The "I'm just too cold for that" support thread. - Page 2

[GoddessKristie]

Holy cow! Some of you are paying outrageous amounts for heat! I can't believe some of those bills! Our heat last month was $192. We have gas heat, so we don't use hardly any gas in the summer. We're on the budget bill thing (where they average your bills out and you pay the average every month) so we only pay $46 a month. $192 is by far our highest bill so far this winter, which I guess is not that bad. Our house is 1500 sq ft and in IN. Our house is very well insulated.
Of course I am thinking "how low would it be if I kept the thermostat at 65?"
I'm really jealous of you ladies who are warm at those lower temperatures. Even at 75 I sleep with a wool matress pad, cotton blanket, wool blanket and quilt! Thank goodness for my very warm husband.

[RainbowTurtle]

I too find it interesting the range of temperatures different people are comfortable at. DD and I are fine at 17C (62.5) at night and 20C (68) during the day. I'd keep it cooler if only the kid would keep her clothes on! Her hands and feet turn to ice when I turn the heat down, but then our floors are always cold. Oh for radiant heating! I'd probably not bother turning the furnace on.

[KayleeZoo]

Our thermostat is set at 69 at night and 76 during the day. We have a 2 story house and the layout sucks- all of the heat stays upstairs (no vaulted ceilings for the air to rise and circulate around), so during the day when we're downstairs (only bedrooms are up), it's 65 and it's too damn cold for me and the kids. So we keep the upstairs unbearably hot to get it warm enough to be comfortable downstairs. Our electric bill is obnoxiously high right now (close to $400/month), but I refuse to be cold in my home. SOmething about that just rubs me the wrong way.

[Caneel]

we are 68-69. I am never cold during the week I am usually either moving about (making dinner, playing with ds, etc.) or in bed. Dh is sorta ok with it now but at first acted like it was cruel and unusual punishment to be forced to live below 72.

For us, it is upbrining. My dad considered heat to be a terrible waste of money and our house was 60 degrees on a good day. I remember sleeping with sweatpants, socks, sweatshirt and a heating blanket. Not that it hurt me but I certainly remember it!

DH lived with his grandfather in a smaller ranch house and could afford to keep it very warm and did without thought to the cost.

[stayinghome]

I try to keep it at 68 but get so cold i can't stand it due to hypothyroid so then i crank it up to 75. Then i get the heat bill and crap my pants and set it down, but it always creeps back up.

[mamallama]

Originally Posted by Mama Poot

The upstairs is always MUCH colder than downstairs, so that's another reason for keeping it so high at night. Even with the thermostat at those temperatures some of the upstairs rooms are barely 68 degrees because of the old windows and no insulation.

I wonder if you need to bleed the air from your radiators?

Gas accumulates in our upstairs radiators, making them much less effective. Dh bleeds them about every other winter--makes a big difference.

[Ellien C]

Originally Posted by KayleeZoo

but I refuse to be cold in my home. SOmething about that just rubs me the wrong way.

This is me! I have to be comfortable in my house. I'm usually cold at work (summer and winter) and it's all I can do to get through the day. I just can't tolerate cold at home as well.

Now, our interesting dynamic is that DH is hot at anything over 68 and I'm cold at anything below 70. 72 or higher is just about right for me! I'm constantly edging the thermostat up when he's gone and I'm home alone. My house is unberably cold to me in the summer. DH sets the A/C way to low in my opinion.

[brogansmomma]

Originally Posted by skai

Ours is constantly at 21 degrees celsius (that would be 69F I guess). I feel guilty about that, but anything less and I freeze. Even now I have woollen socks and long sleeves.

Me too. And I freeze even at this temp. I'd gladly bump it up another degree or two but I haven't figured out how to re-program the thermostat (bought the house in August) so it is what it is. I can bump the temp up or down for a few hours but need to figure out how to reprogram it to my schedule. Regardless, it's pretty constant at 21 for the day and around 19 for the night (brrr!!) My boyfriend runs around in short sleeves and asks silly-but-sincere questions like, "Is it just me? I'm finding it very warm in here," while I'm grabbing the afghan to throw over my sweater-and-slipper-clad self. It's particularly funny in bed when I'm bundled up in flannel pj's with the blankets up to my chin and he's got the blankets flopped away from him and his legs and arse hanging out because he's too warm.

[wendyk]

I also refuse to be cold in my home. It makes me a cranky, cranky person to be cold. Our heat is set at 72 & I will not set it lower. I love summertime though since we don't have air conditioning!

[Minerva]

I figure it's not cold in your house until you're wearing a hat, scarf, and mittens indoors to stay warm. I did this a lot as a kid (and was still cold! : ), so that's my personal cutoff.

I can deal with it being 62, but the husband complains about being cold. I spend a lot of time telling him to put on his cardigan and slippers if he's cold. I think next time he complains, I'll tell him to get some exercise by running the vaccuum or something.

[*Melissa*]

I keep my place at around 76.

BUT! I just moved into an apartment where they pay heat!!! I know it's not the best for the environment, but when the high outside is 19, and it's going to cost me $0, being warm wins.

:::

ETA: We moved out of a house where we kept it at 68-70 and I was always cold! AND had huge gas bills!