Total $$$$ to heat heat your home all winter?????

gimpod

inspiredsports wrote: »

Yes, we are pathetically spoiled . . . $Zero.

There's an oil well on our property and we contractually get 300,000 cubic feet of natural gas free each year (plus unused cubic feet carry over, so after 20 years here we have a bunch in the "bank").

Plus we get 5% of the net profits and in addition to gas sold, they take a couple tankers of oil out of here each year. That more than pays for the 220 VAC the motor use to spin the giant squirrel cage blower in the furnace/AC unit.

We keep the themostat at whatever temp we're in the mood for, and and don't worry much about window and door efficiency.

Heat, A/C, stove, dryer and hot tub net cost = free. I'm currently researching natural gas powered generators.

Cool, How the hell did you get so lucky to get your very own oil well you lucky **** you .:cool::biggrin::cool:

Demiurge

inspiredsports wrote: »

I'm currently researching natural gas powered generators.

http://www.generac.com/Industrial/Bi-fuel_Product_Line/

http://www.generac.com/Residential/ :biggrin:

Mike Reeter

Into the second Winter with Geo-Thermal heat pumps,I have no way of knowing the heat cost as we are all electric with exception to the water heater.

My best guess for heating is from Oct.1 thru March 1 would be about $250.-300.

We have had another colder than normal Winter also...4000 sq.ft. finished,thermostats set at 71 night and day...I have no complaints when it comes to heat/cool costs.

cnh

This thread is embarrassing...don't any of you live where it is ACTUALLY COLD!! How about some evening temps that don't rise above 20 for 4 months and are usually well south of that number...how's that sound! And snow and ice that don't melt till almost late spring?

How about 1400-1500 gallons of no. 2 heating oil a winter at premium prices? How does that sound....$3,600 dollars so far and winter is not over till April--IF WE ARE LUCKY? So shall we say $5,000 for this year if oil stays below 4 dollars/gallon? Our water is heated off the furnace so heating continues through the summer--about a 100+ gallons to heat it.

But that's not all folks. Because us Northern New Englanders...wealthy **** that we are with our lack of industry and preponderance of old folks and the unemployed/underemployed, get to help out the MASS. power grid which we 'share' so our electricity costs, seem HIGHER to me than what my son pays in Boston! Try 150-200 a month on top of the over 5000 in heating oil. Now let's multiply 175 (average) by 12 = 2100 + 5000...we might as well say that we spend 600 dollars every month on ENERGY! In a POOR state? Internal temps are maintained at 66 degrees.

And we NEVER use air-conditioning??

Ah, cheap energy! Where is it?

cnh

bobman1235

What do you live in, a drafty barn?

cnh

I have a 111 year old house that was renovated in 1978. It's two stories and is on top of a hill where it gets the full force of the winter winds. The furnace was put in in '78 and is fairly powerful but inefficient and I have 3 levels to heat or about 2500 sq ft. But the unfinished part of the basement also receives heat through bleeding from the finished part so let's say the amount heated is 3600 sq. ft. When your evening temps often drop to single digits or less and the insulation is not entirely up to code. Well, there you go.

I'm also a good 100 ft. from any other building on all sides. It's not unusual to have wind-chills well below ZERO from the 25 or more mph winds. I guess I should put up some windmills. They'd certainly NEVER stop turning. lol

cnh

Mike Reeter

Hey man,It never reached freezing here for over seven weeks straight...tons of snow and blowing cold...just had a fresh six inches last Friday.

Earthy

We spent a lot to make our house energy efficient. We have geothermal heat pumps. Payback will take a few years, but attention to details during construction keeps our monthy heat and summer cooling to about $80 in the colder/warmer months. Unfortunately we went with Climate Master geo units and the cost to repair them several times has blown any savings so far. Just goes to show that you only as good as the weakest component.

Jstas

I just eat alot of beans and **** alot.


Lesee...a case of beans has 36 cans. That's about 10 and 1/8th cases a year. 3 meals a day, that's about 30 and 3/8ths of a case. 30 x 36 = 1,080 + 15 = 1095 cans a year. I buy my year's supply at Shop Rite's yearly "Can-Can" sale. So 79 cents a can times 1095 is $865.05. No tax 'cause it's a foodstuff.

Those leap years, they really wreck my budget though. I have to buy 3 extra cans at FULL PRICE! Can you believe it? Highway robbery, I tell ya! Highway robbery!

Gadabout

I have a small (1600 sq ft.) 3 year old, energy start certified house. It's all electric. The total power for October, November, December and January was about $190. I haven't seen the February bill yet.

I pay sewer, garbage, water and electric all in one bill. Highest bill for the winter was $132.

Of course, down in Texas our highest power bills come in the summer.

Scott

inspiredsports

gimpod wrote: »

Cool, How the hell did you get so lucky to get your very own oil well you lucky **** you .:cool::biggrin::cool:

Blind luck. In 1990 we lived in a nice home on a nice 1/3 acre suburban lot, but we wanted more land and for our kids to be in the better school system where I grew up. A friend of a friend mentioned a nice home on 8-1/2 acres around the corner that really was not for sale yet, and it literally touched the back border of my Mom and Dad's property where I grew up.

It was a divorce/distress sale, etc. and we never really even focused on the fact that the oil well and storage tanks were in a remote corner of the property.

Looking back on 20 years of free energy, I'm sure we've covered at least two of the four kids college educations.

Now all I need is a cheap way to convert our cars to run on natural gas and a fill spigot in the driveway :biggrin:

codyc1ark

I say my house is about 1350sq/ft. I run on average in the cold months here (they don't know what cold is here in N.C.) is about $200.00. I will say this, my HVAC system is about 5 years old, and is an electric heat pump, which also does A/C. We have our power through Duke Energy, and since we are an all electric house, we get about a 15% discount. If any of you are on an all electric system I'd check with your power company about rates, most of the time from what I understand, if you are on an all electric high eff system, you'll get a discount. Ours saved us about $400.00/year.

Ern Dog

My main source of heat is a wood stove. I bought 3 cords of Madrone (hardwood) firewood for the cold season. This was $500 and I do all the splitting myself by hand. I really enjoy splitting the wood.

Rivrrat

See above.

My a/c hasn't run in a couple of months, and gas heat is cheap.

timlitton

Mike Reeter wrote: »

Into the second Winter with Geo-Thermal heat pumps,I have no way of knowing the heat cost as we are all electric with exception to the water heater.

My best guess for heating is from Oct.1 thru March 1 would be about $250.-300.

We have had another colder than normal Winter also...4000 sq.ft. finished,thermostats set at 71 night and day...I have no complaints when it comes to heat/cool costs.

Mike, what brand geothermal heat pump do you have? I know Earthy said he had Climate Master.