$78 is amazing! My place in Maine was built in 1899, it's only partially insulated, has three levels and its 3800 sq. ft. Costs me $800 per month in oil during the winter months and I keep it at 54 or lower!
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 24, 2013, at 11:59 AM, Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote: > Yes, unfortunately heating oil has become expensive. > I don't think I would enjoy 56 F inside. > > You might want to consider other means of keeping warm. > For example, close off all but the rooms you need and insulate them really > well and heat just the area you need. > My sister and her first husband lived in a 2500 Sq foot house built in 1912. > They quickly discovered that they did not want to afford to heat it properly. > They had a room on the 2nd floor that had been a bedroom but had been > converted to a small family room with a wood fireplace by the previous owners. > They essentially lived in there most of the winter using the wood fireplace > to increase the heat in that room. > They had a waterbed with its own heat source of course so they could stand > the bedroom being fairly cool. > Activity in the kitchen meant they could usually manage their too. > I don't recall what they did with the bath but I assume they maybe had a > small electric heater they could use to warm the room before having a bath. > Small room so not too difficult to warm up somewhat. > > My house is relatively new having been built in 1981. It has 2X6 studs in the > walls so room for reasonably good levels of insulation and about 2 foot thick > insulation in the attic. We have replaced most of the windows with better > units and it is fairly easy to heat. > It is 1800 sq feet on 2 floors - not including the basement. > I think our heating cost is running about $78 per month on natural gas - and > the furnace is original and not one of the new higher efficiency models. > > Randy > > > On 24/01/2013 10:42 AM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: >> That's 56.4 degrees. Warmer than I keep my house! Oil is expensive. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jan 24, 2013, at 11:26 AM, Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote: >> >>> On 23/01/2013 10:41 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: >>>> 13.6 Canadian degrees inside, 13.6 US degrees outside. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Inside your house? >>>>> >>>>> Randy >>> Are you sure about that? >>> >>> We have our thermostat set to keep the inside of the house at 21.5. >>> IF you are at 13.6, it must be a bit chilly in there. >>> >>> On a similar point, I noted this morning, because I have been watching the >>> temps in Hawaii since our visit there and in Ottawa where my elder son >>> resides, that: >>> >>> The forecast for Honolulu was 27 and 19 while the forecast for Ottawa was >>> -27 and -19. >>> >>> I think I prefer the Honolulu version. >>> >>> Randy in Winnipeg where we may actually warm up a bit this weekend >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
