What Temp Do You Keep Your House At?

[jyl]

I’m curious what we all do.

Myself, I generally set AC at 75F and heat at 68F daytime and 66F nighttime. I’m more tolerant of cold than heat.

[Evans, Marv]

68 when the heater has to be on, 76 when the AC has to be on. Right now during the Fall we don't run the HVAC for a couple of months or more. Same thing in the Spring. Right now we open some windows at night and cool the house down into the mid 60s. In the mornings we close the windows, and the temp climbs to the high 70s in late afternoon/early evening when we can open the windows again. Conditions eventually get to where we use the HVAC a bit. During the winter, I start the fireplace in the monrings. It heats the place (blows out warm air) for pretty much the rest of ther day after I let the fire burn out mid morning.

[rwest]

4 seasons here, so like you guys, in summer it’s around 75F and winter around 65F. In the spring and fall, I will usually leave it off and then either heat or cool if/when I get uncomfortable.

I don’t normally leave windows open at night due to humidity, noisy neighbors and smoke from backyard fire pits. Sometimes I can get them open in the morning to cool things down. Speaking of noise, some jerks are lighting off fireworks nearby and it’s 11:25pm.

[cantdrv55]

68 in the winter and 74 in the summer

[Arizona_928]

I keep it at a cool 69 all year round.

[911boost]

74 summer and 72 winter

I’m gone a lot though and drop it to 68 in the winter when I’m traveling.

[Bill Douglas]

68 to 72.

It's winter here right now. I've got a new trick. I have a wood+coal burner that I keep ticking over in the winter, but I keep the heatpump on (using heating only) at 64 so the fan rotates the air around the house but I don't have to pay for the actual heat. Previously it was like a sauna near the ceiling and cold at puppy dog level. Now with the super quiet fan rotating the air it's all the same and reaches other rooms better.

I also use the heatpump shoulder seasons when it's not worth lighting the woodburner. Also it takes the pressure off me in regard to collecting firewood.

[KFC911]

75 and 69

[stevej37]

71 winter
75 summer

[Paul T]

70 summer (66 in bedroom at night - with 2 fans), around 72 in winter….we have a St. Bernard that runs hot, hence the cold nighttime temp.

[onewhippedpuppy]

72 summer daytime, 70 summer night time, 72 winter. I hate being hot.

[fanaudical]

My wife constantly runs hot and I'm always cold but of course she wins. Our thermostat does a poor job of regulating the entire house (upstairs is always hot in the summer, cold in the winter, even with circ fan running and adjusting the dampeners each season).

AC: 73°F
Heat: 65°F

[jyl]

Originally Posted by fanaudical

My wife constantly runs hot and I'm always cold but of course she wins. Our thermostat does a poor job of regulating the entire house (upstairs is always hot in the summer, cold in the winter, even with circ fan running and adjusting the dampeners each season).

AC: 73°F
Heat: 65°F

My house had the same problem.

On a 90F day, central AC makes ground floor 73F (or whatever temp I set) but second floor bedrooms 80F+. In a 95-100F heat wave, ground 72F second 85F+. In winter, if a 30F evening, central furnace keeps ground floor 68F (my setting) but second floor low 60Fs. Basically the 8” x 8” registers in bedrooms with no returns just not cutting it. I tried for years (decades) to deal with this via fans blowing air up the stairwell, closing different registers, etc. Finally gave up and installed minisplits in bedrooms.

[Zeke]

77º. 68 during winter days and 65 at night. I can't explain why I'm happy with 77 inside in the summer and yet really don't like it outside over 85 even though I spend 90% of my time outside unless it breaks 95º.

In the winter I can be wearing shorts at 65 or more. The older I get the more I am affected by extremes. Never having lived where it gets seriously cold, I'm not sure how I'd do below 50 for most of the day/week/month. I can say high humidity is horrible. I'm really uncomfortable over 70%.

We are definitely spoiled in SoCal. I lived in AL for one year and the whole time the weather was on my mind so much that it dictated everything I did. I don't even think about weather here unless it's raining hard or something on that order. It doesn't rain much so no problem there.

One other thing that is a factor is wind. I started my life in the trades as a painter. There is nothing worse besides rain for painting than wind. Interior, of course, not a problem. But in SoCal painting outside can be done 12 months a year with a few days as exceptions. It's not just painting, I just don't like wind. I live 8 miles from the ocean and I hate sailing.

It took me 30 years to convince my wife that cars should be driven with the windows up. Now she won't have it any other way.

[Bill Douglas]

In a large office I worked in they put in a new air con system. I found one of the manuals lying around. It was a bit cold for me in my area s I turned the temp up. The aircon guys were always coming back to try to fix it. He said one side of the room is working hard to cool it down and the other side is working hard to heat it up. Quite good having a bit of fun at work.

[NY65912]

76 & 68/9

[MAS956]

78 during the day, 82 overnight. $1000 utility bill not at all uncommon here.

[Alan A]

74 and 64.
We get through a lot of oil if I up it to 68. Plus I like cold better than heat.

[jyl]

Originally Posted by MAS956

78 during the day, 82 overnight. $1000 utility bill not at all uncommon here.

Woah. Solar + battery an option?

[rattlsnak]

I think it depends a lot on what part of the country you live in. (temp, humidity, etc).
Most people around here run the AC at @ 66-68ish in the summer.