How hot your house?

[zeegler]

Re: How hot your house?

At night, our thermostat is set to 15 degrees C (that's about 62F using that conversion trick).

[MBreinin]

Re: How hot your house?

I try for 68-70 year round. I could be comfortable with it lower, but that gets pricey. I like the cold...even though I live in the tropics. I hate running the heat, because it is gas and it dries everything out. When it does get "cold" I like to light a fire...and use extra blankets at night.

Mike

[ABSOLUT CHARVEL]

Re: How hot your house?

heat at my house is programed by my wife, so i freeze my butt off when i get up in the morning (1:30 a.m.), but she has it warmed up when she gets up. the house mostly runs on gas (heat, fireplace, cooktop, dryer) and is 3400 sq ft with most of the ceiling at 10 ft., i try not to think about the cost.

[Deneb]

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I've got forced air heat (involves a furnace, a blower, blah blah blah). It's gas also.

Problem is, it is dying. I've got a company coming within the next week to put one in. 4000$ It's a Trane with 10 years parts and labor warranty, so I can't beat that.

Anyway...

Before my furnace started acting like a bitch and making terridactyl noises, I set it at 60 degrees, which is cold for some reason...even though in the summer, you want it that temp. When I get a new high efficiency furnace, I'll keep it around 65.

Dominion Peoples (the gas company here) are real assholes. They do this estimation of your bill shit, where they estimate it high, and then whnever they read your meter, adjust it then.

Here's the thing. I get overbilled like 500$ during winter. I even send in the "self reading" cards, and they do it. I call in for appointments et cetera, but they still over charge.

Well... If they are doing it to me, they are doing it to other people. If you take, 500$ over the span of 6 months, from 5000 people. 2500000$ is what you get. Invest 2 million, 500,000 dollars for 6 months at a low risk investment. Period, end of the sentence, they are making money from overbilling me.

Crooked cock eating bastards.

[crowley_67]

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I lived in Oklahoma where it did snow unlike texas.I would even open the window a bit and let the cold air in.Maybe im cold blooded.Cooked out in a snow storm once and my grill got knocked over by the wind.Beer makes me do whacky things sometimes.... [img]/images/graemlins/brow.gif[/img]

[Zerberus]

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current room temperature is a slightly mild 15 degrees C (about 60°F) [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[lerxstcat]

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Running a gas stove for heat is inadvisable, as you're generating carbon monoxide that is probably not venting very well. People die of asphyxiation every year due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

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It's not a gas stove like you're thinking about, it's a "woodstove" that's powered by gas instead of wood. Looks like this-



Gas Stoves

All perfectly safe and efficient- thanks for the concern, though!

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I see what you mean, that's got a big doublewall vent on it.
I was concerned about someone turning on their normal gas range burners and running them for heat. People die from that every year. If it's not carbon monoxide it's a fire hazard.

It's a good idea to check your heaters at the start of each heating season. The burner shoudl burn with a blue flame.
If it's yellow or orange, then the gas is not burning completely and/or may not be vented right. Vents get clogged by soot, or animals building nests in a warm vent pipe. Tennis great Vitas Gerulaitis died years back from a malfunctioning heater at a friend's guest house where he was staying.

We also had 2 contractors die of carbon monoxide poisonoing
yesterday locally. They were renovating a condo building from hurricane damage. Apparently they were using a generator for power and heat, and had the thing inside! They paid for their mistake, sadly...

[RacerX]

Re: How hot your house?

I keep mine at 70-72

Gas is a paid utility and my rent is very low, so I don't crank the heat too much.

My electric is about $13 a month ( 1 bedroom house )

[ejs0614]

Re: How hot your house?

More A/C than heat, but 71-72 year round...

[RR05xx]

Re: How hot your house?

67 deg. cuz we have a 18 month old who's running things now!