Poll: Type of Heat and Cost

Just a quick poll to see what option will be best for our new house


In our current house we have:


Sq Feet: 1500


Type: Gas (forced air)


One month heating bill: $225

Message edited 4/8/2011 5:07:05 PM.

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Our house is 3 beds 2 full baths we have gas heat, forced air I think and we pay about 150-200 for gas.

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Oil, we don't have a contract - so it varies...

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1500 sq. foot house. 60 year old boiler (no exaggeration). Our last oil delivery (3/4 tank) was $450.

We're converting to gas in 2 weeks!

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we have electric - we pay $250 a month all year round (budget billing), but that's for all the electric in the entire house (2500 sq feet.) I have 2 kids that always leave lights on and we always have the a/c or heat on.

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We have a 2800 sqft house. Forced air. Brand new heating system with a humidifier.

We have a wood stove so we only turn the heat on at night.

But we have a 400 gallon tank and to fill it is around $600 to $900 dollars, depending on the contract we signed for the year. Before the stove we were paying approx 3K for heat for the year.

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25 year old house, 2 story 5 bed 3 bath.
Oil heat with 7 year old system.
We use COD oil, we spend between $1500-$2800 per year on oil depending on the price per gallon, this year was was high.
We also have a wood pellet stove to supplement & conserve oil. we pay just over $300 for 1 ton of pellets that last an entire winter.

We have no option for natural gas here.

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We converted to gas a little over a year ago and it's definitely saved us alot of money.

But probably the biggest saver is the wood stove we put in our house it's been a HUGE money saver. We have about 2400 sf and it heats the whole house. We've only ran that throughout the whole winter and maybe had to turn the heat on 3 times at most! The only use we've needed the gas for is our hot water heater so far

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Hydronic heat / forced hot air
It varies bc we keep the house warm @ 70
200 month giveor take

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Message edited 4/10/2011 12:48:08 PM.

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Budget billing with LIPA pay $330 a mnth in an "Electric Only" 3 b/r 2 full bath home. Same price per mnth all year.

We are getting wood burning stove installed to save on $$$.

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we can't covert to gas...we have a 2200 sq ft splanch with a boiler only 4 years old. We do COD oil (cheaper) & our last fill up was $752. We spend anywhere from $2000-3000 a season depending on the oil prices for the year

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My house here in NY is 2750 sq, 5 bedroom, 3 bath and it has oil heat.

I have a "new" burner and hot water heater that was installed in 2007 and a 550 gallon tank.. I spent roughly $2500 -3000 for the year between (COD) drops, yearly maintenance contract and electric bills

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We have 2000sq ft ranch, oil heat,
newer burner.

We've gone through about 100 gals a month during Dec, Jan and Feb. Last year, we did COD and it was cheaper but last Fall we locked in at $2.79 (so glad we did!). So we paid about $300 a month for the coldest months this Winter.

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1700 sq. feet, forced air gas head, $113/month

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1500sf, gas heat...approx $250 a month in the winter

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3500 SF with 30ft ceilings.

Gas heat is about $100ish during the warml months. $450 in cold months.