Anyone else sleep with the heat off completely? (apartment, home)

[HelloThereMA]

I wonder if anyone else does this. My heaters have the little pilot lights (not sure what type they are...) and they don't turn off once they reach temperature, so I don't leave them on at night.
This morning my apartment was I think 51 degrees. I've woken to it being like 40 on one of the coldest nights which hasn't been too often, I think the people below me may not have been home (rising heat). I don't like doing this but I do. I want to know- anyone else do this? Sometimes I wonder if this is just totally crazy. I wouldn't be able to do this without having my electric blanket.

[MikePRU]

I'm too paranoid about my pipes freezing to turn off my heat completely during the winter.

[kingeorge]

Originally Posted by MikePRU

I'm too paranoid about my pipes freezing to turn off my heat completely during the winter.

This.^^
I also dislike electrical blankets for fire hazard.

[KellyCrash]

Never tried that nor would I want to. We keep are heat on 65 & some mornings I have a hard time getting up at that temperature. It's not the sleeping part that would bother me if I had an electric blanket. It's the part about getting up in the morning in the cold that would be the worst. I have enough issues getting the kids up some morning. I don't need any colder temperatures to deal with.

[Scriptkitten]

We turn it down to like 58. But it's set to go to 63 or 65 at 6am

[jayrandom]

In grad school I had a setup where the heater wasn't in any real way connected to my bedroom. With the door shut to sleep it could get below freezing in my bedroom. The pipes were in the main room and above freezing, though.

Of course we'd always have a few people who turned off their heat entirely over break only to freeze their pipes. That was always an expensive lesson in keeping the heat on. I wouldn't let the temperature of any water pipes get too far below 60 if it were my place. The risk of loss starts to offset the savings on heat.

[TransnationalElite]

We've been turning off the heating and leaving a window open overnight to allow fresh air to circulate. Heating/Cooling is via a pumped dry air system. Little one and I seem to get really dry throats though, and little one has a cough for which doctor recommended leaving windows open (this was suggested by doc in Czech Republic, not here). Waking up to 65 degrees is no fun but it beats waking up to sore throats.

The place we're in is a converted mill so it has very high ceilings, large windows and more open space than walls. Also, bedrooms have no direct windows so the whole place has to get cold before it feels fresh in the bedrooms.

Been considering getting a humidifier to maybe adjust the humidity levels and possibly avoid having to open windows overnight. Any suggestions?

[TransnationalElite]

Also, we have to turn up the heat to around 77 or so to make it nice and comfortable. More on chillier days. Guessing this is something to do with dry heat and humidity levels??

[xo_kizzy_xo]

Thermostat is set on 60 and stays there. If you're cold, bundle up.

We do have a space heater in our bedroom. We'll put it on maybe a half hour or so before going to bed and turn it off when we actually get into bed. For those 20-and-below nights in the dead of January we have an electric blanket. Otherwise we just pile on the blankets & co. and wear sweats to bed.

[kingeorge]

Originally Posted by TransnationalElite

We've been turning off the heating and leaving a window open overnight to allow fresh air to circulate. Heating/Cooling is via a pumped dry air system. Little one and I seem to get really dry throats though, and little one has a cough for which doctor recommended leaving windows open (this was suggested by doc in Czech Republic, not here). Waking up to 65 degrees is no fun but it beats waking up to sore throats.

The place we're in is a converted mill so it has very high ceilings, large windows and more open space than walls. Also, bedrooms have no direct windows so the whole place has to get cold before it feels fresh in the bedrooms.

Been considering getting a humidifier to maybe adjust the humidity levels and possibly avoid having to open windows overnight. Any suggestions?

Are really sleeping with your windows open in January?

Humidifiers are necessary evil in this area. Winters bring very dry air. You can also install radiator covers that will take water to help with humidity, and by far are the easiest way to deal with dryness, but you need to have radiators, and good budget. Some forced heat systems allow for installation of humidifier for the whole house, but I am not sure about cost.