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YOu'd be talking minimal savings at best - seriously. Not worth the possible hazzards involved. Eventually your children will become mobile so even if it were feasible, it's a short term solution at best. Better to spend some money up front on insulation and/or new windows. And if you can do 2 zones, even better.
BTW if you bundle your kids up for bed you can go lower than 67 - even to 65 - it's better for them ... put some undershirts on under their sleeper pajamas. Use the footed sleepers. I know it's hard to keep blankets on them at that age. Use a humidifier to make the air moist and retain some heat. I just bought Walgreen's own brand humidifiers for my kids' rooms and they are the best brand I've ever used.
YOu'd be talking minimal savings at best - seriously. Not worth the possible hazzards involved. Eventually your children will become mobile so even if it were feasible, it's a short term solution at best. Better to spend some money up front on insulation and/or new windows. And if you can do 2 zones, even better.
BTW if you bundle your kids up for bed you can go lower than 67 - even to 65 - it's better for them ... put some undershirts on under their sleeper pajamas. Use the footed sleepers. I know it's hard to keep blankets on them at that age. Use a humidifier to make the air moist and retain some heat. I just bought Walgreen's own brand humidifiers for my kids' rooms and they are the best brand I've ever used.
Thats the way to go, drop the temp and layer the pj's.
Hot water system 2 zones unfortunately one zone is the basement and the other zone is the entire first floor (it's a ranch).
I am in the process of replacing the bedroom radiators with cast iron and I thinks its made a difference in my son's room which is the coldest room in the house.
Why not just another zone for the bedrooms. This way you will have the bedrooms and the rest of the house on their own zone. Keep you bedroom zones at 64 deg. at night and let the house zone drop down to 58.
Why not just another zone for the bedrooms. This way you will have the bedrooms and the rest of the house on their own zone. Keep you bedroom zones at 64 deg. at night and let the house zone drop down to 58.
What is the insulation value in your roof? Do you know how many inches thick it is? You may need to start there for efficiency.
don't know the r value off hand, but I know there is a good 3 or so inches up there. I'm sure I could probably put some more up there, but I don't think that's the problem. It's more likely the walls and my windows that need some help. I'm doing things little by little to shore everything up. This winter it's cast iron radiators. Next year I'll do insulation, then whenever I have some disposable income laying around (probably like never) I'll work on the windows. I have cellular blinds on all my windows, man what a difference they make, it's like opening a window when you pull them up.
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