We had the bottom intercom at our early 70s house growing up. Probably used it for about 6 months before we realized it was easier to just yell upstairs or downstairs than use the intercom.
What do you set your thermostat on at night? (Winter)
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Seems you come from money with the TT/8track AND central vac.
Nah. Just like to hear the sound of my own voice or type in this case.***
Bought this place from a couple from Alaska who was building it to retire in. They bought the lot in 2019 and ordered materials to break ground when the snow melted in the Spring of 2020... What could go wrong. While they were building costs soared and they sold it to me right before it was finished as it went above their budget.
They did a lot of really cool stuff that I would have never imagined doing. For instance stove fridge, water heater, boiler, and fireplace are wired on a separate circuit that can be powered separately from everything else by a duel fuel generator that can plug in directly to the propane stub. With 1000 gallon tank the fridge, stove, water heater and fireplace could run off this little 3kw portable generator for months of needed.
I learned about the boiler/hydronic system because I had to, but the other guy designed it. He put the zones south to north because the south facing side of the house gets sun all winter and barely needs heat. The North side of the house stays much. Cooler.
It's basically a high tech igloo. The entire exterior envelope is extremely insulated including under the slab so the heat has nowhere to escape.
Alaskans are just built different. They think of all the things that could go wrong and mitigate the risk to maintain self sufficiency.
My grandfather sold his rice crop for over 20 dollars a bushel in 1975. He got to build his dream house.Seems you come from money with the TT/8track AND central vac.
Is the heat radiant electric (electric wires) or hydronic (tubes full of liquid in a slab.) I'd be interested to know if it's liquid, how often they have had to change the glycol/water in the lines.
68 from 8pm until 7:15am . 72 during day . If it was up to my wife it be 75 24/7, fortunately she not allowed to speak🫢
70 upstairs, 73 downstairs all the time. Two heat pumps. I've tried setbacks, but it just makes the heat strips come on.
No higher than 68 in the winter. I try to keep it lower than that and use space heaters, but I usually lose that battle.
Summer, I try to go no lower than 78 but I usually lose that battle too. To me, as long as you are blowing cool air i.e. circulating, you can survive. Try to use fans as much as possible. Sometimes I kick it down to 75 or 76 at night to keep the air circulating.
Fall and spring, I'm somewhere between those. Usually I won't turn on the heat unless I absolutely have to, usually on into November. Spring, I will run the AC again, just to keep air circulating.
Summer, I try to go no lower than 78 but I usually lose that battle too. To me, as long as you are blowing cool air i.e. circulating, you can survive. Try to use fans as much as possible. Sometimes I kick it down to 75 or 76 at night to keep the air circulating.
Fall and spring, I'm somewhere between those. Usually I won't turn on the heat unless I absolutely have to, usually on into November. Spring, I will run the AC again, just to keep air circulating.
67. Anything higher than that and I feel like I can't breathe. I would prefer it 65, but we have a baby and small kids and I don't want them to get cold.
Try to keep it on 67 winter. My wife is always cold though.
We also live in old house with high ceilings and vents are in the ceilings instead of floor.
Last year when it was so cold before Christmas, my conserving energy setting was 65. On the third day thermostat temp was 59 and it has gas furnace. It didn’t shut off for about 3 days. Glad that one room has gas logs.
We also live in old house with high ceilings and vents are in the ceilings instead of floor.
Last year when it was so cold before Christmas, my conserving energy setting was 65. On the third day thermostat temp was 59 and it has gas furnace. It didn’t shut off for about 3 days. Glad that one room has gas logs.
I have 3 units and I control all three with Nest thermostats on my phone....if it were up to my wife and kids it would be 65 in mid day in July and 75 in winter......I am the Nest Nazi in our house.....at 10pm in winter, they go to 64 degrees at 10pm and cut back up to 68 at 6am.....i can't even get into summer....it's a battle i can't win...
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