How much does it cost a day? With weather around freezing I an using about 2.2 gallons of oil a day in a hydronic boiler FHW baseboard system. That is about 10 bucks a day.
I have been soaping up and scrubbing with the water off for years in the shower as our well isn't unlimited, We are on a private leach field and especially now as we have been in a drought since last winter. If you think about it, why try to soap up when the shower is competing and rinsing you off! The world should do this. Just get in. run some hot water to get warm and wet, then shut it off until you are ready to rinse off. Wonderful!We must be related. People give me strange looks when I tell them I turn the water on and off in the shower, same when I brush my teeth. I left my place at 67f, used to leave it at 59f, but as the house ages, I'm afraid to go that low again
Because that's what I want to do.
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My 3 year old Trane 2 stage 100,000 btu NG furnace has performed perfectly so far. My NG bill gives me my gas usage history for the last 12 months. One year ago, ( i have a 50 gallon gas hot water heater as well) I used 52 therms in a 32 day billing cycle with the avg temp being 50 degrees and the total bill was $95.21. Current bill is showing 52 therms in a 30 day billing cycle with an average temperature of 49 degrees F with the total bill being $110.09. A “monthly charge of $10” and state tax of $7.20 subtracted from the total bill reveals that my total charge for NG usage was actually $92.89. Even with 2 fewer days this billing cycle my bill increased by only $15. My 3,000 sf ranch was built in 1970 and has a 1,400 sf basement/garage/workshop that is currently at 60 degrees F. I bought it in 1994 and one of the first things I had done was insulate the attic with blown in insulation over the existing fiberglass batting. For roughly $3 a day, I have no qualms about nudging the thermostat a degree or 3 to keep you know who warm and cozy, and I refuse to sit wrapped up in an electric whatever to stay warm when I can touch a thermostat and stay toasty. If I lived in Buffalo or Bangor or Fargo I might feel differently but I doubt it.
I haven’t, they’re big windows that almost all face the street.
Mine are single handed too.
I sure miss a good old steam boiler with radiators such a comfortable heatOil-fired Steam Boiler. 68-70 degrees Fahrenheit around the clock depending on how the Wife feels.
That's my biggest gripe with the baseboards this place has. The heat takes quite a while to make it from the edges of the room to the rest of the room (particularly the interior wall where the couch would most logically be placed), and I'm sure there's quite a bit of loss to the cold exterior walls. I'd imagine a house would be much harder to heat with baseboards, since there isn't any heat soaking in from neighboring units.
Why so hot whilst you are away? Housing Tropical caged Birds? Pet Iguana falling off the chandelier?
WTFO ? I don't get that at all .
