kangarooks
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Joined: Jan 19, 2011 10:10:29 GMT -5
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Post by kangarooks on Jan 19, 2011 10:18:43 GMT -5
We have a natural gas fireplace as well as gas central heat. We turn the heat down during the workday and bump it up to 68-70 when we're home. At night, we knock it down a couple of degrees as we have two 70+lb dogs sleeping on the bed.
P.S. It's good to see all you refugees!
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TD2K
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Post by TD2K on Jan 19, 2011 10:34:29 GMT -5
Programmable thermostats are good. I cut back my heat during the day and have it set to pop up the temperature first thing in the morning for a couple of hours and then again when I get home after work.
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Post by greeneyedchicka on Jan 19, 2011 10:52:40 GMT -5
Programmable thermostats are good. I cut back my heat during the day and have it set to pop up the temperature first thing in the morning for a couple of hours and then again when I get home after work. I do this too. I also get credits in the summer time because they can cut my A/C back during peak times when I am not home. I have oil along with a forced air furnace and an oil fired water heater. It is old and very loud. Would love to have it replaced, and the oil tank moved from the basement to buried in the yard. I have spent over $1,200 so far this season on oil, but my electric bill drops in the winter to around $60 a month, so that is a plus.
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Post by yclept on Jan 19, 2011 10:55:47 GMT -5
I keep the thermostats at 68, but they seldom call for heat. Typically first thing in the morning the temperature will be about 70 upstairs and 68 downstairs. If it's a sunny day, the sun space will get up to about 100 an hour or two after sunrise. I pump that air into the house proper and by evening the temperature downstairs will be about 71, upstairs 73. The house is 1850 sq ft. I have lots and lots of exposed granite (counters, upstairs floors, bathrooms) and the flooring that's not granite is stained concrete. As a result, there is lots of thermal mass that stores and releases heat slowly, thus creating a stable ambient temperature. The outside temperature range today is supposed to be low 42, high 62. It seldom gets down to freezing around here, maybe a couple of times a year. It's sunny today, so the sun space will be all I need to supply today's heating requirements. It's almost 8:00 AM. In another hour or so I'll turn on the fans that bring the air from the sun space into the house, and they will be on until about an hour or two before sunset.
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Post by craig on Jan 19, 2011 16:30:45 GMT -5
Heat with an outdoor wood boiler and LP back up.
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