DH keeps turning off the heat

[Anonymous]

65-68 is good at night
68-72 during the day depending how cold it is

We do 66 at night and 68 during the day

[Anonymous]

Our Nest is set to 64 during the night and then 67/68 during the day. I do find myself bumping it up slightly in the day time during peak Winter. I rarely bump to 72 though! Good luck, OP! I think you have heard from DCUM enough to make a good compromise during the night and maybe even a degree or 2 down during the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I go down to 64 at night. I would sweat at 72.

Yes. 72 is a daytime temp not a sleeping temp. We also sleep at 64, including our kids. I don’t run hot and I’m thin. 72 is way too big for sleeping. 64 does not cause coughing. Put some socks and blankets on OP.

[Anonymous]

Have him sleep in his own room with the window open.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have him sleep in his own room with the window open.

just get him a tent from walmart - $20 and send him out. problem solved.

[Anonymous]

My husband opens the windows for our big furry sled dog.

[Anonymous]

64 at night, 66 during the day. Because I care about the planet, unlike you hypocrites.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:64 at night, 66 during the day. Because I care about the planet, unlike you hypocrites.

Nice. Why stop there? Just shut down heat.

[Anonymous]

Interesting variation here. My mom was always cold, so our house was warm - in winter and in summer. I'm trying to get my body to accept that 68 degrees inside is good in the winter, because I think I can get used to it. Meanwhile, I'm freezing. I can accept AC at 78 in the summer, no problem, though.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I appreciate all of the rationale here. It is interesting because all of our friends and families have their thermostats set at like 75-78 lol. But I like the night time temp idea, will absolutely propose this and I think it’ll work! Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting variation here. My mom was always cold, so our house was warm - in winter and in summer. I'm trying to get my body to accept that 68 degrees inside is good in the winter, because I think I can get used to it. Meanwhile, I'm freezing. I can accept AC at 78 in the summer, no problem, though.

Add more layers of clothing including silk or thermal underwear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I appreciate all of the rationale here. It is interesting because all of our friends and families have their thermostats set at like 75-78 lol. But I like the night time temp idea, will absolutely propose this and I think it’ll work! Thank you!

I am a "you-do-you" type of person but that's too much. Save energy, do your part to save the environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is an ongoing argument of ours. He runs warm but I try to explain to him that we need to keep the heating system on. I never turn it above 72 since he always complains so it’s never actually hot in the house. Every time anyone comes over, they talk about how cold it is. He even runs two fans in our room at night and I just do my best to bundle up and not complain. Once again, I wake up to a freezing cold house and coughing children. I check the system and he tuned it off again once we all went to bed. How can I get him to understand and stop doing this? I’m the one having to deal with coughing and irritable children each time he does this. Heck, I’m even coughing myself. Sounds small but I’m irritated.

If you and your children are coughing so much, that’s an infection control issue, not a heat issue. Maybe a humidity issue.

If you always communicate in hyperbole, he’s never going to believe you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I appreciate all of the rationale here. It is interesting because all of our friends and families have their thermostats set at like 75-78 lol. But I like the night time temp idea, will absolutely propose this and I think it’ll work! Thank you!

In the winter?! That's insane We're 77/day in summer, 72/night in summer. In winter, it's 67/day and 64/night.

[Anonymous]

Way too high. We sleep at around 66F in the winter, and downstairs the thermostat is kept between 67 and 70 to achieve that upstairs temperature (it depends on whether it's been sunny or not).

If you lower the thermostat, you'll be able to compromise on keeping the heat always on.