DH keeps turning off the heat

[Anonymous]

OP -- these people who are all telling you 72 degrees is too hot are ridiculous. Maybe turn it down to 69/70 at night, but who wants to freeze in their own home? We keep our house at 73-74 during the day. I hate being cold.

[Anonymous]

COUGHING is not a sign that you guys are too cold!

It's a sign you're ALLERGIC. To dust mites, probably, but it could be something else. The first sign of my son's allergy to dust mites was intermittent coughing all throughout the winter. We eventually got him tested. Now my younger child has started the same thing, and today I'm going to make an appointment with the allergist.

[Anonymous]

72 is WAY TOO HOT

cold air doesn't make children cough. Dry heated air makes children cough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP -- these people who are all telling you 72 degrees is too hot are ridiculous. Maybe turn it down to 69/70 at night, but who wants to freeze in their own home? We keep our house at 73-74 during the day. I hate being cold.

It's not ridiculous if the husband is so hot he turns the heat off. The people living in the same house have to reach a compromise. You're fine if everyone runs cold and you're all happy at 74, but that's not OP's household.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP -- these people who are all telling you 72 degrees is too hot are ridiculous. Maybe turn it down to 69/70 at night, but who wants to freeze in their own home? We keep our house at 73-74 during the day. I hate being cold.

this mindset is so american... i gotta have what i want... and lectures poor countries how they should save the world

[Anonymous]

I couldn't sleep at 72 degrees at night either. Ours is at 64 at night and 70 during the day.

I agree though that using a programmable thermostat makes more sense than turning the system off. And I doubt turning the heat off is making your kids cough.

[Anonymous]

72!?!!?

62 at night. 65 in the day.

You guys must be paying an arm & leg in heating costs.

Plus, everyone has all those nice sweaters to west in the winter.

Do you guys really wear t-shirts on the winter bc your houses are so warm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:72 is really high. We literally never turn it up that high, day or night. Your husband is right to complain.

+1

68 daytime, 60 at night. Program your thermostat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:how cold is it at night? we set ours no warmer than 62 night, 68 day.

I would freeze in your house! Do you ever get houseguests?

[Anonymous]

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

Do you use AC? Because I set mine at 80, but I cannot tolerate cold in the winter, so 72 for heat at a minimum.

[Anonymous]

1. It is a myth that turning off HVAC systems costs more money because "it takes extra effort to heat up the house"

For example: if the typical HVAC system runs 15 minutes per hour and the system is off for 8 hours at night and the temperature drops from 70 down to 55 and then it takes 45 minutes to raise the heat back up to 70 you save 75 minutes of fuel cost. That is about 37 hours of fuel cost over a month.

8hours X 15 minutes = 120 minutes per night vs. 45 minutes per morning = 75 minutes not burning fuel.

The numbers are different for each house and HVAC system based on how energy efficient the house and system is.

2. programmable thermostats can actually increase fuel usage because they do not account for daily variations in whether or not you are feeling too hot or too cold. They can certainly make life more comfortable but extra cost results from evening out the temperature variations.

Think of it like this:

cruise control on a car can help save gas while driving.... BUT... it does not save gas to leave the car running in the driveway at night because "it will take extra fuel" to get the car up to speed in the morning.

Understand that depending on the usage scenario you BOTH can be correct (or wrong).

[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!

This is absolutely insane. 72 is already too high. If you’re not wearing a sweater in winter, your house is too hot. Agree that persistent winter coughing is much more likely due to dust/mold in your heating than indoor temperature.

[Anonymous]

I can’t get over how cold some of you keep your homes. We are different from OP since we are all in agreement at our house. But we need 71-72 during the day and 70 at night. We all freeze if it is 70 or lower during the day.

[Anonymous]

So much is going to depend on how well your house is constructed and insulated. In my house that has good insulation, I keep the temperature set between 66-68 and it is fine. 72 would smoke me out. You also need to look at the registers in your house. We have three in our bedroom, but the kids rooms have one each. We close off one entirely in our room and keep the second half open. It is better for you to sleep in a cooler room, and I love to sleep in a cool room with warm coverings. But there is a point - in our house around when the thermostat hits 62, when it gets bone chilling cold, and that’s too low for us.

[Anonymous]

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

Yeah I feel sweaty just thinking about that. I don't like my AC at 72 - or my heat. This is a constant battle with me and my husband, too. He always turns the house freezing with AC in the summer, and boils me alive in the winter. I don't know that there's anything you can both do other than each be somewhat uncomfortable - and see what you can both live with.