What do you heat your house at?

[asp integra]

Curious to see what other beyonders do for heating. I keep my house at a steady 19 Celsius all winter long. Would I save money on heating if I let the temp come down during the day and then heat it back up come 5-6pm?

What do you guys have your thermostats set at?

[ercchry]

two furnaces... so depending on time of day i have the different floors heated more or less... but 19?! yeah i set mine at 19... when im sleeping :rofl: ...well no... more like 18, but yeah 21 is room temperature, so yeah i like 21

[masoncgy]

20 degrees in the rooms we are using during the day... we don't really heat the bedrooms unless it's chilly at night.

We also live on the Island and have electric baseboard heat which can be controlled by room... so our set up is a bit different.

We did 18 degrees as the default temp setting in our house in calgary and would bring it up to 20 when we were home and watching TV, etc... let it fall to 18 at bedtime.

[ExtraSlow]

My overnight temp is 16.5, but our house cools off so slowly, that it won't hit that unless it's -30 outside.
Daytime temps range from 20.5 to 19.5, we've got more complicated program going.

[Mitsu3000gt]

I think most people turn it down at night, during work hours, or while on Vacation. Assuming you have decent windows/insulation I think that's the way to go, since you house isn't going to cool down that fast anyway, so it's just making sure your furnace is off.

I can't imagine it makes too much of a difference compared to leaving it at 19 C year round though. Everyone I know seems to like it at 21-23C, so turning it down would be to 18-19C or so, but you're already there haha.

[JudasJimmy]

17c at night, 22c daytime. I keep the basement 21c, that's where I hang out. Garage at 10c

[88CRX]

17c at night/nobody home
19c when we're home

I don't like it hot at night.... probably could knock it down to 16/16.5 at night easily.

[BigMass]

22 all the time. Me and the wife are skin and bones, we get cold easy :p

[dirtsniffer]

19 all the time. live in a town house so we can count on our neighbours insulating us a bit ha

[pheoxs]

22C all day long. Roommates work random hours and the one that lives in the basement is always super cold.

Don't care too much about the gas bill since its split 3 ways it doesn't hurt all that much. We'll see once it gets really cold.

Edit: Before when it was just me it was ~19 most of the time since it gets really warm upstairs.

[Tik-Tok]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again...you can't really compare accurately, because depending where your thermostat is located, it might give a false sense of temperature.

e.g. ours is in the middle of the hallway of the bedrooms, which is consistently the warmest spot in the house, so it's set at 23*c, but in reality, the living room (where we spend most of our time) is 21*c

[RX_EVOLV]

I set my nest to:

weekdays:
17.5C from 11pm - 7am
21.0C from 7 am - 9am
17.0C from 9am til home (away mode).
19.5C from home - 11pm

Weekends:
17.5C from 12am - 9am
19.5C any other time when I'm home. Otherwise set at away (17.0C)

[CapnCrunch]

22-23 when we're home. I think it goes down to 21.5 at night. I hate being cold.

[JfuckinC]

i just got a Nest because i love wasting money, it's at 20* full time right now, but i need to program it to be cooler at night.

[Aleks]

2 Furnaces:

Upstairs no heat during day.
Main and basement 20C during day, no heat at night
Upstairs 20C overnight, but we close all vents in the master bedroom and open all the ones in the other 4 b/r. (Have small kids and toddler in the other rooms)

[schocker]

16 at night and when not at home
20 when getting ready for work
18 when I am home unless I am really chilly then 20

[roopi]

22 all day, 21 at night.

[hampstor]

In the house, 22.5 all day and night
In the front attached garage, 10 all day and night

[Lex350]

20.5 for me

[Disoblige]

23°C all the time.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

23C all day long.

[Mitsu3000gt]

I thought the Nest was supposed to learn your habits on it's own? If you just want to program temperatures and times manually, you can buy a cheap one from Honeywell or whatever.

[codetrap]

22 day
18 night

[eblend]

Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
I thought the Nest was supposed to learn your habits on it's own? If you just want to program temperatures and times manually, you can buy a cheap one from Honeywell or whatever.

That's what I though as well, why are peeps programming theirs?

As for me, 16.5 at night, 21ish when I am home, 23 when wife home (I work mornings, she works evenings so we have different schedules)

[RX_EVOLV]

Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
I thought the Nest was supposed to learn your habits on it's own? If you just want to program temperatures and times manually, you can buy a cheap one from Honeywell or whatever.

