House temp in winter??

[BitsyNaceyDog]

We used to never use the heat in the winter (okay, we live in Florida, but it does get cold here). We would just turn on the heaters in the reptile rooms and if it got cold enough the bird/rodent room too. We usually like it around 70 degrees. We've had a few cold nights (not super cold, low 50s) and Nathan does not like it! He slept with us for a couple nights until we finally found his perfect winter sleeping temperature, 76 degrees! It's a bit too warm for Justin and me, but we turned our fan on and slept in light cloths.

I love my woodstove
I have a huge fear of gas, and would never have it in my house.

I miss the wood stove we had when we lived in NY. We have a fireplace in this house and we use it often in the winter, we absolutely love it.

I too have a huge fear of gas and will never have it in my house.

[Cataholic]

I am sweaty just thinking about what some of you keep your temps at!

I keep my heat set at 60, and will use a space heater if we are sitting around watching TV. Even at that temp, I still sleep with a window open, though I do turn off the ceiling fan.

A nice duvet, as well as a feather mattress, makes all the difference in the world.

[pitc9]

We burn wood in our wood stove, that's our main source of heat.
We have a gas furnace and the first winter before we put in new windows and the wood stove my gas bills were $300 a month!
But since the new windows and wood stove our monthly gas bills are around $40.

The temp in the house is always around 70. It's nice to sit and watch TV in shorts and a t-shirt all year around! But the dogs don't like it!

[jennielynn1970]

We burn wood in our wood stove, that's our main source of heat.
We have a gas furnace and the first winter before we put in new windows and the wood stove my gas bills were $300 a month!
But since the new windows and wood stove our monthly gas bills are around $40.

Do you think that drop is mainly from the windows or from the gas stove?? The only time I've ever had $40. gas bills was when I was using it only for the stove and my old hot water heater. Not even heating the house.