Your Home's Temperature

[Abigail]

We've always lived in an apartment with free heat and a thermostat that didn't tell you the exact temperature because you either moved the dial slightly to the left to cool down or right to heat up. Now that we're in a house we have a digital themostat that tells us the exact degree. We have a bi-level home and it is cooler downstairs. For those who live where you still need the air on this time of year.....the following questions do NOT apply. ::


1. What temperature do you keep your home at?

2. What style of a home do you have?

3. Can you tell if one level of the home is cooler than the other?

4. What is the weather like outside these days?

5. Do you change your heat setting during the day or evening or night hours?

[mismatchedsocks]

1. 67 (when my daughter, son, or we are downstairs we use a space heater. The upstairs is the my kids bedroom, they have many comforters and will run a space heater BEFORE bed then turn off when they go to bed.
2. 2 story with finished basement house from 1930's
3. yes, upstairs and downstairs are colder.
4. windy and chilly we can notice the most.
5. I don't change anymore. Legally it has to be 67 in house, and if i turn it down to 64 ir lower it will take alot longer to heat up in morning when I get up if its super cold or chilly. I am from Wisconsin so it gets pretty cold here.

[laundrymom]

Keep mine at 69-71 depending on wind. At night it goes to 66. If we are heating with furnace.

If we are using wood its usually 72-75.

[SilverSabre25]

1. In the winter, around 65-68ish. I don't trust our thermostat, but that's where it "looks" like it's set!

2. Bi-level, and the lower level is about half underground.

3. Hell yes. Downstairs is FREEZING at night, and about 5 degrees cooler during the day. It's all the heat rising straight up the stairs into the upper level, but I haven't figure out how to stop it yet.

4. Chilly. Low 30's/high 20's at night, high 30's/low 40's during the day.

5. Nah, too much trouble.

[spud912]

Answers in red below:

1. What temperature do you keep your home at? 68 in the winter, 75 in the summer

2. What style of a home do you have? Single story

3. Can you tell if one level of the home is cooler than the other? N/A, but there are differences depending on where you are in the house

4. What is the weather like outside these days? 50's during the day, 30's at night

5. Do you change your heat setting during the day or evening or night hours? No. I prefer to sleep when it is cooler than 68, but I don't want my children freezing at night.

[Former Teacher]

I live in TX but I am going to answer anyway because I love surveys! lovethis

1. What temperature do you keep your home at?
Varies. During the summer the a/c is on 70. Winter its mainly completely off unless its super cold. Then I will put the heat on 68ish, or just enough to get the chill out. Right now as I type this the unit is completely off.

2. What style of a home do you have?
A large 1 bedroom apartment

3. Can you tell if one level of the home is cooler than the other?
Since it's all one level I do notice that the back half where the bedroom/bathroom/laundry area etc is, it is cooler ::

4. What is the weather like outside these days?
We have had a lot of rain, although we need more. Its been maybe 40s but its the wind that bites.

5. Do you change your heat setting during the day or evening or night hours?
No, but I do turn on the bedroom fan. One of my rules in life: I'd rather be freezing cold than sweating hot happyface

[Lucy]

My answers in blue.

1. What temperature do you keep your home at? 68-70

2. What style of a home do you have? 1100 sq ft ranch

3. Can you tell if one level of the home is cooler than the other? n/a

4. What is the weather like outside these days? last week - 30 and clear, this week - 48 and foggy

5. Do you change your heat setting during the day or evening or night hours? Yes. I move it as I get hot or cold. 68-70 day, down to 63 overnight.

[morgan24]

1. What temperature do you keep your home at?

68

2. What style of a home do you have?

One story 1360 square feet. Walk out basement with 700 square feet daycare space.

3. Can you tell if one level of the home is cooler than the other?

Basement is 5 to 10 degrees cooler.

4. What is the weather like outside these days?

I'm in MI, no snow yet, it's been staying around 30 to 35 during the day and getting down in the 20s at night.

5. Do you change your heat setting during the day or evening or night hours?

I have geo-thermal heat and you aren't suppose to dial up or down with it in order for it to be efficient.

[sharlan]

We've always lived in an apartment with free heat and a thermostat that didn't tell you the exact temperature because you either moved the dial slightly to the left to cool down or right to heat up. Now that we're in a house we have a digital themostat that tells us the exact degree. We have a bi-level home and it is cooler downstairs. For those who live where you still need the air on this time of year.....the following questions do NOT apply. ::


1. What temperature do you keep your home at?
During the winter, 65 - 70. During the summer, 85 - 90.

2. What style of a home do you have?
Two story.

3. Can you tell if one level of the home is cooler than the other?
My upstairs can be 10 - 20 degress warmer in the summer.