It seems to work well for when I'm supposed t be out of the house and turn it to away mode, and I love that I'm able to crank it up on my phone before I get home so I know it'll be nice and warm.

However I do alot of part-time consulting so I'm home any time from 6pm to 1130pm with no routine so it was difficult for the nest to 'learn'.

[black_2.5RS]

20 at when we're away / bedtime. 23 in the evenings.

[bjstare]

21 when we're home, 18 when we're not. Putting a programmble tstat in so we can drop it at night as well.

[max_boost]

Originally posted by Disoblige
23°C all the time.



Originally posted by BerserkerCatSplat
23C all day long.


:thumbsup: :werd:

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

17 degrees all the time. Freezing cold but it saves money.

[16hypen3sp]

Used to be 21.
Then 21.5.
Now 22.

All day.

I now understand why my grandparents place is so hot.

The temp goes up as the years go on.

[masoncgy]

All these half numbers and odd numbers are freaking me out, man. haha. I'm one of those people.

I can't set temperatures, TV volumes, etc to anything other than whole, even numbers... so all these 21.5 type settings are making me spin... :cry:

[Unknown303]

16 at night and 18-19 during the day.

[Sugarphreak]

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[never]

Thermostat is at 17 all of the time...my wife hates me.

But running the wood burning stove occasionally in the evening makes it stupid hot in the house...too hot so I can't sleep. But she loves it so I have to suffer.

[killramos]

19 away/sleep 22 while home. If I feel cold I just temporarily turn it up or use a gas fireplace.

[CanmoreOrLess]

18 when sleeping or away, 20 at other times and I hand out coffee, tea or old fleece jackets. I do find myself enjoying the heat of my laptop and holding the cat more so in the winter.

[Amysicle]

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[CRXguy]

18C - sleeping/away
19-20C during the evening. Anything higher and the house gets too hot.

[silvercivicsir]

17 all the time

[guessboi]

21 all day with 2 children.

[MrSector9]

15.5 when no one home/sleeping
20 when people are awake and home (if I didn't have to listen to whiners it would be way colder all the time, I like hoodies and I am well insulated.....)



Unless someone in my house who is retarded thinks turning it up to 25 is going to make the "house warm up faster" Do that many people in this world REALLY not know how a thermostat/furnace works?

[bigbadboss101]

We have been running 18 when no one is home, 19 at night and 21 during the day. However where the thermostat is the actually temperature is lower than the reading. I am thinking I might up all those settings but 1 or 2 c. Better to be comfortable than cold. I am fine but my wife is usually cold. My wife's friend is living with us and at night she has a portable heater on.

[zaider]

I've got my Nest set to 20.5 when we're home and 17 when we're away. Because of the age of my house (100 years this year), its quite bad at retaining heat and with the location of the thermostat, I had to play with it until I found a comfortable setting (we like it colder than average).

[codetrap]

Updated after talking it over with my wife hehe. She wasn't happy with it.

23C Day
20C Night

[civic_stylez]

holy, a lot of heat junkies on here. 17.5 all winter long. If im really cold ill bump to 18.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by MrSector9

Unless someone in my house who is retarded thinks turning it up to 25 is going to make the "house warm up faster" Do that many people in this world REALLY not know how a thermostat/furnace works?

Yes. Pretty much every female, ever.

Same goes for car heat... "Oh, it's been sitting outside at -20*c all night? Turning the auto-climate controls to 30*, and turning the fan onto full blast will heat it up right away!"

[civic_stylez]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok


Yes. Pretty much every female, ever.

THIS.

[nixon45]

19 normally when my girlfriend isn't at my place.. 21 when she is.

Woke up to a broken furnace and 12 degree temperatures in my house this morning. Awesome...

[nj2Type-S]

we live in a townhouse. we usually have it set to 19c, but it's always so damn cold!!!

[FixedGear]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak

I don't believe in programmable thermostats for saving energy

Chapter 1 of any heat transfer text would show you why you're wrong. A smaller temperature difference between inside and outside reduces heat loss rates, which is why programmable thermostats can be used to save energy and money. It's stupid to be wasteful just because you can.

[Sugarphreak]

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[Deetz]

21 When home

19 When away and at night, but only because of the gf, otherwise it would be a bit warmer when i'm there :rolleyes:

[dj_rice]

21 all day. Planning on getting a programmable thermostat to change it to 19 when away and 21 when home. But I have a dog at home so maybe a bit too cold for that temp.


