Heater on or off at night?

[Toto'sDad]

I've lived several places with un-vented space heaters. (Dearborn and other brands) the "saving grace" was that our homes back then were nowhere near as "air tight" as they are today. The house I'm now in (for 28 years) is the first I ever lived in as an adult with forced air central heating. Pretty efficient unit, so not excessively expensive to run. I keep the thermostat at about 67° F all the time. (in winter) That's a little chilly for some, but if I get cold I'll just put on a hoodie.
My mom always said growing up, they turned off heat at night. She didn't know if it was for safety or "cheapness". On super-cold nights, I wondered if they ever had pipes freeze? I did in my previous house.....and it's a real pain.

The pipe freezing thing used to be pretty common here, but for the last few years, it hasn't really gotten down to freezing very much at all. The weather has definitely changed here, we used to be covered in fog this time of year. The other night, we picked up our son at the airport, and saw just a few whisps of fog, but nothing that impeded visibility.

I have my outside pipes wrapped with insulation, and that has been enough so that we haven't ever had a problem even when it froze here. That doesn't mean we couldn't have a problem just that we haven't.

 

[vcs700s]

We have a programmable thermostat. No problem.

Only way to go. Inexpensive and easy to setup.

 

[NHFlyCaster]

A problem of setting temp too low is lots of condensation on your windows and mold growth.

 

[Harry Styron]

For sleeping with my wife, the best wintertime solution for temperature is to lower the thermostat and use a dual-control electric blanket. It seems also to diminish her cover-pulling.

For the snoring and mouth-breathing issues, we both use cortisone nasal spray. I’ve been experimenting with taping my mouth closed with kinesiology tape. I poke a hole in it about the diameter of a pencil, so I don’t suffocate when my nose closes, as it seems to do several times in the course of the night, which prompts me to give myself a squirt or two of saline nasal spray. After a week of taping, I believe it is helping me to get an hour or two of additional deep sleep each night.

My nightstand is cluttered!

 

[loudboy]

Ours goes down to 55 after 10:30pm.

It doesn't get too cold here even in winter, so the house generally stays comfortable, and we like it cooler to sleep.

 

[Spox]

I have the timer set for the heating to come on from 9.00am-10.00am then 10.00pm-11.00pm. I also turn it off completely from June until October. I spent a couple of hundred quid on a good sleeping bag last year and have become fond of hot water bottles.

 

[24 track]

we keep the house at a constant 66 deg F. too cold ? put on a sweater then you light a fire in the fireplace and enjoy

I dont feel the cold neither does Ms. 24

 

[unixfish]

We have a programmable thermostat. No problem.

So do we. Unfortunately, I go to bed at 23:00, my daughter at 01:00, and my wife is up around 04:00. That is not a long enough time spanse to bother letting the heat go down and come back up, much to my chagrin. We just leave the thermostat at 69 or 70.

 

[boris bubbanov]

A problem of setting temp too low is lots of condensation on your windows and mold growth.

I'm happy to say, we haven't had such problems, at The Cabin.

I've got the thermostat set at 56 F (maybe the ambient temperature indicated 62 F) and it can go for hours without the heat pump coming on. By 6:00 AM it can be cold down on the main level, but the accumulated heat up in the big loft where we sleep, stays nice and dry and what heat there is/was tends to accumulate there.

 

[brookdalebill]

I can’t sleep if I’m cold, so “On”, por favor.

 

[notmyusualuserid]

So do we. Unfortunately, I go to bed at 23:00, my daughter at 01:00, and my wife is up around 04:00. That is not a long enough time spanse to bother letting the heat go down and come back up, much to my chagrin. We just leave the thermostat at 69 or 70.

Don't you have TRVs?

 

[stormsedge]

Do you mean you have your heater set to cycle down to 64 at 9:00pm?

Yes…local.

 

[unixfish]

Don't you have TRVs?

TRVs? Temporary Resident Visa? Thermostatic Radiator Valve?

Gas furnace with forced air, if that is where you are going.

 

[notmyusualuserid]

TRVs? Temporary Resident Visa? Thermostatic Radiator Valve?

Gas furnace with forced air, if that is where you are going.

Ah, not much use then

 

[kuch]

we set our thermostat to 70 when we're home and 64 when we go to bed at night. for the last week or so, the furnace has been kicking on at night when we're in bed. I have the thermo set at 50 in my garage but it rarely goes on since the furnace and water heater are in the garage too.

 

[Toto'sDad]

Only way to go. Inexpensive and easy to setup.

We have a programable thermostat too which my wife just pushes hold on when she wants it warmer, and raises the temp. If only womens had programable thermostats, then you'd really have something.

 

[AJBaker]

We have a mix of a wood stove and electric radiators. I actually let it the radiator run at night (or with a timer set it for the wee hours of the morning) to warm up the living room for when we get up. This actually makes some sense because electricity is a lot cheaper at night.

 

[Hey_you]

On. It was 7* yesterday morning.

 

[Matt Sarad]

off
59⁰ at 6 am.
Heater on from 6:30- 8:30 am.
Off until 5pm.

 

[String Tree]

Below freezing at night up here.
Furnace stays on but, it stays at about 60f.