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armilite
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heating bills for those that don't use wood as your primary heat source. I suppose those of you that live in Texas are going to be in for some heating bill sticker shock when you get your next bill. Well my bill last month was $320. This months was $297 and the next months bill could very well approach $400. The last 2 weeks here haven't seen to many days above 10 degrees. Now I must note that my gas/electric are on the same bill so all that money doesn't go towards the heating part alone. The electric part is about $120 a month but goes up because upstairs in the daughters bedroom there's a giant electric base board heater. That jacks the winter heating bill up $75-$100 alone.
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First of all, it's good to see you posting again Curt!
My bill has actually been fairly light compared to some years and that's even in view of the fact I have more square footage to heat this winter. It's been so mild here.
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Only turned the heat on for a couple days in January it still was less then normal because the air conditioner didn't run quite as much
Guessing I'll use more propane, and a skosh more electric to run the blower fan.
I usually use 1200-1300 gallons of propane a winter. Hard to tell until it's over.
North of DFW metroplex, Texas we have have been a little below normal last month and bill was $410.15 (all electric 3b-2b over insulated house) but this last couple of weeks, especially this week we are so far below normal, I won't be surprised if my electric is closer to $600.00..... for comparison of the year I usually average about $200.00 with highest in July/August and January/February but so far this year unless we have a very mild summer I'll bet my average gets closer to $300.00.... come on spring!
eastern North Carolina in the coastal plains . All electric heat pump unit has been around 275 a month since October . Z Do have gas logs in fireplace that have used about $50.00 to $75.00 in propane
Winter electric is 75-80 bucks. Free gas heat sure helps. Summer air conditioning season it runs 140-175.
First off- Hi Curt!
We do use wood, 12 outside, but by now it didn’t feel too bad when I came in a few minutes ago. Getting used to it I guess. You usually run 10 degrees colder on your side of the lake.
74 in here now. She said that last months gas’s bill (January) was $139. Seems sort of low, as we have gas hot water too. But we put in a new 2 stage furnace and air this summer when the air conked out. Old ones were 1987-88 vintage. So a lot has changed in efficiency since then.
$334, all electric 1800 sq ft
According to our weather here it has averaged about 5 degrees for the last 2 weeks plus. Average normal temp. high is about 33 degrees going down to average lows of about 10 degrees. Our furnace which was replaced 2 years ago kicks in about every 15 minutes, and our roof was replaced last summer. According to records kept by the airport we have not had this much snow on the ground since the winter of 2000. Currently there they show 26 inches but I have about 30 inches sitting in my yard and I'm 2 miles straight north of the airport.
my power is set up budget billing at $103 per month. natural gas and electric...stove and furnace is natural thermostat set at 66.
My 22oo sq. ft. home is heated entirely with propane. Ranch with full finished basement. I have a forced air furnace upstairs and a gas log fireplace in the basement. The propane is also used for the oven\range in the kitchen. Electric hot water.
My 600 gal. propane tank has a built in monitor that is read by the supplier and I get monthly fill ups. The last fill up bill was 390 dollars. Winter bills have averaged in the 300 to 350 dollar range over the past 5 years. My April fill up has always lasted until late October and there are no bills during those 5 months of nice weather.
Electric bills run between 150 and 200 dollars a month. Every month. I have had just one spike during a July two years ago. It was a bill for 280 dollars. It was when my electric company upgraded my meter to a monitored type where they can get a reading without having to pay a meter reader.
After seeing what has been going on down in Texas, I need to come up with some kind of a backup to just the propane! 😲
Last month was $148. Temps were in the teens, got snow and ran the roof heat cable(300 lft.) a week or so.
This billing is $ 239. Temps were in the 20 below zero range for 2 weeks, got snow & more snow. Roof heat cable has been on 24/7 the whole time. Temp in house 72 degrees. 2600 sgft.
OK montanajoe what is a "roof heat cable" never heard of that....
OK never mind I googled it... not much use for it in this part of Texas, except maybe this week....LOL
I'm in south-central Minnesota, where the winter was fairly mild until brutal cold arrived in February (as low as -24 a couple of nights and below zero overnight for more than a week). I contract for propane heat so don't keep track of monthly costs, but the winter total is around $900 this year. My monthly electric bill gets big in the winter -- $248 for the most recent one a couple of weeks ago, compared with half that or less in the summer. I run seven heat lamps plus four heat mats for my garage and machine-shed cats, plus three heated water bowls for cats, birds, squirrels, etc. Add to that the dusk-to-dawn yard light that is on many more hours in the winter and it all adds up to big electric bills.😉
When we put the addition on the old place 20 years ago we installed hot water in floor radiant heat. The dogs & cats love it!! REALLY cut our bills down. Rather big house now with the addition and even with these zero temps the gas bills have running around $300 per month.
I used my central heat for the first time in 5 years of living here in my studio apt, when the temps got below 10 F..........will post when I get my bill.
Free standing propane heaters work pretty goo, no power required, if have a fireplace gas logs work good also.
We had a metal roof with 3 inch styrofoam insulation,new heat pump,and I installed insulated windows over the past year.We did it because everything was old and needed replacing but it really helped with the power bill.
hobo9650, what is it you disagree with?? @hobo9650