But the frequency of my furnace heating is weird, so I may need to get better insulation cause its literally turning on every 30 mins to heat the house. Is this normal?

[sr20s14zenki]

Originally posted by dj_rice
21 all day. Planning on getting a programmable thermostat to change it to 19 when away and 21 when home. But I have a dog at home so maybe a bit too cold for that temp.


But the frequency of my furnace heating is weird, so I may need to get better insulation cause its literally turning on every 30 mins to heat the house. Is this normal? Pretty normal. My house was built in 1915, but the thing is pretty damn well insulated. The WORST heating and electricity bill combined, that i have EVER had in this house over 6 years, is like 350$.

I notice on cold days its about every half hour. If i look for example, rigth now, my thermostat says it was on 6 hours of the day today.

[95EG6P]

Mine is usually at 22 when in the house and 20 when I am at work

[Unknown303]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak
Too annoying to set them for every little variance in my schedule; one temp is simple and easy



I just adjust mine when I walk by it in the morning and in the evening. I love the cold. I was built for this climate.

[Aleks]

Are most electronic thermostats even that accurate in their temp readout? I know you can calibrate them by as much as 4 deg C

[C_Dave45]

Set my programmable thermostat at the start of every "season".

Currently:

Weekdays:

20 degrees at 6:30 am - to 4:30 pm (during the day)
22 degrees at 4:30 pm - 11:00 pm
16 degrees 11:00 pm- 6:30 am. (sleeping)

Weekends:

20 degrees at 8:00 am - 12:00pm
16 degrees at noon - 4:30 pm ('cuz usually we're out during the day)
22 degrees at 4:30 - 11:00 pm.
16 degrees at 11:00 - 8:00 am. (sleeping)


While on vacation: hold at 16 degrees. Two cats always in the house

[mr2mike]

Just changed my old manual thermostat to a programmable one I got for free from a friend.
My manual one had no read out on temp so it was just an eye ball on adjusting and turning it way down when I left the house.
This one, I've been messing with adjustments and originally set it to 20 when at home and waking hours. Dear god, it was boiling in there. Turned it to 18* and made it good for waking hours. 19* for evenings.

Weekdays:

18 degrees at 5:00 am - to 8:00 am
16 degrees at 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
19 degrees 5:30 pm- 11:00 pm
16 degrees (sleeping)

Weekends:
Same deal but with adjusted timing for sleeping in a little and later nights.

While on vacation: I'd hold at 12-14 degrees.

[78si]

Originally posted by mr2mike
Just changed my old manual thermostat to a programmable one I got for free from a friend.
My manual one had no read out on temp so it was just an eye ball on adjusting and turning it way down when I left the house.
This one, I've been messing with adjustments and originally set it to 20 when at home and waking hours. Dear god, it was boiling in there. Turned it to 18* and made it good for waking hours. 19* for evenings.

Weekdays:

18 degrees at 5:00 am - to 8:00 am
16 degrees at 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
19 degrees 5:30 pm- 11:00 pm
16 degrees (sleeping)

Weekends:
Same deal but with adjusted timing for sleeping in a little and later nights.

While on vacation: I'd hold at 12-14 degrees.


I take it your wife doesn't steal the blankets at night.

[Manhattan]

22 when I'm not home. 24 or 25 when I'm at home or sleeping. :bigpimp:

[botox]

We keep it at a cozy 22 degrees around the clock.

[USED1]

20 during the day / 18 while we sleep.

[ColoDano]

Just to mess with everyone's minds, I have mine in F.

6:30-8 AM and 5-10 PM it is at 68 on the thermostat, and our temp station in the kitchen says 64-65.

All other times it is at 62, and I get really confused on the random weekday when I am super cold when at home in the middle of the day.

Installing new windows and better insulation in a 40 year old house, and a programmable thermostat, has dropped our bills quite a bit each winter, probably 150-200 a month for the really frigid months.

[403ep3]

I think 18 during the day when at work. My GF is always cold so it's 23 when we're at home in the winter..

[mr2mike]

Originally posted by 78si

I take it your wife doesn't steal the blankets at night.

Nope. She's got 3 sets of blankets on there too. Surprised another set hasn't been added yet.

If I have to wear a toque to sleep, I'll turn up the heat.