What temperature is your thermostat set at?

[ricosuave]

Hi all,

With nat gas prices being high and all, I thought I qould have an informal poll of what we all set our thermostats to.

To make it informative, Alberta residents please list the following:

- Year when house was built
- Most expensive gas bill so far this year (likely the one that came out in mid-Jan)
- Settings for your thermostat

I'll go first...

- 1955 Bungalow (recently got a house engergy rating of 55 out of 100)

- Gas usage cost was $155, but I pay on the plan, so i was charged $91

Settings - M - F - 5:30am 18, 7:30am 17, 4:30pm 19, 10:30pm 17
S & S - 8:00am 19 10:30pm 17

My house has some nasty leaks, which I hope to take care of this spring... My furnace is original too...

rico

[CaramonLS]

Its set to 32. Mostly because it doesn't work properly.

[Cowperson]

Built in 1994 (by someone else). Built with energy efficiency in mind. Multi-level and has in-floor heating top and bottom.

$155.

Thermometer set at 21 C pretty much all the time.

Cowperson

[Red]

Built in 1999

Two Storey 1800sq/ft but not much cathedral ceilings which is important as far as heating costs go.

Set at 23 all the time.

Highest bill was $265, last month. It's the whole atco bill, not sure what the actual gas cost was.
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[JiriHrdina]

Built in 1931.

Two story house that is very energy INefficient.

Set between 65-70 (Farenheheit)

[the_only_turek_fan]

Built in 1987.

I have (Well my parents) a two story split.

It is around 18-19 most of the time, and its programed to go down to 16 when no one is at home.

[BlackArcher101]

House built in 1990.

23 in morning, 22 during day, 21 at night.
I'm sure it reads a few degrees too high.

Don't know about the bill, since I don't pay it.

[Andrew]

built in 2002

1100 square foot condo. 120 i believe. usually set at around 18 sometimes up to 21 or so.

[Table 5]

I live in an old tenement building with steam heat, and absolutely no way to set the temperature. The building does it for you, and its always so fricking hot in there. I have to have the windows open pretty much non-stop or i would suffocate.

[MJK]

I live in the basement and hate the heat...15C most of the time.

[Regulator75]

1700 Sq foot 2 story. Built 2004-2005 (Brand new). We programmed the themostat to 16 when we are not home, it's usually at 18-19 when we are home. When we go to bed it turns back down to 17.

Haven't gotten a bill yet... Will soon.

[Skyceman]

I installed a scheduled thermostat in our home and we noticed alot of savings that way (easy to install BTW). By doing this, you can have the house warm when you wake up or when you come home and turned way down when you're not home or sleeping.

Our home is about a year and a half old, two story, 1700 sq/ft. We set the temperatures to 21C when home and down to 16C when not. Heating bills are around $90 - $120.

[nfotiu]

71 during the day/62 at night in a 100 year old 1800 sq ft. house. Average $350 US for oil during winter months where it typically only goes down to about 35-40 at night.

[Looger]

early-70s raised bungalow

1700 sq ft

thermostat is set on arctic or blazing, the actual temperatures desired are never reached by the laws of physics.

i really have to rewire the upstairs thermostat, the girls i live with are crazy and i want to give them a dummy one that they can placebo around with.

[shoestring]

One story 1915 house -set a seventy when I'm up- 65 or so at night.
150 to 200 a month.Inefficient for sure. I am adding insulation and
walls to a part of the basement that was never finished though.
Thank goodness we are having a mild winter after the initial blast in Nov/Dec.

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Usually it isn't on.... I really don't see the point in having heat when no one is there or when one is sleeping. Also the place that I live in is so well insulated and protected from the cold air of the winter that really there is no need to. It is always around 15-20 degrees inside. Usually when it gets cold I just put on a sweater anyways.
Edit: Cost is around 90 dollars for a month in the winter, and usually around 40-50 a month in the summer.... I usually shower at the gym too and that I found makes a huge difference....

[Neeper]

Thermostat usually on 20. I turn it down to 15 when I leave for work. 1600sq/ft, built in 2002. $130 was my highest bill.

[habernac]

mine would be set at 17 all the time, but my wife complains that its too cold. $133 waas my biggest bill. It gets turned down to 15 when I'm not home or when we're asleep. 20 the rest of the time.

[Indi]

is everyone posting the whole bill amount including delivery charges etc, or just the charge for the natural gas used??

[Bleeding Red]

Originally posted by Skyceman@Feb 27 2005, 11:06 PM
I installed a scheduled thermostat in our home and we noticed alot of savings that way (easy to install BTW). By doing this, you can have the house warm when you wake up or when you come home and turned way down when you're not home or sleeping.

Our home is about a year and a half old, two story, 1700 sq/ft. We set the temperatures to 21C when home and down to 16C when not. Heating bills are around $90 - $120.

I recently installed a programable thermostat also.

The big debate in our house is setting the temprature. For a while I programed it for 17 while we were out and 22 when we were home (a bit lower at night). So the question is - is it better to move up and down 3-5 degrees during the day, or keep it at a steady medium temp (20 degrees).

Does raising and lowering the temp make the furnace work more and use more gas? Is keeping the house at a steady 20 degrees waste heat when the house is empty?