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[quote=Anonymous]How even is your heating and where is your thermostat? I think the temperature it reads may not be your accurate temperature across the house.

My experience: we have radiators with a furnace in the basement, which heats up the basement significantly when its running. The thermostat is wired in to the living room side of the basement staircase wall. This is literally the warmest possible spot it could be in the house.  When it reads 67, the rest of the house feels MUCH colder, because the radiators heat the downstairs first and when the reading is 67, they shut off. Last year we had to set it to 69-70 just to be less miserable, and I even bought a space heater for my kids' room. We recently added mini splits in part for AC, but in part. because they're safer than the space heater and can add heat room by room. When I turn the ones in the colder rooms on to 67, they definitely work to warm the rooms up. Our main thermostat is clearly not representative of the overall temperature.

I know there's more we could be doing to improve insulation, so that's another factor, but you could start by figuring out what the actual temperature of your house is in different areas.[/quote]

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