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    64 - but only when the gas heater is on and we are not using the buckstove

    we are cold loving, antique folks with free solid fuel dry in the yard

    if the buckstove is on and we still shiver in seatshirts or sweaters - then I request a few hours of 64 with the gas heater

    hubby likes to wake up in the morning, make coffee, and might throw on a 99cent quick ignite log if I plan to stay in bed another hour

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    Ok, I'm feeling better!! I'm not the only one who likes it cooler, and not just because I'm trying to save money. My mother makes me feel like I'm so odd and it's an icebox in the house. I really think my dad's health has a lot to do with why their house is so warm now, and my mom, she's just a stick and has always been cold (the woman is 5'10" tall and weighs maybe 118lbs - she has a ton of food allergies and cholesterol issues and can't gain weight... and I didn't inherit that part of her genes why???? )

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    Quote Originally Posted by sirrahbed
    we are cold loving, antique folks with free solid fuel dry in the yard
    Wait, do you mean you like antiques?? I've seen your picture, and you're not old, so you can't mean you two are antiques!!!

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    I prefer it to be about 22-24C =75F, but at night about 66F... with a window slightly open. I would freeze to death if it was under 62!



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    Quote Originally Posted by Randi
    I prefer it to be about 22-24C =75F, but at night about 66F... with a window slightly open. I would freeze to death if it was under 62!
    You would just need more cats!

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    Since moving into our older home, we have kept the thermostat at 65-68 during the day and we let it drop to 60 at night. I really like it cool at night while I'm snuggled warm under a duvet!

    We also have radiant heat (radiators/boiler) and I can't imagine having anything else to heat my home! It's great for allergies since the air isn't being blown around and you don't have to worry about cleaning out any ducting. And it seems to heat the home more efficiently.

    We just added a sunroom off the back of the house and we added a gas fireplace and radiant flooring. I absolutely love it and I'm so glad we already had the boiler to accommodate the heat for the sunroom floor.

    Now I just need to add the kitties and they'll also give their approval for warm sunroom floor!
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    58-62 during the winter, I love the cold and keep the bedroom window cracked also!

    I grew up in a house that had only 2 coal stoves, one in the kitchen and one in the parlor for heat and usage, so we never really caught on to the thingie on the wall!

    We never froze but we did love snuggling in the featherbeds! My hubby keeps trying to turn the heat on each year and I keep turning it off right after him!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Russian Blue
    Since moving into our older home, we have kept the thermostat at 65-68 during the day and we let it drop to 60 at night. I really like it cool at night while I'm snuggled warm under a duvet!

    We also have radiant heat (radiators/boiler) and I can't imagine having anything else to heat my home! It's great for allergies since the air isn't being blown around and you don't have to worry about cleaning out any ducting. And it seems to heat the home more efficiently.
    Ok, here's a question... ducting?? Do home with furnaces and the old grates in the walls have ducts? Do they need to be cleaned? If so, how often?? I had the furnace checked 2 years ago, since UGI had some offer to go along with a yearly maintenance package, but it didn't seem like such a big deal, so I haven't done anything since. Is this something that I should actually invest in getting done? There's an Aprilaire humidity thing that goes along with the furnace, and there's supposed to be an air cleaner, but I think when the guy who was cleaning/checking the furnace that time looked at it, he said it wasn't working (the air cleaner). Like anything would work with all these cats, lol! I'd probably have to change some filter every other month.

    Is there anything that I really need to be doing, or getting checked, in my home??

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