Natural gas forced air with central a/c.
Mid-efficiency 1996 Consolidated Industries furnace. Works pretty well.
Mid-efficiency 1996 Consolidated Industries furnace. Works pretty well.
what do you use?
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Oil fired water heater that circulates the hot water to a heat exchanger which forces hot air through ductwork throughout the house. Ya, finally moved out of the apartment we were living in for 5+ years and into a small house!
Oil fired hot air heat, electric baseboard, and a VT Castings Defiant wood stove.
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Natural gas forced air with central a/c.
Mid-efficiency 1996 Consolidated Industries furnace. Works pretty well.
We don't have A/C, and I felt that we need A/C about 5-10 days a year. So few days a year we like to have A/C, it is not very cost effective to have it.
My furnace is about 40 years old, it still is working but not very efficient. But the total hours we use it in a year is about 30-50 hrs, the cost to replace it is so high it will take 15-20 years to recoup the replacement cost therefore we keep the old one.
Natural gas forced air with central a/c.
Mid-efficiency 1996 Consolidated Industries furnace. Works pretty well.
We don't have A/C, and I felt that we need A/C about 5-10 days a year. So few days a year we like to have A/C, it is not very cost effective to have it.
My furnace is about 40 years old, it still is working but not very efficient. But the total hours we use it in a year is about 30-50 hrs, the cost to replace it is so high it will take 15-20 years to recoup the replacement cost therefore we keep the old one.
Forced central heat and air system......circa 1998. Propane is the fuel.
Have a wall hung infrared heater that we use and serves as a back-up in case of a power failure....say an ice storm.
Have a wall hung infrared heater that we use and serves as a back-up in case of a power failure....say an ice storm.
Lennox 98% efficent forced air furnace that uses propane to heat just over 4200 square feet of home, set up in 4 different zones. Supplemented with heated floors in the kitchen, dining room, hallways, bathrooms and lower level rooms, wherever there is hard surface flooring.
My 36X36 shop building was heated by propane until last summer when I installed a waste oil heater. It was on a separate propane tank and not included with our home usage.
We built the house in 1998 and built it to the highest reasonable efficiency standards we could. Our propane use is around 700 gallons per year, and our electrical bills are usually between $75 and $90 per month, less in the spring and fall when we're not running any HVAC equipment.
And we live in an area that regularly sees sub-zero temperatures in the winter and humid 95+ temperatures in the summer.
My 36X36 shop building was heated by propane until last summer when I installed a waste oil heater. It was on a separate propane tank and not included with our home usage.
We built the house in 1998 and built it to the highest reasonable efficiency standards we could. Our propane use is around 700 gallons per year, and our electrical bills are usually between $75 and $90 per month, less in the spring and fall when we're not running any HVAC equipment.
And we live in an area that regularly sees sub-zero temperatures in the winter and humid 95+ temperatures in the summer.
We use a Regency F2400 woodstove for the house, does 99% of our heating on about 3 cords a year. I like it for the simplicity and how it radiates heat on a cold morning. No heating bills is nice too!
Yeah woodstoves are real nice. One of my co workers takes all of our wooden pallets and has I believe WOODCHUK model wood/waste wood/fuel furnace. He cuts the pallets in half and throws em' in. He has two fine screens above the ashpan to catch nails, staples etc. Anyone here use coal/hard coal? Uncle on fathers side has a HITZER coal stove that once started on wood/soft coal, you open the top and pour in a bucket or whatever amount of hard coal. Nice and toasty in his place. He gets free coal also so its even nicer.
iam in an apartment with 4 units. it must be 60 years old. mine is small about 20x20. this winter i switched to 2 small electric space heaters. iam not sure ill save money or not. but it seams to heat better.
A combination of gas furnace, small electric heater, hair dryer, and electric mattress heater depends on where I want to heat.
Forced air natural gas in home original 1977 furnace, new blower and a/c added in 1999, in the garage I have a reddyheater wich runs off a 20lb propane bottle just used occasionally but it gets it warm enough to work in there on any day.
At work in the garage we have radiant heaters in the 24 foot ceilings, works pretty good depending how much the 12 foot overhead doors get opened.
At work in the garage we have radiant heaters in the 24 foot ceilings, works pretty good depending how much the 12 foot overhead doors get opened.
Our house had electric wall heaters when we moved in. We replaced them with centralized natural gas forced air heating. That made a huge difference in comfort and cost. No A/C, on the hottest days of the year the house will rarely get above 80*f inside.
It should be list your heat source and average monthly heating bill in the dead of winter.
We have a propane fireplace and use a maximum of $300 per month in fuel. -16F here this morning.
We have a propane fireplace and use a maximum of $300 per month in fuel. -16F here this morning.
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Yeah, when I buy a house in PA or anywhere cold, its GOING TO HAVE a coal stove in it period. Plus a great friend has a older GMC 2 ton dump truck and will haul my coal that his friend can get for FREE! Even hard coal. I grew up in a house that had/still has coal heat and it does not compare to a fuel oil/natural gas furnace at all; nice even HEAT. It was -5F here this morning but the radiators were nice and HOT.
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adam
We have a 95% Heil furnace on a cheap Honeywell programmable thermostat (best buy ever).
Our garage is detached and unheated. I'll pickup a portable heater if I ever have to do something serious out there in the winter!
Our garage is detached and unheated. I'll pickup a portable heater if I ever have to do something serious out there in the winter!
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We have a propane fireplace and use a maximum of $300 per month in fuel. -16F here this morning.
Do you own your own tank? I bought a 500 gallon tank and my cost per gallon is now $1.49
I purchase my propane and got my tank from Martindale.
We have a propane fireplace and use a maximum of $300 per month in fuel. -16F here this morning.
Do you own your own tank? I bought a 500 gallon tank and my cost per gallon is now $1.49
I purchase my propane and got my tank from Martindale.
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Firewood stove, central air and heat.
It gets HOT...
It gets HOT...
Thanks for the replies guys, and I know its off topic but if you read in the topic about high mileage QS not certified; I meant to start a new post, so hope I didnt worry or offend anyone. You can read it and disregard as I may repost
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adam vasbinder
My geothermal pipes were installed in 5-200 foot deep vertical wells.
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