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??