how cold is your living space?

[PrinceofWands]

Reply to Numonorean
Anything below 68 in my book is not confortable.

And anything much over 68 isn't comfortable in mine. Has nothing to do with money, has to do with people liking different temperatures.

 

[rcpratt]

I have little to no control over the temperature in my apartment. It varies between 62F and 75F in the winter, no matter what I do with the thermostat. Stupid. The average is probably 68F which is a comfortable temp for me, so I can't complain too much.

And the crappy A/C unit hardly cools anything so that's not much help.

 

[Rhoxed]

I'm in Florida, haven't used heat this winter and the coldest it got in my house was 59F(64F right now) - I would rather be cold and save the 400$ on my electric bill for the 3 months.

Summer is a different story - I keep the thermostat at 72F daytime (which nets a temp of about 79F) and 68F at night (which nets a temp of about 70F) - Only problem this leaves the unit running about 18 hours a day - bringing in $500-$600 electric bills - while in winter they avg around $140

 

[Kelemvor]

We keep our thermostat at 68 in the winter.

 

[BurnItDwn]

My upstairs is about 68 because I am renting a bedroom to a friend who gets cold.
My basement is about 60 because that is how warm it gets when the upstairs is 68.

I got my master bedroom in the basement, as well as my home theater room, so when I am home, I spend a lot of time down there.

 

[Anubis]

Just shut up, if you can't afford to heat your living space it's your problem. I feel for you, LOL.

Right now it's 76 in here and I love it.

it really has nothing to do with money, i could afford to keep it at 76 but i don't because its a waste of money. and it IMO is too hot

 

[Numenorean]

Reply to Numonorean
"Really? I didn't read much past the first page but I didn't see anything that wasn't either comfortably warm or too warm.

What do you think is comfortably warm? "

Anything below 68 in my book is not confortable.

First, learn how to spell.

Second, learn how to quote.

Third, 65° is perfectly comfortable for me. I could have it 70° if I wanted to, but I don't want it to be that warm in here - it has nothing to do with what it would cost. Besides, heat isn't that expensive here anyway.

Just because you're a pansy and think that 65° is cold doesn't mean that other people are the same way.

And you have your house at 76°? I don't even let it get that warm during the summer. I think we tend to have it set about 74° in the summer.

 

[JimmiG]

I read that 18C is the ideal temperature for your bedroom when you're sleeping. That would be 64.4F.

 

[highland145]

And then there is this:

Researchers suspect that rising indoor temperatures in British and American homes may have contributed to the obesity epidemic. The theory is that we burn fewer calories when our bodies don’t have to work as hard to stay warm, according to a report published in Obesity Reviews.

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/...-thermostat-your-heater-may-be-making-you-fat

 

[Homerboy]

And then there is this:

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/...-thermostat-your-heater-may-be-making-you-fat

so you're saying I can tell my wife that we can turn the temp even LOWER now? win-win-win?!!??

 

[Murloc]

it's 19.4°C here now.
In winter it's usually 18-20.5, during the summer it gets up to 28°C in july (I close the windows before noon usually).

 

[BurnItDwn]

First, learn how to spell.

Second, learn how to quote.

Third, 65° is perfectly comfortable for me. I could have it 70° if I wanted to, but I don't want it to be that warm in here - it has nothing to do with what it would cost. Besides, heat isn't that expensive here anyway.

Just because you're a pansy and think that 65° is cold doesn't mean that other people are the same way.

And you have your house at 76°? I don't even let it get that warm during the summer. I think we tend to have it set about 74° in the summer.

74 is too hot!
I don't think I let it get much above 72 in the summer, stays below 70 in the basement

 

[highland145]

so you're saying I can tell my wife that we can turn the temp even LOWER now? win-win-win?!!??

Get her to make you a sammich at the same time.

Wives don't process info like we do.
Them: Blissful heat, higher bill, Homer has to work more, Oh well.
Us: Lower heat, lower bill, no sweating, damn recliner is comfy.

 

[mb]

68 when I'm home, 62 when I'm not.

 

[nageov3t]

I don't have a thermometer and I don't control the thermostat in my apartment, but it generally leans on the warm side (because my landlady, who does control the thermostat, is 90 years old and perpetually cold).

I'll say that with the heat turned off in the two bedrooms, I can wear jeans and a t-shirt and no socks and be perfectly comfortable in my living room.

 

[soulcougher73]

ever hear of socks? or slippers?

I can double layer my socks and is still have bad circulation in my toes.

 

[Numenorean]

74 is too hot!
I don't think I let it get much above 72 in the summer, stays below 70 in the basement

Well it's Colorado. It doesn't get terribly hot so no need to really run the AC a ton.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Well it's Colorado. It doesn't get terribly hot so no need to really run the AC a ton.

Ahhh nice, it gets horribly hot out by me, in the Chicago area
I've seen it break 100 on more than one ocassion, and 90 is common...

AC pretty much runs nonstop from June-August for me...

 

[ahenkel]

Keep the thermostat @ around 67-68 but we have big south facing windows and the house is well insulated so its normally 72+ in here. We use geothermal so costs are pretty low for heating and cooling.

 

[Numenorean]

Ahhh nice, it gets horribly hot out by me, in the Chicago area
I've seen it break 100 on more than one ocassion, and 90 is common...

AC pretty much runs nonstop from June-August for me...

Yeah it does get 90-100 from time to time. Cools down a lot at night though and lots of days are more 70-80.