What do you keep your heat set at?

Rangergal9 · December 2011

We have oil heat and its so expensive in the winter so we keep it set at 60 when we are home and I turn it down to 55 when we are not home during the day. Just curious what others have it set at! And if there is a difference between those who have oil, gas, or electric!

RazzleDazzleJAM · December 2011

Ours is set at 67 during the day and 60 at night. Right now we are pretty naive to what heating costs at our new home are going to be like. So far it hasn't been too bad but we haven't hit any of the super cold months yet. I'm already so cold at 67, I can't imagine how I would feel if the heat was set at 60! I would also never want to get out of bed!

sunshine608 · December 2011

Between 68-70. I hate having the heat on and all the "dry" heat. Gives me a headache.

We tend to use space heaters when we are the living room or family room. At night we have an electric blanket, although I haven't pulled it out the closet yet this year.

Our electric bill is typically lowest in the winter and it skyrockets during the summer. this year should be even cheaper because we got new and improved insulation in the attic this summer.

trickeytricky · December 2011

We kick it down to 55 when we aren't home, when we are it goes up to 71, then around 68 at night, but I swear our house NEVER gets that hot. The thermostat is right next to the closet with the heater in it, and is in the center of the house. All of the outer rooms are drafty.

lahorn · December 2011

We keep ours set at 69. It still feels chilly to me during the day. I probably could turn it down to 65 or so at night. But Evans room is always so cool. So that's why we leave it at 69. Unless we're all gone for a day or so. We will turn it down

JNicMTek · December 2011

We have oil as well. Ours is set at 62 all winter.

JusLyn678 · December 2011

Ours is gas and is set at 68 pretty much all winter. It would be less if it were up to me, but dh is a big baby in the winter time. Haha.

naylon511 · December 2011

Damn, Ranger, I thought my house was cold! We have it at 62 when we're gone and 66 when we're home. If it's a weekend and we're around all day and it's the dead of winter I might kick it to 68. Maybe.

We used to do 62 at night but now we keep it at like 66 at night too since having Janie.

Oh and we have oil - but a new burner which seems much more efficient than our old one b/c we only had to get oil 2-3 times the whole of last winter.

amybyrd · December 2011

I think ours is just electric--we keep it at 68-70 when we are home and around, it goes down to 65 or so at night--but with Elle kicking off her covers we keep it warmer than we did when it was just teh 2 of us.

mucutiepie124 · December 2011

We have electric, and usually keep it at 68. I still think its pretty drafty within our house but I just layer up in sweats and blankets.

UTRachel84 · December 2011

The thermostat is set for 65 at night and 67 during the hours we are home. However, I almost always bump it to 70 when I am home. I am always so cold so I am willing to pay the extra money in the winter. I don't use AC in the summer, so it's completely justified! Big Smile

Jennrs · December 2011

Electric. Usually 67-68 when we are home and 64 when we are out.

rockymountaingirl · December 2011

We have gas heat and our thermostat is set to 64 during the day and overnight, I think it goes up to around 67 in the evening. The thermostat is in the central room in the house where it's warmer, the kids' bedrooms have been 62 according to our new baby monitor.

I'm surprised so many of you keep it in the 60s, isn't that too cold for babies? Kodi sleeps with lots of blankets and since he's older I'm not worried about him suffocating but how do you keep newborns and infants warm?

MrsKatieK · December 2011

I think we have gas, but it could be electric.

We keep it at 63 at night and during the day while we're at work and turn it up to 68 when we're home in the evenings on on weekends.

I think we'll probably bump up the night and daytime temps once the baby is born.

star678 · December 2011

Usually 69. We have a naturally cool house which helps a lot in the summer, but we don't even turn the heat down when we leave in the winter because it takes our house so long to heat up. We don't turn it down at night, either, because I worry about Natalie's room since it seems to be the draftiest.

naylon511 · December 2011

rockymountaingirl:

I'm surprised so many of you keep it in the 60s, isn't that too cold for babies? Kodi sleeps with lots of blankets and since he's older I'm not worried about him suffocating but how do you keep newborns and infants warm?

I've always read that for babies (infants even) it should be cooler (as a SIDS preventative thing). Other than that, it's really all what you get used to. When I lived in NYC and didn't pay for heat or control it it was sweltering all the time and that's what I got used to. So, when I came to visit my Mom's 60-something house I would die. Now that's my house and it's chilly, but I am not wearing 10 layers like I used to.

Jane sleeps in just a fleece footed PJs. She is always warm in the morning.

alliapistor · December 2011

It depends on who is working the thermostat. Generally, I think we turn it up to 68 or 69 when we're home and up. Then down to 64 or 65 when we're away or sleeping. We have gas heat. We also use space heaters.

With LO, now I'm worried about him being warm enough since you're not supposed to put heavy covers on them at night. His little hands are freezing most of the time.

