Propane home heating???

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Propane home heating???

Reply #15 – October 02, 2009, 08:12:32 AM

Here, gas is the cheapest. cost's about $220 to heat my house for the coldest month around the zero temp.
I also keep it around 70 day and night with radiant and baseboard hot water on 7 different zones in the house. took out the chimney and installed a power vent on the side of the house too. (no lost heat)

the house is about 3000 sq. ft. insulated plastic wrapped, with a foil barrier and blown cellulose insulation in the attic floor.

Anyone remodeling their house is welcome to ask me for tips to keep energy costs down.

Propane home heating???

Reply #16 – October 02, 2009, 08:44:10 AM

Thanks guys for the ideas,i will be filling cracks and gaps with foam insulation and silicone to try to seal the house up better.
Jerry the house is still considered to be in burlington but is about 20mins from where i live currently just past lowville.
There is quite a bit of country out that way but still very close to major cities.
The house also includes 64 acres of land,all be it, bush,trees and farmers field but it still will be nice to live with nothing around me but nature.
As you know where i currently live is right beside a major street and it is quite loud.
The country will also be good for all my kids without having to worry to much about them.
When and if i get the house i will be sure to post up pics of it and it's surroundings in another thread.

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Reply #17 – October 02, 2009, 12:44:08 PM

Not to take away from the main topic, but I think you'll love it in the country. I've lived all but 4 years of my life in the country, and I have loved every second of it.

Propane home heating???

Reply #18 – October 02, 2009, 06:29:43 PM

Agree with Beau. I grew up in a large suburb and only moved to the country 3.5 years ago, and I'll never go back to the city. There are some inconveniences (no fast food joints, sketchy high speed internet) but the benefits more than outweigh the cons.

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Reply #19 – October 02, 2009, 11:32:42 PM

Agreed but the internet worries me as my tv runs off of it and i have 3 pc's all playing WOW on occasion...
I'm going to be trying out bell high speed 3mps rural service to see how that works,hopefully well.

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Reply #20 – October 05, 2009, 08:03:10 AM

Quote from: daminc;293388

Ouch..... my wife hits the ceiling when our gas bill gets near $300 for January. That would absolutely give her a stroke.

Yeah Jerry... like I said, it's an old farm house and basically no insulation. Every year we cover the windows with plastic...this year we are adding insulation to the windows (literally putting R11 fiberglass insulation right in the windows) along with covering with plastic...our house will be dark all the time...but I guess Niagara Mohawk will love us.
My father in law offered us a wood furnace, which we might still be able to get. We turned him down at first then realized how stupid we were... but now my uncle might get it. If he doesn't,w e will get it, and hopefully my sister will let us change out the furnace thats in now... then we have to get wood cut for winter.
But, it will be free heat all winter...so hopefully that will work out.

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Reply #21 – October 05, 2009, 11:07:06 AM

Northern MN in a 70's trailer house for a few years has taught me a couple things.
1: Insulation in the windows, check.
2: Plastic on the windows, check.
3: Woodstove and all the wood possible, check.
4: Rolled up towels laid in front of the doors, check.
5: Shoveling off the roof and packing as much snow around the house as possible, check.
6: Rebuild the transmission in the bathtub, check.

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Reply #22 – October 05, 2009, 11:09:26 AM

Quote from: HAVI;293744

6: Rebuild the transmission in the bathtub, check.

That made me LOL!

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Reply #23 – October 05, 2009, 07:16:22 PM

Someone should educate my father on this stuff...

He has a 4 bed/2.5 bath house that hes paying something like 220k for with POS "geothermal" heating and cooling BS that switches to electric backup when its *too* cold and runs the electric bill sky high. The house is far from well insulated especially upstairs. The closet in my bedroom has an access to the "attic" which is actually the whole upstairs and the closet is generally the same temperature as outside, with air basically blowing into the bedroom as the wind blows outside.

Yeah bad times...

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Reply #24 – October 05, 2009, 08:52:33 PM

You can always try to use water filled electric radiators to supplement the propane.(I'm not a big fan of the oil filled ones) Thats what I use in the winter here. I have about a 650 sq ft. house (it's too small and I hate it) and I use 1 in the living room and 1 in my bedroom and they keep the house warm while the electric bills only rises between 20 to 50 bucks a month.