How will you heat your home this winter?

Question

We use a indoor wood furnace that heats the house and hot water and we have a propane gas back up furnace.

Answer 1

It just doesn't get cold enough down here to have the heat on
( gas central heating) more than a half dozen times a year. If
it gets cold ( 40's or below) for a few days I might turn on the heat just to get the chill off. Otherwise, I will wear sweats and socks. Right now I'm ready to walk the dogs and I have on shorts and a t-shirt. ( ok, ok, maybe I am bragging a little) ha
Truth is though, I have been here 30 years and still envy those who have the changing of the seasons, snow etc. Really. I lived in Indiana for my first 35 years and still miss 'home'.

Answer 2

My apt heat is electric wall heaters. I have an inside entrance door and the hall is heated, everything, stove, nuke, hotwater, lights, tv etc usually on a really cold month is $19 and some months only $12. I keep my bedroom door closed and do not turn the heat on in there. I also usually boil down a large pot of water each morning. It puts moisture in the air and I have a bathroom heater with a blower that I sometimes use to take the chill off and I wear a warm shirt most of the time.

Answer 3

I have a natural gas furnace, but also have a kerosene heater for back up if the heat goes out for any length of time. Normally, I just use it to take the chill off in my garage. Plus, I have a small electric heater under my computer desk. My butt sits here so long that my feet and legs get cold.

Answer 4

We use wood heat in the living room, but I use a little electric heater here by my desk.
Fuel cost for natural gas and propane is very high. propane went over $3.00 a gallon.
We spend 1/4 of our income on home utilities
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Answer 5

I grew up in a home with only a coal fire in the living room and often no heating at school if there was no coal for the boilers, so we're a hardy bunch. Having a house with good and efficient solar panels on the roof is a great help - the sun only has to shine weakly for a couple of hours to give us all the hot water we need. If things get bad, we'll get some hot water bottles and go to bed!

Answer 6

Good old gas central heating. We used to have coal fires years ago which, although lovely to look at, just caused so much work.
We usually turn our heating off about an hour before we go to bed Our sitting room is on the small side and we have 2 free standing uplighters and a plasma TV that churn out so much heat, we actually get too hot!

Answer 7

I have a oil heater for my tiny bathroom and the rest is heated with a Edna Pure Portable Heater. It not only heats the trailer but also filters the air in here.

This trailer is suppose to be heated with propane as it is central heat, but the propane is so dang high that I had to go a different way to heat it.

Answer 8

I have a natural gas furnace and there is a wood stove in the basement. The family room is in the basement and it's nice to watch TV with a fire burning.

Answer 9

i have a wood burning stove with glass on thee sides -- when i put it i did it for looks and the over effect it gave off - but my little house is so well built (i did it myself) it keeps the house at about 75 all the time -- i have a back up propane furnace and it may kick on just before i get up --in fact that is usually my alarm clock!!! i do plant a tree for every one i cut down!!!!

Answer 10

In the USA there is a winter heating assistance program. LEAP (Low Income Energy Assistance) to help subsidize the cost of winter heating bills, based of course on your income.

You can pick up the application at your County Dept. Social Services.