The lack of insulation makes for old house charm. :-) Back then fiber glass didn't exist. In some rural areas, houses were clapboard siding, studs, and tongue and groove or simply pine boards on the inside with a tin roof. Exterior clapboards may never have been painted. Wood stove inside, possibly serving double duty as a stove. The ground level floor could have been supported with slabbed tree trunks, leveled with a bottle.
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote: > You need a smaller space to heat and more insualtion. > > Randy > > > > On 24/01/2013 1:42 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: > >> $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/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<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/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<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/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<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/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<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/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<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
