What sort of heating and cooling do you have in your home?

Interesting to read all the variations! I guess (and this was partly my reason for asking) a lot comes down to the climate of where you live. I'm on the east coastal region of Australia about 150 km north of Sydney.

My house has a defective old reverse cycle AC that I basically no longer use and need to save about $2k to get it replaced. Otherwise it has no 'forced' heating or cooling, and cooling is basically by using natural airflow and letting sun in (or not) by opening/closing curtains/blinds, opening/closing windows/doors.

There is one ceiling fan in the loungeroom.

If it's too cold I put more clothes on. If it's too hot (and I'm home alone) I take more clothes off. I don't have any sort of romantic partner to worry about, and only my 7 yo daughter normally stays here half the time.

The house is a circa 1950's/60's timber frame fibro + fake weatherbod cladding place with a tiled roof I rented from 2018 and bought in 2023. Small and cosy with good underfloor airflow.

We have gas heating and AC cooling. We also have a fireplace in the living room and space heater and blankets in every room. My daughter and I are always cold. We also have heated blankets to use so we don't roast everyone else in the house.

Gas central heating. No cooling other than fans or opening the windows. Theres a couple of open fires too, but we dont use them as my boyfriend gets asthma. Its a very old wooden house, and doesn't hold the heat too well, so most of the time in winter we need a cardigan too.

For cooling we have two zones of AC.

For heating we have a gas fired boiler feeding circulating hot water to iron radiators, plus under floor warming in the kitchen. It is SO NICE to come downstairs barefoot on a chilly morning and feel that warm floor!!

P.S. we live in the northeast part of the US where the temperature typically goes below freezing 80 or 90 days per year.

I'm terribly spoiled, haha. We have externally controlled central heating that we only regulate on our radiators but the pipes go through rooms anyway so the temperature rarely goes below 21°C (69,8°F). It's been 10°C for the past few days and they put the heating on again which is weird in May. No cooling system here but it has never been needed.

I have a camp stove and some tea kettles that heat the place in winter, plus some rechargeable bed warmers and hand warmers. I'm running the seven watt swamp cooler right now, it's not terribly hot but I'm making potatoes on the camp stove, and it's very pleasant.

Split system reverse cycle throughout the house for summer and winter. Plus the original gas ducted headting through the ground level that does tend to drift up the stairs. But is ridiculous to run for just me..
I have no idea how I will work things this winter. My wife was the one complaining about the cold in winter and the heat in summer..😷

Gas heating and a new A/C system. This part of Texas gets hot and winters are relatively mild. I hate having to wear clothes in my own house. Freezing to 100°+F.

Replaced gas central heating furnace and electric central air conditioning with an electric heat pump system. Reduces need for both by better circulation of temperature in the house, reduces energy bill by minimizing gas use (only flow through water heater and fireplace insert), better for environment (our source of electricity is primarily hydroelectric, solar, and wind).

Central air conditioning (electric) and heating (natural gas), ceiling fans in every room, fireplace

Radiators and normal fans.

Heating: gas-fired central heating.

Cooling: open windows.

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