Getting old, getting cold - Page 2

neoflex · 10-06-2011, 09:20 AM

I work from home too and in the Winter I keep my offices zone on 70. The rest of the house during the day will be at 68 and than we will bump it up to 70 at night when we are using those zones until we go to bed and than it gets bumped back down to 68. If I keep all the blinds open in our Master which my office is right off of it and share the same zone it will usually reach 72 by late afternoon. It's the Summertime that kills me as I keep the temp on 75 and mid summer I feel like the A/C is running non-stop all day.

kaisersozei · 10-06-2011, 09:25 AM

68 year round. We supplement that with floor fans in the upstairs bedrooms (to drop the temp at night during the summer) and a gas fireplace in the living room (to raise the temp during the winter.)

I'm the only one in the house who is always comfortable. Even my teenagers are b1tch1ng in the summertime that it's too cold. Like Jamie, I pay the bills so I decide where the thermostat stays. Plus, I figure I paid my energy conservation dues when when I was growing up: we were poor and lived in a ranch style house. The only A/C was a window unit in my parent's bedroom that only got turned on at night. My mom hung a big woolen Army blanket in the middle of the hall to block off the rest of the house, and we all slept with our doors open. It was still probably about 80, but it felt relatively cool. In the winter, our only heat was pretty much just a woodstove, I think she kept the thermostat at 55 or something crazy.

68TriShield · 10-06-2011, 09:47 AM

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger Mark

SteelCityBoy · 10-06-2011, 10:51 AM

The wife likes it hot so I have to deal with it at like 75 during the summer. I would prefer it around 68. Then comes winter and that's a whole different ballgame. Propane costs shot through the roof and we were getting like $500 bills (averaged like $80 all other winters past) so now we put it down to like 60 and run the electric heaters all over the house. I need to pay for smokes man!!!! Not propane!!!

forgop · 10-06-2011, 11:15 AM

Is your thyroid up to speed? People with hypothyroidism are much more intolerant to colder temperatures.

IBQTEE1 · 10-06-2011, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by jjirons69

Good God, I'd freeze at those temps. I told myself when I got out of college, as long as I had a job, I was going to live comfortably!! And I have been for 20 years. It stays 73-74 in the summer and 71-72 in the winter. If I get cold, I'll bump it up, or vice versa. Our thermostat at work is whacked and I'm either freezing or too damned hot. Home is my castle and my refuge - it's going to be what I think is comfortable. 72-73 is a fine temperature year round.

It has nothing to do with money for me. I like it colder. I sleep with a fan on all year round.

BigCat · 10-06-2011, 12:57 PM

68 in the summer and 65 in the winter. It usually takes a day or two to get used to the 65, but then it feels fine. I used to turn it down more during the day, but we got a dog last year, so I can't do it anymore.

Skywalker · 10-06-2011, 01:02 PM

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10-06-2011, 09:20 AM	#21
neoflex I'm nuts for the place Join Date: Nov 2008 First Name: John Location: Monroe, NC Posts: 2,765 Trading: (32)	Re: Getting old, getting cold I work from home too and in the Winter I keep my offices zone on 70. The rest of the house during the day will be at 68 and than we will bump it up to 70 at night when we are using those zones until we go to bed and than it gets bumped back down to 68. If I keep all the blinds open in our Master which my office is right off of it and share the same zone it will usually reach 72 by late afternoon. It's the Summertime that kills me as I keep the temp on 75 and mid summer I feel like the A/C is running non-stop all day. __________________

10-06-2011, 09:25 AM	#22
kaisersozei The Homebrew Hammer Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Gerard Location: Midlothian, VA Posts: 3,183 Trading: (40)	Re: Getting old, getting cold 68 year round. We supplement that with floor fans in the upstairs bedrooms (to drop the temp at night during the summer) and a gas fireplace in the living room (to raise the temp during the winter.) I'm the only one in the house who is always comfortable. Even my teenagers are b1tch1ng in the summertime that it's too cold. Like Jamie, I pay the bills so I decide where the thermostat stays. Plus, I figure I paid my energy conservation dues when when I was growing up: we were poor and lived in a ranch style house. The only A/C was a window unit in my parent's bedroom that only got turned on at night. My mom hung a big woolen Army blanket in the middle of the hall to block off the rest of the house, and we all slept with our doors open. It was still probably about 80, but it felt relatively cool. In the winter, our only heat was pretty much just a woodstove, I think she kept the thermostat at 55 or something crazy. __________________

10-06-2011, 09:47 AM	#23
68TriShield Got Torque? Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dave Location: Maryland Posts: 7,194 Trading: (40)	Re: Getting old, getting cold Don't feel like the Lone Ranger Mark

10-06-2011, 10:51 AM	#24
SteelCityBoy 7th Heaven Will Commeth!! Join Date: Sep 2011 First Name: Ken Location: * THE WOOD * -Cigar Zombies- Posts: 1,236 Trading: (21)	Re: Getting old, getting cold The wife likes it hot so I have to deal with it at like 75 during the summer. I would prefer it around 68. Then comes winter and that's a whole different ballgame. Propane costs shot through the roof and we were getting like $500 bills (averaged like $80 all other winters past) so now we put it down to like 60 and run the electric heaters all over the house. I need to pay for smokes man!!!! Not propane!!! __________________ It's Just THIS Easy To Help Out The Troops

10-06-2011, 11:15 AM	#25
forgop Not a puffer Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Duane Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 2,869 Trading: (40)	Re: Getting old, getting cold Is your thyroid up to speed? People with hypothyroidism are much more intolerant to colder temperatures.

10-06-2011, 12:57 PM	#27
BigCat My back is now unwatched. Join Date: Apr 2009 First Name: Colin Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 723 Trading: (5)	Re: Getting old, getting cold 68 in the summer and 65 in the winter. It usually takes a day or two to get used to the 65, but then it feels fine. I used to turn it down more during the day, but we got a dog last year, so I can't do it anymore. __________________ "Now, I don't approve of dissipation, and I don't indulge in it either; but I haven't a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices." Mark Twain

10-06-2011, 01:02 PM	#28
Skywalker BABOTL Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dice Location: Galaxy Far Far Away Posts: 10,168 Trading: (18)	Re: Getting old, getting cold 69 __________________ Smoke what you like!!!