Temp. for heat on?

[mrsg123]

What temperature does it need to be inside for you to turn your heat on? It is 68 in our house and I can't decide. Thanks!

[toesie]

We turned the heater on 2 weeks ago We turned it off for the spring/summer in late may.
As long as the inside temp drops below 68ish, we turn it on.

[shell24]

If it was just my H and I I'd probably put on a sweater and some warm socks but that is too cold in the house for the kids.

I normally keep my thermostat at 71/72 in the winter.

[Deleted]

I turn it on once it hits 65. I am chilly at 66, but can tolerate it. I am perfect at 67-68 and that's what it brings the heat up to. I am rarely cold after having 2 children, I used to freeze!

[zeewifeandmama]

It's 66 in my house today too. We won't turn it on until probably consistently 63*. For reference though we keep it at 72 in the day and 64 at night in the summer.

[countthestars]

I am happiest when my house is 72-74*. He is happiest at 70-72*. Right now I'm letting it drop to ~67 before turning on the heat. In the summer I let it get up to 77 before turning on the air.

H turns on the heat and air as he pleases (doesn't wait for a specific temp).

[dragonfly08]

During the day, I usually turn it on at around 66 degrees. Any warmer and we're all pretty comfortable with a sweater on. We'll let it drop lower at night b/c we all sleep snuggled under really good comforters once the weather cools off, so it can get as low as 57/58 at night and we're still toasty warm (we do have the thermostat programmed to make sure the place is back up to a reasonable temperature before we get up, so we aren't freezing our butts off in the AM!).

[aspentosh]

Sept 30, 2014 13:59:38 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

When I'm cold enough.

I am so happy you post here  (heart)


But really, it's not a certain temp for me. It's in the low 70s here but little sun (until now) and it's felt chilly. Last week it was in the 60s but sunny, so it was fine.

I've yet to turn it on, but it'll probably be when it's consistently in the mid 60s in the house. 

[greencrayon]

69 at our house.

[mpc]

Pre-kid, it was 60 for us. Which, living in FL, meant like 3 days a year.

Now we do something like 67.

[sjh722]

When we're cold.

Probably low 60s? We get a lot of afternoon sun so it seems like it warms up in here anyway throughout the day.

[arch01]

60

[lolobee]

We keep the house at 68 during the winter.

Before having kids I used to hold out as long as I possibly could before turning on the heat, but I've already had it on during a few colder days -- definitely not letting my LO shiver!

[auntie]

It would have to be 64-ish during the day with no likelihood of warming on its own soon unless it was really humid and felt damp/chilly.

I was visiting my parents' place outside of OCMD yesterday- dad had the heat on and set for 74- I was about to die. I got home to the northern suburbs of Philly and DH had the A/C on because it got to be 74 and stuffy inside. It was pretty nice in both places- a couple open windows would have been lovely.

[booboo173]

I'd say consistently in the low 60s. Try to hold out til Nov if possible

[asoctoberfalls]

Sept 30, 2014 13:59:38 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

When I'm cold enough.

Yep. That's usually around 67 degrees. We turn the air on around 73 degrees.

We are terrible about conservation - we either have the heat or the air on. We never open the windows. Our utility bills aren't that high.

[sjh722]

Sept 30, 2014 19:00:50 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Sept 30, 2014 14:16:54 GMT -5 greencrayon said:

69 at our house.

haha I turn up the heat at 69 too haha

Is either of you Kevin Malone? ha!

[rt2008]

We set our heat at 68. We already had it on a couple weeks ago, then it got warm again last week so we had our a/c on again, and now today our heat is on again! This weather is so confusing!

[greencrayon]

Sept 30, 2014 19:00:50 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Sept 30, 2014 14:16:54 GMT -5 greencrayon said:

69 at our house.

haha I turn up the heat at 69 too haha

We moved from Florida a few years ago. I don't like it cold!

[browneyedgirl9]

Wow, i guess we have a high threshold at our house. Usually when it's 60-62.

[bunch]

somewhere between 65-68. we keep it at 78 in the summer/spring/fall. have i mentioned that i hate winter?

[undecidedowl]

Probably when it gets to mid 60's inside with no warmer temps in the forecast.

I snapped at DH the other day for turning the heat on, but I'm 8 months pregnant and 80 deg weather was in the forecast, so yeah.

[pierogigirl]

Ours is set to turn on if it gets below 64.