ColleenS629 · December 2011

rockymountaingirl:
We have gas heat and our thermostat is set to 64 during the day and overnight, I think it goes up to around 67 in the evening. The thermostat is in the central room in the house where it's warmer, the kids' bedrooms have been 62 according to our new baby monitor.

I'm surprised so many of you keep it in the 60s, isn't that too cold for babies? Kodi sleeps with lots of blankets and since he's older I'm not worried about him suffocating but how do you keep newborns and infants warm?

Our pedi told us to keep it at 68 during the day and 65 at night so that's what we do. We put A & R either in a fleece sleeper with a cotton swaddle or a cotton sleeper with a fleece swaddle at night.

ETA: We have gas heat.

morrigan08 · December 2011

68 during the day. 60 at night. 58*(or lower I don't remember) when we are gone. We have gas and a programmable thermostat.

EmmaBrooke · December 2011

We have a wood boiler hooked up to our baseboards, and it's extremely effective (and only costs chainsaw gas & Tyler's time/labor, which he loves since he's a workaholic weirdo!). We keep ours at 65, which means the demand usually maintains a steady temperature of about 70. On days when it's warmer outside though, like today, we only have to feed it 2 or 3 pieces of wood twice a day, and it's still about 72-74 in here. I'm literally sitting in my underwear & tank top right now because I'm so freakin' hot.

heatherkj · December 2011

We have gas heat, and keep it at 68-70 when we're home and awake. We drop it down to 62 when we're gone or sleeping. Nora's room is chilly when we drop the temp at night, so we use a space heater in there (our electric is a lot cheaper than our gas).

Before Nora, we'd drop the heat in our old place down to 56 at nighttime or when we were gone. It was fine when we were sleeping under our big down comforter, but god forbid you had to pee--that toilet seat was COLD!

Mrs.MillerJune2008 · December 2011

We keep our heat at 66, and will sometimes bump up to 68 during the hours we're home. Hours we are sleeping/away from the house it is no warmer than 64. Typically even with it set at 68 I'm chilly. I'm curious to see if we need to change it when LO is born since her bedroom is colder than ours. And we have electric heat.

My parents who are on oil are 65 during the day and 55 at night. The house NEVER gets all the way up to 65 since it's old/drafty. I am going to freeze my arse off over Christmas.

ernuno787 · December 2011

We have electric heat and keep it at 70. Our house doesn't regulate the heat evenly so it's really cold upstairs, especially in the kids' bedroom. It could probably be set lower but the kids always seem to get cold really fast, even when they are layered up.

Fraux · December 2011

I think we have gas heat. Our thermostat is always set at 63. There's always someone home, so we never turn it down. Our house is very old, cold, and drafty. So, we will sometimes bump it up to 65 when it's snowing or freezing temperatures outside. I've never seen it set above 65. Plus, I love bundling up in layers of comfy sweats and the kids keep themselves warm by running around like a bunch of wild animals. Our electric/gas bill is definitely cheapest in the winter and ridiculously higher in the summer months!

613marriedlady · December 2011

Jennrs:
Electric. Usually 67-68 when we are home and 64 when we are out.

Same here.

MrsG.060708 · December 2011

Ours is gas and it's currently set at 68 or 69 and some days its still pretty chilly. We don't turn it down at night because our room is super cold, even if we set it to 70 degrees (and Tessa is in our room). Once we move her to her room, we'll still have to have it set high because her room is really cold too. We're hoping to get soem extra insulation blown in soon.

Rangergal9 · December 2011

Last winter we kept it warmer, more like 65. We have the old radiators and they release steam as well so once the heat is done going off it's usually almost 68 in the house. This winter we turned it down because last year we were getting an oil delivery almost every month and it was costing $500 every delivery!!

Our pedi also said to not overheat the kids. But we put them in fleece sleepers. They snuggle up in their cribs and never feel cool. I love sleeping in cooler temps anyway and my kids seem to like it as they sleep from 6pm to 7am no problems.

Temp364615875002474 · December 2011

We set ours at 69 during the day and 62 at night. DH won't let me make it any colder! haha

Beth&Derek · December 2011

We have gas. We keep it set at 60 during the day when we're not home, it goes up to 65 around then time we get home to get the chill out of the air, then down to 62 at night.

678Sara · December 2011

Jennrs:
Electric. Usually 67-68 when we are home and 64 when we are out.

This for us. But we also turn it down at night as well, because it gets pretty hot up on the second floor.

mrsjanks · December 2011

We have gas heat. It's set at 68 until it get's in the 20s at night, then we change it to 67 so it won't run non-stop.

Our highest bills are in Jan-Mar, and the record was $190 last year when it was in the teens outside for a month.

I've heard/read from reliable sources that changing the temp from day to night makes your bills higher. I don't know if it's true, but I just try to keep ours steady.

Landon sleeps in fleece pjs with a short sleeved onesie underneath. I also give him a blanket, but he's always on top of it instead of under it when I check on him.

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