Originally Posted by Dallas69
So in the winter you just live in your bedroom?
What a miserable way to live.
What an unusual interpretation. It's not as if we keep the rest of the house at 30F and nail the bedroom door shut against the wintry weather on the other side!!!
Our bedroom is pretty huge, with an attached, walk-in, closet and full bathroom. We've got a queen bed against one wall; there's a chaise lounge in one corner; 49" Samsung TV in one corner; and a desktop, with 32" display in the third corner. Finally, half of our windows are south-facing and there's a skylight, so we get tons of bright light during the day.
Finally, and most importantly, we just had a baby. We're too tired to care about where we hang out. My wife can wake up and watch TV in bed while she's nursing or sit in the lounge, if she prefers.
As you can infer, it's just as comfortable in our bedroom as anywhere else in the house. Why heat the entire, open first floor to baby-comfortable temps, if we don't have to???
Originally Posted by yeti
Originally Posted by gathermewool
We finally gave in and bought a small TV for our room. We've got a pretty big master bedroom, with a master bath, so we hunker down in here and keep the heat off in the rest of the place.
This way, we can keep the heat at 70F+ in the room and let the rest of the house drop down to around 45-50F.
When it gets colder I'll maintain the the rest of the living spaces and the basement > 40F, to prevent freezing.
dallas states, "what a miserable way to live".
it would be, for me, and, I'm guessing, for many others.
i can't think of a reason why someone would choose to live like this, except for a lack of money. if this is the case, I'm sure some bitogers would send to you some money for heating. I would gladly help.
i'm not being facetious.i'm guessing that many families are in this situation, due to lack of funds.all that you have to do, is ask.
have a good day.
See above.
Last winter was our first winter in the house. Keeping the main floor at 65-68 resulted in an electricity bill in January of $570. The house is tight and pretty well insulated, it's just got a lot of open space.
There's a huge difference between what's perfectly comfortable and what's prudent. 68-70F was not prudent. Our electricity bill dropped by ~40% the following month due to keeping the thermostat at or around 58-60F. Thicker jammies and blankets aren't very tough additions to our evening attire/move watching/book reading lives.
This past summer we kept the smaller window units running non-stop to keep the humidity below 50%, which resulted in a very livable 80-85F in the living spaces. We only used the large window units when the humidity or temps required them to be on. Would 70F have been more comfortable - sure! Was 80-85F even remotely tough - nope! It's much easier to live out in the living spaces in the summer with high temps and low humidity than it is in the winter, with low temps. It just is what it is.
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With all of that said, I'm planning on adding solar panels to our entire south-facing roof to help with our demand.
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