We have an older (1940) house with crap insulation.
Our rule-of-thumb has been to keep it no lower than 55 in order to avoid pipes freezing. But even over the past couple of weeks we turn it down 52 or so at night.
Is the prevailing wisdom that, in the case of exceptional cold like that predicted, we need to crank it so much higher? Heating oil is less expensive than fixing burst pipes, so no argument from a cost standpoint.
But... we really do prefer the house on the cooler side and the idea of setting the thermometer to 70 seems crazy and annoying from a comfort perspective. I feel like I'd have to crack a window in order to make the bedroom cool enough to sleep if our furnace is trying to heat up to 70!
Sphragis t1_j6mvlgo wrote
Reply to Extreme temperature heating by OnePsychological6076
We have an older (1940) house with crap insulation.
Our rule-of-thumb has been to keep it no lower than 55 in order to avoid pipes freezing. But even over the past couple of weeks we turn it down 52 or so at night.
Is the prevailing wisdom that, in the case of exceptional cold like that predicted, we need to crank it so much higher? Heating oil is less expensive than fixing burst pipes, so no argument from a cost standpoint.
But... we really do prefer the house on the cooler side and the idea of setting the thermometer to 70 seems crazy and annoying from a comfort perspective. I feel like I'd have to crack a window in order to make the bedroom cool enough to sleep if our furnace is trying to heat up to 70!