Heating The House

[Aunt Mavis]

When I visit Aunt Mavis she has the house heated to 75 degrees, yikes! I say “Aunt Mavis, you know you’re heating the pots, pans, chairs, carpet, drywall, beams and everything else contained in your place. Wouldn’t it make more sense for you financially and for the environment to just mostly heat yourself?” “Screw you” is her reply. Round and round we go.

 

[Right Now]

When I visit Aunt Mavis she has the house heated to 75 degrees, yikes! I say “Aunt Mavis, you know you’re heating the pots, pans, chairs, carpet, drywall, beams and everything else contained in your place. Wouldn’t it make more sense for you financially and for the environment to just mostly heat yourself?” “Screw you” is her reply. Round and round we go.

If she's still this feisty, I'd be very careful not to share my views! Bet she still knows her own mind.
Better still, I better keep outta it!

 

[charry]

My thermostat, is on 18, and if it gets chilly I put a cardigan on

 

[ronaldj]

+
still burn wood and in my granddaughters words, "grandma your house so comply and cozy."

 

[Aunt Mavis]

I do great with the house at 60. Even better at 55. Lol.

 

[oldaunt]

I do great with the house at 60. Even better at 55. Lol.

You a real chill dude....

 

[RadishRose]

65 to 68 is ok with me.

 

[Alligatorob]

Have my room set at 75F (24C), seem to need to be warmer in my knee recovery. Just the one room, the rest of the house is about 68F (20C), normally fine for me.

 

[Chet]

Upper 60s is comfortable for me. Any higher and the air gets super dry in the winter and it's tough to breath. The front of my house sits broadside to the south-west, so on a sunny day like today, it really warms things up, so I turn the heat down.

 

[LadyEmeraude]

My Aunt used to keep the heat way UP^, just like your Aunt Mavis. It
was hard to visit, because she kept it the same in the summer too, no
changing her mind.

 

[chic]

My joints prefer the warmth but 71 is good for me. I've had to use the heat only a handful of times so far this season. I wish prices to heat our residences were reasonable again. This could cause some real suffering to many as prices rise unchecked.

 

[Robert59]

Mine is 69 and also I wear long underwear.

 

[Don M.]

We keep our electric furnace set on 72. We have unlimited trees, so we installed an outdoor wood furnace years ago. I usually begin using it around mid-November and keep it going until mid/late March. On an average cold Winter day, the house furnace only needs to run in the early morning hours, until I go out and add some wood. Over the years, it has saved us several thousand $'s on our electric bill....more than paid for itself.

 

[Michael Z]

So Aunt Mavis, you have an aunt named Aunt Mavis?

 

[Robert59]

My heating unit is a electic heat pump which is about two years old.

 

[Gary O']

Heating The House​

Down here in town, we pretty much keep it at 65°F
Right now it's 45°F but haven't turned the heat on.....yet

I'm actually wearing clothes now
Feels odd

Heh, up at the cabin, the temps got down to the -30s°F
Cranked up the woodstove
Minutes later, tearing off clothes and considering rushing outside to do naked snow angels

 

[NorthernLight]

So Aunt Mavis, you have an aunt named Aunt Mavis?

It's like Ellery Queen (who was really two guys) writing about a fictional character named Ellery Queen.

 

[NorthernLight]

Not saying either aunt is fictional. Perhaps it's Shroedinger's aunt.

 

[Aunt Mavis]

Aunt Mavis keeps her beer in the fridge when it’s 35 degrees in the garage. She hates money evidently.

 

[Bretrick]

Almost never need to heat my place, being in Western Australia.
If there is a chill in the air, Air Con on for ten minutes at 70, always enough.

 

[Bretrick]

Heating The House​

Down here in town, we pretty much keep it at 65°F
Right now it's 45°F but haven't turned the heat on.....yet

I'm actually wearing clothes now
Feels odd

Heh, up at the cabin, the temps got down to the -30s°F
Cranked up the woodstove
Minutes later, tearing off clothes and considering rushing outside to do naked snow angels

Woodstoves/Potbellies throw out so much heat.

 

[Gary O']

Woodstoves/Potbellies throw out so much heat.

Yeah, our Earthstove could put it out.
We'd load it right about an hour before bed, then damp it down for the night.....and open the window at the head of the bed
Best of all worlds

 

[Manatee]

I would freeze to death in a house that was in the 60s. It is 77 at my desk right now, and I am comfortable.

 

[Lavinia]

Surely Aunt Mavis, and everyone else, is entitled to heat her home any way she pleases? What suits one doesn't suit another. If you don't like it, don't visit her.

 

[Blessed]

Have my room set at 75F (24C), seem to need to be warmer in my knee recovery. Just the one room, the rest of the house is about 68F (20C), normally fine for me.

Gary, that is not a bad thing, your body has gone thru a big change. While healing you will burn a lot more calories during the healing. That can make you feel chilled. Your body is responding to the surgery to help you heal. I lost about thirty pounds before and after my hip replacement.