What is your thermostat set at?

[nostatic]

No AC here so no summer setting. In winter, heater is off unless it gets down to below 65. When we go to sleep I turn it down to like 55. I hate having the heater on when I'm asleep.

[pete3799]

I heat with wood mostly so temps vary. Last night it was a whisker below 0.....house was around 75* this morn.
When using oil i set it at 68 during the day (if we're home) otherwise 65 at night.

[12own911]

75 and 90 for me... I hate cold with a passion... most times it is about 78 in my house during winter and 85 in summer.

[crustychief]

65 in the winter with occasional bumps as necessary. I don't use the AC in the summer except for an average of a week when the temps go above 100, then I just set the thing for 90 to take the edge off.

[G50]

Where I am, when it's too hot, we open the windows.

When it's too cold, we close them.

Also have a "whole house" fan system to help when needed.

Very, very rarely do we use the forced heating or AC.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by javadog

Most winter days we only run the downstairs heat in the morning, to bring the lower part of the house up to 70, then we shut it off for the day. The upstairs generally stays between 60 and 65, without help from the upstairs HVAC zone. Nothing is on at night. Worst case, it gets down to around 60 by morning.

Similar drill in the summer. We usually use the upstairs A/C and leave the downstairs off, unless it's really hot and humid. We do run the A/C more than the heater, although its use is tempered by the use of fans when we sleep.

JR

I've got an old ('67) 2 story home. Id love to have up and downstairs AC. Unfortunately, I don't, so we have to set the AC about 2-3 degrees warmer/cooler than we want the upstairs to be. I often will leave the fan set to ON just to keep the upstairs and downstairs temps similar. It seems to work. Especially this time of year when the weather is nice. If I didn't, I'd get home at 5pm and find my downstairs at 72 and the upstairs at 78 or higher.

[Oh Haha]

Our home is 2 stories and we keep the thermostat at 67 year 'round. No a/c for the hot months but we have movable a/c units.

The house is comfortable and no one complains it is too cold. ( If they do, I don't hear them and in that case it doesn't matter anyway.)

[Joeaksa]

Programmable.

68-70 at night, then 72 when I wake up in the winter, if you can call it that here in Arizona.

78 or so during the days in summer then 80 at night.

[Crowbob]

Freezing cold in winter, boiling hot in summer like it's supposed to be. Problem is summer usually comes on a weekday.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by 12own911

75 and 90 for me... I hate cold with a passion... most times it is about 78 in my house during winter and 85 in summer.

Wow, Kim likes to stay HOT!

No AC and no insulation in This Old House (built in 1930). So, it stays about the same as Kim's in the summer and I hate 80* at night (I do have a window AC unit and I take the bedroom down to below 70 at night), but not any other rooms).

[imcarthur]

We have a backsplit that is not prone to even heat which complicates things. Programmable of course. Winter: 65 except for bumps to 73 @ 6 - 8 & 6 pm - 11 pm. I use a space heater in my office during the day as needed. Summer: we only use AC for 1 month on average set at 74. Windows work well here in the spring, much of summer & autumn.

Ian

[72doug2,2S]

Originally Posted by G50

Where I am, when it's too hot, we open the windows.

When it's too cold, we close them.

Also have a "whole house" fan system to help when needed.

Very, very rarely do we use the forced heating or AC.

Does this mean you've found the perfect climate, or are you a glutton for punishment?