What temperature do younguysbst your thermostat at as the seasons change?
Our Landlords installed heat pump recently(switching from only propane to save us money). We had the house around 67 throughout the winter and just recently upped it to 68 for the spring so that it isn't cooling as it gets warmer outside. This is my first time living on my own amd managing my own thermostat. Curious what others do, extra points if you also have a heat pump
What temperature do.you guys set your thermostat to as the seasons change?
byu/dankbackwoods inFrugal
Posted by dankbackwoods
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I just cut all heating.
Was set to 66 all winter. Now it’s just off, with windows open.
Programmable thermostat, set to 60F when i’m not home, and this winter for the 5-10PM period i bumped it up to 66F from 64F since my health isn’t great.
Summertime i don’t have AC, but i did put reflective film on my upstairs windows last summer. That took the bedroom from ~5-10F higher than outside, to more like 5-10F less than outside, as long as i set the fans to push air out during the day and draw it back in after dark. Downstairs is always 5-10F lower than outside since i have giant trees for shade, and i don’t open any windows on the south or west sides of the house, in addition to thermal film on those windows.
If it gets over 95F outside, i will put an AC in the spare bedroom and sleep down there, though last summer once i installed the film upstairs that wasn’t needed as we didn’t have a heat wave to test it out.
In the UK here and haven’t used my heating in 2 years. Dressing sensibly combined with electric blankets and a log burner allow me to heat soak the house.
I source my wood from a local arb group for free and have a very efficient burner