What temp do you keep your house?

[begreen]

What temp do you keep your house at in the winter?



Here's an interesting look at house temps from around the world. There's quite a range!

(broken link removed to https://brightside.me/creativity-home/which-room-temperatures-do-the-residents-of-different-countries-keep-during-the-winter-season-419560/)

 

[Woody Stover]

Lotta low to mid 60s on that list. That ain't cuttin it here. More like 70, give or take a couple in the main room, low to mid 60s in the bedroom...where we're under plenty of fleece, so the envelope temp is probably upper 70s.

 

[AbrK]

usually is hotter the wife hates any cold lol I sit here and sweat bedroom is furtherest from the stove and it’s usually 20c I close the door a few hours before bed or else i can’t sleep

 

[Woodsplitter67]

Living room.. 68 to 70
Bedroom 60 to 65
Kitchen. 68 to 70
Bathroom 64 to 68

I like it on the cool side.. i could keep the house at 66 to 68 with no problems. If the house gets to 70 i am in shorts and a tshirt. Right now its 66 in the house and the stove is not lit. My daughter dosent like it cold so i try to keep it like 68, because she is a princess and loves unicorns, and gets amazed by butterflies

 

[shoot-straight]

Stove room >68, usually around 70-72. Bedroom stat set at 66, for supplemental heat if needed. Usually it stays around 68 when stove room is 70.

 

[Blazing]

75 degrees or better. If it falls under 75 the girls let me know it quick.

 

[dh1989]

If I'm running the oil fired hot water system I keep everything at 68F. When I'm burning wood in the BK (>90% of the time) I aim for 70-72F in the stove room, which leaves the bedrooms at the other end of the house in the low to mid 60s.

 

[Tar12]

75 or better here as well in the stove room...bedrooms will run 68-70 avg.

 

[begreen]

Livingroom is between 72-75 with the stove going. Kitchen is around 68-72. Bedroom temps vary from 65-68 to 72-74 right over the stove area.

 

[Squisher]

We like it warm. 75-80 in the stove area. 70-75 upstairs. And 70ish in the bedrooms.

Sometimes I overdo it and you could add 2-5degrees to any of those temps.

As we've been visiting some family and friends over the holidays I've learned most people like/have much cooler homes. Brrrrr. No need for a sweeter and slippers at my place but I've learned it's wise to travel with a extra layer or two when out visiting.

 

[begreen]

No one wears a sweater here unless going outside. I'd actually have it a little cooler, but the missus chills easier than I. A bedroom over 68 has me throwing off the covers and sleeping just under a sheet.

 

[Squisher]

I often sleep with no blankets or sheet. I would keep things a bit cooler probably too. But not much. I love the overwhelming heat of wood. I love to be able to step outside onto the porch to cool off or crack a window now and then for some fresh air. I know it's not efficient, but i enjoy it.

One of my greatest joys is providing this warmth for my family. Every time we leave someone's home without wood heat in the winter we always comment on how we could never live that way. Lol.

 

[Ashful]

I target 73F on our first floor, but it’s just as often 70F or 76F. Bedrooms in high 60’s, bathrooms mid-70’s.

 

[firefighterjake]

I aim to have the temp in the living room (where the stove is located) in the low to mid 70 degree temps as this seems to be the perfect temp for my wife and I. Adjoining rooms are slightly cooler . . . bedrooms are cooler still, but we like those rooms to be cool and we have an electric blanket for the coolest bedroom. The coolest bathroom also has a small electric space heater we use after getting out of the shower.

Here my wife and I generally walk around in shorts and T-shirts in the winter . . . well if the truth be told I mostly walk around in my boxer shorts and T-shirt (although that will be changing shortly as we are taking in some friends for the next five months and I suspect they would rather not see me in my boxer shorts.)

 

[Squisher]

Right now it's 8f outside and 70f in the kitchen, probably 72-73 in the living room and I can't believe I haven't had complaints for more heat . But I've only run the basement summit in the last 24hrs. Sun is just setting and soon I'll start the insert which will really warm things up. I have mostly always run a basement stove to heat the whole home, so run it hard when temps drop. With the insert upstairs now instead of a open fireplace I no longer have to do that. I've been running the stove pretty moderately all day not concerned about building up heat as I know once I light the insert it'll be roasty no matter what.

 

[RobbieB]

Daytime thermostat is set to 68 in the winter, turned down to 62 before bed.

 

[webby3650]

Daytime thermostat is set to 68 in the winter, turned down to 62 before bed.

So your central heating system is working in the background while heating with wood?

 

[Squisher]

I shivered just reading that post.

 

[RobbieB]

Oh, if I have the insert running the nat gas furnace won't turn on until way in the wee hours.

Stove will get half the house to 75 in a few hours and then I just let it die. Yup, start it at 5:00, burn until 8:00, stop feeding and let it go out. The blower will be running until about 11:00 when the top temp gets to 150F.

 

[Fake coal burner]

temp 75-80F gas stove turn stove off at night gas furnace turns on about 1 am -to 6 am 68f. Stove on 6 am furnace off.

 

[CentralVAWoodHeat]

75 degrees or better. If it falls under 75 the girls let me know it quick.

Same with my wife. She will have it 80 degrees in the house if she is in charge of the stove.

 

[kennyp2339]

Since the stove is in the basement of my ranch style home I shoot for low 70's on the living floor and upper 60's in the bedrooms. I can generally hold those temps no problem until the temps fall into the single digits. If the temps fall into the mid teens or below and the winds are above 20 I'll have to turn the bedroom zones of heat on twice a day for about a half hour..not bad in my book. Also the basement gets into the 80's which makes a great defrosting room for my bones when I'm cold.

 

[bcrtops]

Outside temp is 32F, LR is 80F, back BR & my den/study is 66F. Wife likes it hot...me, not so much. Old, leaky house, stove not central, but we make it work...........sometimes closing BR doors in AM, sometimes using floor fan @ opposite end of hall to move cold air more towards stove (works in cold weather). We hate using oil, & it not super great as not a central system either.

 

[Woody Stover]

If the house gets to 70 i am in shorts and a tshirt.

I just fired a load and room temp is still just 69. I've got on sweat pants, tee shirt and chamois shirt, sneakers with liner socks and thin wool socks. That will confirm the suspicion of many here, that I am a lizard.

 

[lopiliberty]

People know when they come to this house they better dress light. Not need for long sleeves and long pants. Shorts and t-shirt only. Living room is usually mid 80s and upstairs hangs right around 80.