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When do you usually turn on the heat for the year?
It's November 2nd and last night was cold and this morning there was frost on the grass and my car windows. I feel chilly right now and my cat is leaning against me, which usually she doesn't, so she must be cold, too.
I'm probably going to turn on the heat (horribly expensive baseboard electric) today. I usually go barefoot at home, but will have to start wearing socks now as the floors felt freezingly cold this morning.
When do you usually turn on the heat for the year?
It's November 2nd and last night was cold and this morning there was frost on the grass and my car windows. I feel chilly right now and my cat is leaning against me, which usually she doesn't, so she must be cold, too.
I'm probably going to turn on the heat (horribly expensive baseboard electric) today. I usually go barefoot at home, but will have to start wearing socks now as the floors felt freezingly cold this morning.
I don't know about you, but I turn on the heat when the house gets cold.
It's so expensive, I try to hold off until it's really cold and I know it will stay cold. I never turn on the heat for a random cold day before Halloween.
The heat is always on in a sense at my place, as we use a gas boiler. I keep the thermostat set to 62 or 63 during the day and sometimes up to 65 at night, if we are chilled.
It's so expensive, I try to hold off until it's really cold and I know it will stay cold. I never turn on the heat for a random cold day before Halloween.
My latest utility bill includes a graph of usage for the last year. Running the AC in the summer uses about twice the kwh vs when no AC or heat is running. Running the electric heat in the winter uses about 4x the non AC/Heat months. I wish I could get gas heat.
Our furnace stays at 57f degrees for Winter. It came on now and again for about the last two weeks. Though I live in mid-Michigan, and it's been very cold here lately.
I don't know about you, but I turn on the heat when the house gets cold.
^^^ this. But it also depends on your lifestyle. If you are an active person that moves a lot around the house, and cook your own meals, then you don't feel the cold until you sit down to watch TV, read a book or such.
Some people are comfortable wearing layers and use blankets, some like to wear a t-shirt and walk barefoot.
It's advisable to check your house for air leaks and insulate it well to maintain stable temps inside. Windows and doors could be insulated with foam strips, heavy curtains on the windows help too.
If you have a large house and don't use most rooms during a day - perhaps you could use an energy-efficient portable space heater to just heat the room you use at the time?
There are many threads about how to winterize home on the budget.
When I owned a house in Minnesota, I was really conscious of the heating cost. I would try to last as long as I could but usually it was the end of October. Sweatshirts and sweatpants help a lot as do socks and warm slippers. Fleece blankets for just sitting, reading or whatever.
I turn on the heat whenever my house is uncomfortably cold, and I turn on the air conditioning when it is uncomfortably hot.
Life is too short to spend it shivering or sweltering.
I agree. It's bad enough that it's too hot or too cold outside, without it being too hot or too cold inside. And if you remember Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, how can I hope to achieve Self-Actualization if my Physiological Needs remain unmet?
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