What's your home thermostat set at?

[Biciclista]

we keep it on 69 when we're home.

[skhill]

Mine's normally at 55, day and night. My goal with the furnace is simply to keep the pipes from freezing. Then I supplement with space heaters scattered through the house.

With the combination of an ancient floor furnace (no ducts, no blower) and not enough insulation, it'd cost a fortune to keep the house at even 65 in the winter. So I wear many layers inside.

[carlotta]

We live in an old building with steam radiators (no individual thermostats). The building is mostly inhabited by elderly women who apparently complain A LOT when their apartments are below 75 (80?) or so. Thus, we leave a couple windows open year round....

I do love that the radiator pipes act like radiant heating in the tiled bathroom...nothing like warm floor when you first get up. I don't miss my grad school apartment...5 winters with virtually no insulation in a cinder-block box with a little tiny furnace. Good times.

[Pax]

We live in an old building with steam radiators (no individual thermostats). The building is mostly inhabited by elderly women who apparently complain A LOT when their apartments are below 75 (80?) or so. Thus, we leave a couple windows open year round....

I do love that the radiator pipes act like radiant heating in the tiled bathroom...nothing like warm floor when you first get up. I don't miss my grad school apartment...5 winters with virtually no insulation in a cinder-block box with a little tiny furnace. Good times.

I lived in a place with radiant heat when I lived in Chicago, it was around 80 most of the winter, I'd keep a window open even on zero degree days.

[Brandi]

my hubby just told me our heat does not come in the night unless it get's below 64 in the house. But he has it set to go off in the morning around 5:30 am to 70 so it is not freezing when we get up and then it is set to go off after 4:30 during the day if it get's below 68. but turns off at around 9 pm. We also have lot's of throw blankets we get under during the winter. Including 3 cats!

[Norse]

In winter for the main thermostat, 68 days, 65 nights; and 60 for the separate den temp control. We also use the fireplace a lot, especially on weekends. Our house is drafty due to all the windows (over 40!). During the transition season of autumn, we only turn it down to 67 nights until our bodies, and our cats, have had a chance to acclimate a little to the new lower temps. The dog loves cold and snow.

[Norse]

One other point, except for the den and the basement, the whole house has hardwood or tile flooring, which tends to make things cooler.