4. What is the weather like outside these days?
We've been in the high 50's, low 60's. Too cold for me.

5. Do you change your heat setting during the day or evening or night hours?
I never run the heater at night and rarely run the AC at night.

I try not to use my heater or AC anymore than necessary.

[Blackcat31]

1. What temperature do you keep your home at?
We keep ours set at 65-70F

2. What style of a home do you have?
We have ranch style, 1800 sq ft single level home with in-floor heating....which is fabulous because my floors are always warm, especially the tile. Even the toilet seat is warm at all times...::

3. Can you tell if one level of the home is cooler than the other?
We only have one level

4. What is the weather like outside these days?
It is a warm and sunny 18F today. A few flurries in the forecast so hoping for a white Christmas.

5. Do you change your heat setting during the day or evening or night hours?
We can't really change our temp since we have in floor heat and it takes 3 days from the time we change the thermostat for the concrete to heat up or cool off so we just keep it one steady temp. We wear shorts and T's when it "feels" warmer in the house and grab a sweater if it feels chilly.

Summer time when it gets hot...we just stay on the lake!

[KEG123]

Winter we keep it at 68. It is definitely warmer upstairs than downstairs. On days I have all the kids (3+my2) then I turn the heat practically off during the day since their body heat helps keep things warm. During nap time I sometimes turn it on a bit if I notice it gets chilly. Right now, it's been unseasonably warm, staying in the 30's-40s during the day, probably 20-30 at night.

[sahm1225]

1. What temperature do you keep your home at? 66-68

2. What style of a home do you have? two story with a walk out basement

3. Can you tell if one level of the home is cooler than the other? yes

4. What is the weather like outside these days? 30-40s

5. Do you change your heat setting during the day or evening or night hours?

yes, we have a digital thermometer. We have a separate furnace for the 2nd floor (NOT used for daycare) and we set that at 60 during the day, 63 at night.
The 1st floor and basement are on another thermostat set at 66 during the day and 58 at night (it turns back on 20 minutes before I open and gets to 66) Daycare is in the basement - it's carpeted and with our body heat and running around 66 or 67 is very comfortable. If it's a really cold day outside, then we would raise it to 68.

[Nellie]

We've always lived in an apartment with free heat and a thermostat that didn't tell you the exact temperature because you either moved the dial slightly to the left to cool down or right to heat up. Now that we're in a house we have a digital themostat that tells us the exact degree. We have a bi-level home and it is cooler downstairs. For those who live where you still need the air on this time of year.....the following questions do NOT apply. ::


1. What temperature do you keep your home at?71 to 74

2. What style of a home do you have? One story 2000 square feet. It is only 4 years old. Do have an unfinished basement.

3. Can you tell if one level of the home is cooler than the other? NA don't heat the basement much. Some parts of the house are colder. It feels warmer during daylight hours because of the sunshining in.

4. What is the weather like outside these days? 20 to 30 during day. Colder at night.

5. Do you change your heat setting during the day or evening or night hours?

We turn it down to 68 to 70 at night.

We just got a wood burning outdoor boiler. Prior to this we had propaine forced air and a small indoor wood burning stove. The rooms around the stove were at about 74 and the other rooms were probable 68 to 70.

[countrymom]

1. 67 (when my daughter, son, or we are downstairs we use a space heater. The upstairs is the my kids bedroom, they have many comforters and will run a space heater BEFORE bed then turn off when they go to bed.
2. 2 story with finished basement house from 1930's
3. yes, upstairs and downstairs are colder.
4. windy and chilly we can notice the most.
5. I don't change anymore. Legally it has to be 67 in house, and if i turn it down to 64 ir lower it will take alot longer to heat up in morning when I get up if its super cold or chilly. I am from Wisconsin so it gets pretty cold here.

we must have the exact same house, my house is 98 yrs old this yr. I too run it at 67 degrees. The upstairs is warm, but I think its because we are slowly remodelling the house. Do you have green siding too?

[PitterPatter]

1. What temperature do you keep your home at? Winter 70ish, Summer not sure, window AC units.

2. What style of a home do you have? 2 story w/ full attic & full basement

3. Can you tell if one level of the home is cooler than the other? Yes it gets cooler as I walk downstairs

4. What is the weather like outside these days? Cold brrrr rainy all week turned to snow flurries today.

5. Do you change your heat setting during the day or evening or night hours? If I am not too tired and forget, I try to bring it down to low 60's at night or if I will be gone all day.