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Originally Posted by fantASTic
For some reason, 68 in the summer vs 68 in the winter are two completely different temperatures. I think the thing is that, especially in big houses, it may be 73 by the thermostat but NOT in the bedrooms and ESPECIALLY not in the basement. Tile and wood floors are also very cold. Plus...in GA, the winter temp is in the 50s or so, right? Maybe 40s, but rarely lower? We routinely get to the negative degrees, especially with wind chill.
Bedrooms can be 5 degrees below the rest of the house in temperature, too.
Vandal: How do your pipes not freeze???
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There's actually a lot of variety in terms of winter temps in Georgia. Daytime might be 50s in the Atlanta area with nights in the thirties. In the North Georgia mountains they have a pretty real winter (by most people's standards, I think) with lows below freezing 90-100 days a year according to this site:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/html/clisumlst.shtml. Further south, it's certainly more moderate until we're practically Florida.
I'm not trying to suggest we're experiencing the temperatures that other people do. I'm just amazed thinking about what it would cost to keep my house at 73.
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