Our house is very stable temperature-wise. And where we live is not prone to very cold weather.
The place is designed to stay cool in the hot weather we get, so I am much more grateful not to need to run ac in summer than I am worried by running the heat once in a while.
A heavy tile roof, well insulated atticks, big overhangs on the sunny sides, hi tech double pane windows, heavy tile floors and a well insulated crawl space make this place really efficient.
The temps inside year 'round are between 65 and 80 and I almost never turn on any equipment to change that. Tonight it's supposed to go down to the 40's, but by the time it gets chilly in here I'll be rolled up with a very nice 98.6 heat source. In the morning I'll turn on the heat in the back of the house for about 1/2hour so The Barbara can take a shower in comfort.
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nature
climber
Aridzona for now Denver.... here I come...
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Dec 14, 2011 - 11:38pm PT
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in the summer time I try and keep it at 80. in the "winter" time I try and keep it.. at... not much lower than that. 68 is butt ass cold to people in Tucson. after living in an inferno all summer. during the day i set it for 76. at night I just turn it off and get under a bunch of covers. my nose has frost bite but whatever....
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Dec 14, 2011 - 11:39pm PT
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As cold as it gets. We don't heat. We're fortunate, live in So Cal.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Dec 14, 2011 - 11:55pm PT
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61 for night sleeping ( burr)..63 in the morning (Burr)..turn it off durning the day..Back on at 5:00pm at a lovely 68....unless were using the oven to cook dinner.
I hate winter..I hate being cold....I wear a fuzzy hat and down sweater in the house until bedtime.
I'm amazed.. i survived all those dark-cold-icy- winter days in Yosemite Valley..triple burr....
*waiting on the longer warmer days of spring..i can almost smell the wild flowers.
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Dec 15, 2011 - 12:14am PT
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Yikes, I would need down pants and a down coat at some of your homes.
My wood stove doesn't come with a thermostat. I like my house warm. I keep it warm. I like to sleep with it cold, though not as cold as I use to like it. So I let the fire die in the evening and by morning my house has a nip on it. I have woken up in the middle of the night to get a drink from the water next to my bed, gone to take a sip and gotten no water. I thought my glass was empty but instead it was frozen. That use to be just fine with me. I use to be my own furnace, but I don't like it to get that cold anymore. I use to hate electric blankets, but after one illness my inner thermostat doesn't work like it should and now I think they are a god send. Sometimes I get cold, and I just can't get warm, no matter how many blankets I toss on the bed.
No AC.. I live in the mountains and don't need it. My summer electric runs 25 dollars a month. My winter runs 35 a month as I use a small electric heater occasionally. Most of the time I heat with wood.
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laughingman
Mountain climber
Seattle WA
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Dec 15, 2011 - 12:15am PT
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depends in what region you live...
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Dec 15, 2011 - 12:45am PT
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Around 15 C in winter, whatever the atmosphere brings in summer.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Dec 15, 2011 - 01:28am PT
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56 degrees with the space heater,
long johns and a nordic trak sweat shirt,
nordic trak is the sh#t, man,
anything warmer and your muscles turn to mush,
plus, this keeps me ready for ice climbing and alpine FA's.
global warming.
do your part.
turn off that heater, no matter where you live, and learn to enjoy suffering.
sleep with a blanket around your head,
i had a yugoslaviasn girlfriend who slept with that damn blanket round her head, made me sick just lookin at her with that thing on, like screwin a mummy, don't know if her legs were more scratchy than that wool blanket, but guess what,
guess who wears a head blanket to bed, thats right,
if you can't see your breath in front of your face, then your house is wimpy.
i think i have pnemonia, maybe some more weed will help, bolster the immune system, freshen the lungs,
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Dec 15, 2011 - 01:49am PT
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I run my AC in the winter just so I can keep it colder than all you tough guys.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 15, 2011 - 01:52am PT
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hey there all, first off....
dingus!!!
as to this quote:
My house nearly burnt down last week, um Wednesday night I think. It was '.' this close. The furnace motor has been in the process of failing for the last couple of years. We put off doing anything because the furnace is old and needed replacing anyway.
