I was hoping to get to Nov. 1 before turning on the furnace.

Freeze warning this evening and the house was at 63 degrees inside.

Have you fired up your furnace yet?

I would love to but unfortunately the electricity has been out for almost 3 days due to the storms/tornado that came through upstate SC

Yeah. I turned it on this morning. It was 64 in the house. Wasn't bad but then I heard a cat sneeze so I turned it on and set it for 67. It's currently windy and 43 degrees outside and people keep asking me where my coat is. They don't know how warm a body gets wearing body armor. I will break out the coat for active rain/snow or below 38 temperatures.
My kids complain all the time that it's cold and I tell them to put some layers on, but if my cat is cold, I will turn the heat on.

My wife has been hinted to me about switching over to heat but I will resist it as long as I can!

Yes it's on, 38 degrees now in northern WV and dropping to low 30's every night for the next 5 days.

Ya turned it on. Even had a fire in the fireplace the other night.

I turned mine on for about 2 days. Now I'm using the AC again. Ah, New England...

Nope, AC on today here in ma.

Yes, I turned it on for a day or two when it was a bit cooler, then it warmed back up. It wasn't really cold yet.

However, the reason I do this, and also with the AC, is to make sure that it works properly before the cold, or hot, weather actually arrives. If it doesn't work then I have plenty of time to get it repaired and working before it's really needed.

I've always known people who desire to wait and wait and wait and brag that they are the last to turn on the heat or AC, and when they REALLY need it, it doesn't work, and they're calling EVERYBODY in town to come out trying to find a repairman and fix it RIGHT AWAY, and the family is miserable, and of course they're all backed up.

This Friday night-Saturday morning is forecast for 32 degrees, and I know that my furnace works and is ready to go.

But hey, that's just me. YMMV.

Yep. 39 outside at dawn here this morning. Set thermostat at 67.

Yes heat pumps have been on during night time and looks like this Friday night
The aquahot diesel burner will be running. Currently in Tulsa

Turned it on a few weeks ago. Been in the twenties several times when I got up in the morning. I think our high is only gonna be in the mid thirties Thursday/Friday.

Nope, but I've had the stove going for almost a month.

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Originally posted by P-220:
I was hoping to get to Nov. 1 before turning on the furnace.

Freeze warning this evening and the house was at 63 degrees inside.

I had this very discussion with a friend a few minutes ago... after returning to my house from theirs and finding my kitchen at 59 degrees.

I've had to have my AC replaced this last week. I'm enjoying an efficient cooling of the entire house. I think it is set for 76.

Turn the furnace up - said no one in Phoenix.

After several years I finally figured out that my fancy programmable thermostat will take care of these things for me. I set the coolest temp that I don't want to go below and the warmest temp that I don't want to go above. Combined with the temp that I want the house to be, and the thermostat will cycle itself between heating and cooling as needed.

Hell no! We haven't even closed the bedroom window yet, and yes we have had several frosts.

When we built our house I insulated the living shitsnitz out of it, also lots of south facing Low-E windows, so the sun does a nice job this time of year.

Turned ours on two nights ago. House was getting into the lower 60s. Set it for 67.

Yup, turned mine on this morning and yesterday morning. Near 80 tomorrow and then below freezing this weekend. Good grief.

AC today; heater tomorrow. That's Colorado weather.