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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Today's Survey Question

How Do You Heat Your Home?

39 comments:

Anonymous said...

two carrier heat pumps

Anonymous said...

Propane gas - I can never get the politicians close enough to use their "hot air". By the way, I have had to go a budget plan this past year which seems to at least psychologically help deal with the costs.

Anonymous said...

Havc System

Anonymous said...

Pellot Stove!

10001110101 said...

Heat pump and fireplace woodstove insert. There is nothing like backing up against blazing fire in the midst of winter to heat your bones.

Anonymous said...

Electric baseboard with controls in each room

Anonymous said...

oil furnace

Anonymous said...

Chesapeake Utilities piped in from the street

Anonymous said...

Oil Furnace. Great heat but oil prices dictate where the thermostat sits.

Bob said...

Heat pumps and Gas logs

Anonymous said...

oil

also have electric baseboard heat with separate controllers in each room if we don't want to heat the whole house but want spot heat (kids' rooms)

Anonymous said...

Oil Furnace

Anonymous said...

Oil Furnace and wood/corn burning pellet stove.

Anonymous said...

Oil furnace

Anonymous said...

oil heat, hot water baseboard heat. a new furnace has cut the cost and the house is warmer at a much lower temperture setting

Anonymous said...

Electric baseboard controlled in each room.

Anonymous said...

Heat pump and warm blankets.

Anonymous said...

Oil fired hot water, with woodstove backup.

Anonymous said...

Electric

Anonymous said...

Heat pump

Anonymous said...

Electric furnace. OMG and im paying through the roof each month

Anonymous said...

Natural Gas-the only way to go!

Anonymous said...

Years past, the heat pump and the wood stove but this year I'm trying just the new pellet stove.

Anonymous said...

Sparingly, I can't afford the $300 a month electric bills!! Bought a wood stove back in the spring but can't seem to find anyone to install it.

Anonymous said...

Propane and cuddling with the hubby

Anonymous said...

Two Heat Pumps and Pellet Stove

Anonymous said...

Individual controlled electric baseboard PLUS Pellet stove insert.
Without the pellets our electric/heat bills have been $600/month in the past.

Anonymous said...

Propane gas and have been on a budget payment plan with a lock in rate for several years.

Anonymous said...

Chesapeake Utilities is piped into our home. City Limits!

Anonymous said...

Two Wood Stoves. One at each end of the house..... Propane tank is empty....

Anonymous said...

1200 sq. heat with oil fired hot water baseboard.. used 450 gallons of oil last year.(1/08-1/09)

Anonymous said...

We bought a pellet stove last year. We LOVE IT.

Chimera said...

We have electric baseboard heat throughout,and usually turn it off in rooms we do not use to save $$$.People assume it is the most expensive heat but it was a lifesaver a few years ago when heating oil and gas products skyrocketed.While others were paying monthly gas/oil bills around $500 or more,our coldest month netted a $318 electric bill-not bad when you consider all our appliances and hot water is electric also.Baseboard heat is also darn near maintenance free!You can clean units and forget them and replace as needed.
We do have a 3 brick wall mounted gas heater in the den but its merely backup for a power outage.

Anonymous said...

electric heat and the oven

Anonymous said...

Geothermal...the ONLY way to go

Anonymous said...

Freakin' expensive propane but it's definitely warm! Had a heat pump for years and FROZE! It was even more expensive though when Penninsula Oil was overcharging us and our neighbors! Now we have a trustworthy local company and our cost is much more reasonable!

Anonymous said...

Electric, been trying to get Delmarva power out to my house for 3 years now because they claim I use around $400 a month in electric, but there is no way my tiny 1300 sq ft house is scarfing down that kind of electric! Keep the thermostat at 66, me and the kids walk around with sweaters and blankets to stay warm! Yet they will not come check my meter.
May the bird of paradise fly up the CEO's nose!!!

Anonymous said...

Mainly a Lopi wood stove which has has been fantastic source of heat for 15 years without a single problem. In coldest months, we use gas hot air furnace as a backup but gas bill is never over $100 and that includes out hot water and cooking.

Anonymous said...

When going through menopause, no heat is turned on in the house, thereby savings tons of money on the electric bill !!