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What temperature range do you like your thermostat/heater set to in winter? (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by passthepotato@aussie.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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So at work today, the discussion of household heating and gas/electricity bills came up (entering winter Down Under), and I commented that we have our central heating set to 14 Celsius (approx 57 Freedoms) overnight, and off during the day/evening. We find that 14 is quite comfortable under a fluffy doona/duvet. I was warmly mocked (well natured), and informed that something closer to 24C (75F) is appropriate, day and night.

Surely not... right?

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[–] passthepotato@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm curious, what is the construction of an average 70s home in your region?

[–] Pyrrhocore@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Traditional houses from the 70s are usually a basement and the house upstairs.
Basement is often half or totally underground.
Then the wall are made with cinder blocks, empty air and bricks.
There is chimney (not sure the term in English), so you can heat with wood, but most of the time there is central heating with Gaz or Fuel to replace or in complement.

How is it in your country ?

[–] passthepotato@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How interesting - the bricks and blocks would act as quite a good heat mass to sort of, smooth out the temperature? (And chimney is the word we use also 😆)

Our cottage is built up on hardwood stumps, with a hard oak frame, and asbestos sheet cladding, both inside and out. The roof is almost flat, just a 2 degree incline, with corrugated iron sheets from end to end. Cheap and hollow 😀 hahaha

[–] Pyrrhocore@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hahaha yeah, but in winter the walls can get really cold. In summer it keep the house cool.
Oh wood is known to be a good natural insulation!
Flat roof? It's rarely raining? You never have violent rain?
So it's a construction in wood from the 50s? Wow. Does it age well? Does it require a lot of maintenance?
I'm wondering about asbestos from the 50s, here if it's starting to crumble it's extremely expensive to get rid of it.

Here roof is around 40-45 degree incline, and composed of oak frame also. And no asbestos I tried to avoid that at all cost. It was used a lot in the 70s and early 80s.