House temp in winter??

**momoffuzzyfaces** · 11-03-2007, 04:56 PM

With my arthritis I just can't stand to be cold. I usually keep the furnace on 74 or 76. If you are comfortable in your own home, that's all that matters.

**NoahsMommy** · 11-03-2007, 05:19 PM

I think we keep it at 70 in the cooler months...it will go up to 75 in the hotter months unless we're hot, then we turn the A/C on and bring it back down to 70.

I think "70" is comfortable for the three of us. My parents tend to be "eskimo-esque" in that they normally will have the house a lot cooler than I like it, but they've gotten better lately.

Your home may feel cooler beause like you said, you have hard-wood floors and tall ceilings. My parents home is like that too, but with the large tiled floors and very tall ceilings.

Is it really all nice and wintery somewhere??? We're at 85 F right now, with super-fun (NOT) Santa Ana winds of at least 20-30mph. We have every door/window shut and locked and the A/C is on.

**lizbud** · 11-03-2007, 05:50 PM

I love your house. I do like the older homes better than newer built.
They have a lot of character.

I keep the temp at 68 daytime, 65 at
night.

Maybe you could get one of those space heaters for them when they visit. They have some very fancy looking ones now that look more like furniture.

**Gin** · 11-03-2007, 06:08 PM

Since I'm cheap, I keep the temperature low; 60 degrees during the day, and 55 at night. I just put on my heavy slippers and a coat.

I love your house, with the gorgeous hardwood floors and high ceilings! I live in an old bungalow too.

**jennielynn1970** · 11-03-2007, 06:10 PM

My mom and dad were just here, and my mother was wrapped up like an eskimo! LOL! She said she wanted to leave to go to dinner because it would be warmer in the restaurant.

I have to admit, since I have not turned the heat on yet, it was 64* when I looked at the thermostat. I guess that is chilly, lol. So, since they are old fogies I turned the heat on just for them!

Calloway also was helpful and jumped up and made himself very comfy between my mom and dad on the sofa and emitted a lot of body heat for them! My mom kept saying how sweet and content he was, and gave him lots of love. She said "It's too bad we have 4 at home, otherwise I'd take you with me." She loves tuxies just like I do, and was totally taken by his sweet face and demeanor. If I could find a little old couple for him, he'd be their perfect companion!

It's not "wintery" here yet, but it's darn cold and windy today. I'd say, mid 50's if that during this afternoon. There is a football game tonight at the highschool stadium, and I want to go just so I can get hot chocolate and french fries and walk around the field. This is perfect football weather!

**critter crazy** · 11-03-2007, 06:14 PM

Well we tend to keep the heater down, or even off. We have electric heat, and it gets very costly, so we thrive on our woodstove, but that has a tendancy to get the house a tad too warm.

But if we arent using the stove, and rely on our heat, we keep the temp between 65-70. Which I find is perfect!

**jennielynn1970** · 11-03-2007, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by critter crazy

Well we tend to keep the heater down, or even off. We have electric heat, and it gets very costly, so we thrive on our woodstove, but that has a tendancy to get the house a tad too warm.

But if we arent using the stove, and rely on our heat, we keep the temp between 65-70. Which I find is perfect!

I would LOVE a woodstove! I love being outside and smelling the woodstoves and the chimneys. I'm so jealous of those!!! I have a stinky gas fireplace that when I did turn on and try it out when I first moved in, the living room got really hot, but I don't think the chimney was working right and the fumes got really overwhelming. So... no fireplace! It just sits there and collects dust on the gas logs. Not sure how I'd yank them out either. I'm pretty sure I'd have to have someone cap the gas pipes and then deal with getting the chimney cleaned and checked out as well before I burned regular wood in it.

**Hellow** · 11-03-2007, 06:45 PM

Well, i like to keep our house at 72 - 74*F but my parents like it at 69*F, too cold for me.

**Freedom** · 11-03-2007, 06:47 PM

Brrrr, I'm shivering just READING this thread! So many of you keep the house too cool for me! I am happy at 70. Overnight it drops to 68, then at 10 PM it drops to 65.

The problem is my Dad. Being in his 80's and with diabetes and a few other things, he is ALWAYS cold. So he likes it at 74 or 75. I have spent the past few winters wearing shorts and T's in the house, only getting "dressed" when I was going out. He wears the threal underwear, and flannel lined trousers, a flannel shirt, a flannel quilted shirt, and a down vest on top of all that. So I can't fault him for not dressing warm enough.

We manage OK in winter but summer is more difficult. I turn on the a/c, he turns it off. He sits still, I am working. I turn on the a/c, he turns it off. As I'm already in shorts and T, I can't get much cooler. And he wore his flannel lined trousers all summer this year!

**critter crazy** · 11-03-2007, 08:58 PM

Originally Posted by jenn_librarian

I would LOVE a woodstove! I love being outside and smelling the woodstoves and the chimneys. I'm so jealous of those!!! I have a stinky gas fireplace that when I did turn on and try it out when I first moved in, the living room got really hot, but I don't think the chimney was working right and the fumes got really overwhelming. So... no fireplace! It just sits there and collects dust on the gas logs. Not sure how I'd yank them out either. I'm pretty sure I'd have to have someone cap the gas pipes and then deal with getting the chimney cleaned and checked out as well before I burned regular wood in it.

I love my woodstove, i dont even mind all the extra work it entails. We cut down, and chop our own wood, as we have plenty off trees on our property.Right now we are using all the left over tops, from having the property Logged as well as all the downed trees from this and last years storms.

I have a huge fear of gas, and would never have it in my house. Everything in our home is electric. It is more costly, but I think much safer. Altho, it does have its downsides, as when we lose power, we lose everything!

Can be a tad anoying, since where we live, we lose Power alot!! we actually lost power today for two hours. But we always have heat!!

I can remember a couple years ago we had a horrible snow storm, and we lost power for quite some time! I was melting snow on the woodstove to water our horses! Comes quite in handy!!

In a couple of year we plan to switch everything over to an Outdoor woodstove! That is my ultimate Dream!