So in the process of shutting off on, off on, off on, repeatedly... the lockout switch failed, the furnace motor never kicked in and high-heat was trapped in the burner so to speak with no where to go
:O
i am so glad you are all alive and well, :O
:)
next, i never could use heat until jan, or feb, and i could see my breath in my little place... i was not able to pay... it finally got so bad, my dad and a friend, helped me, both, little by little..
well now, here i am at the new place, and i still get a bit of help, thank the good lord... :)
well, first year here, i kept it at 58, and did good, unless the grandkids came here... then, had to turn it up... most of the heat bill was then 70? i think, ??? this is a large frontroom-dining, small kitchen, three small bedrooms and large two room basement, with mudroom connected, so it is larger so much mor than my tiny place, but i have the plastic on the OLD windows... so even when cold, it was better than the LAST place, (was so cold, you just wanted to hibernate, there), :))
well i had planned to get by winter, okay but i MESSED up, (but in a good way, i hope, hahahaa) meaning: i used some babysitting treat money for a:
PARAKEET, :o had been wanting one for near ten years now... never could do it, place was too small and the cats, too near...
well, i just then found out that parakeets cannot have drafts, and needed the air to be about 64-70, :(
ooooooooooooooooooopppps, bad plan, :(
now i have been having the house at 65-68, :(
well,yeah, it is nicer to be a bit warm, but i had to turn the heat on in oct, :( the end week... and have it on for nov, as well, :(
now, my first bill for nov is 79, but i got it ready to pay, and am grateful...
do NOT know what dec will be... etc...
but do far, no snow... still, i would not have had any heat on until jan... so this kind of rolled me off trail, and down hill a bit, :))
still, you know what? i will make it somehow, as i know it was okay to get the get the little bird, and she is very nice, and a joy here...
hmmmm, do you reckon this was all a higher way/plan, for me to stay warm, :)) *just teasing a bit, :))
brandon:
we used to stay warm in the ol' sub-zero cabela sleepingbag, and kind of hibernate, :)) and we did the five cats on top and around, and dog,when i got it, to TOP it all off, so i sure know that feeling, :))
nice to see that i am not the only one that has to stall before getting a warm house... *though, as (i think susan said?) i really DO like to open windows on some occasions and enjoy the cold air when i am bundeled up, before nightfalll--, just can't do that now, with the bird...
so one loss of pleasure, for a new pleasure of the bird...
:)
hoping to get through winter, okay, this year... did it last year, which was good practice for this bigger place...
last note:
once again, DINGUS!!! SO VERY GLAD that this was not turned into a burnt down house for you, god keep blessing to keep you all safe, :)
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Dec 15, 2011 - 02:15am PT
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actually, if you want to keep your weight down in the winter so that you will be ready by the time you start climbing again, you should keep your house warm.
cold triggers the fat mechanism, which makes the body want to put on weight to keep warm,so jog with sweats in the winter,
these macho idiots you see running in the winter in their summer outfits are blowing it, the body will still want to add weight because of the exposure to cold, at least thats what greg lemond told me, same thing applies to bike racing, wear plenty of clothes one those winter training rides and you will stay lean and mean.
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A5scott
Trad climber
Chicago
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Dec 15, 2011 - 02:16am PT
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i'm pretty much always home, and I keep it at about 64 or 65. If i get chilly, I'll put on fleece, or even a goose down sweater/jacket. light and so comfy. I would like to keep it a bit lower, but the gf won't like it too much. keep the gas bill down, keep CO2 emissions down, reduce demand for gas reduce price.
scott
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ladyscarlett
Trad climber
SF Bay Area, California
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Dec 15, 2011 - 04:59am PT
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Damn!
Here I thought I was being a wimp with the heat here set to 58-60. When we feel like collectively splurging and treating ourselves, we'll let it creep up to 63.
I think last year on New Years we really decided to make it toasty and set it at 65...it was a little bit of heaven.
It is MUCH harder to get out of bed when the room is so cold though...Forget about changing out of pjs! heh.
Cheers
LS
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