Crank up that thermostat!

[Soulive]

I heat my house with wood.

Lucky...

 

[pjj2ba]

I fired up the pellet stove on Saturday for the first time this year. I'll run that until mid-Nov. and then fire up the coal stove. ~$500 the heat the house for the season - 1 ton wood pellets, 1.5 tons of coal.

 

[Homercidal]

Wife finally made me get the furnace turned on last week. We've had a cold snap or two already, but now the leaves are falling off and I think it's about time to watch for spiking gas bills.

 

[shecky]

I fired up the pellet stove on Saturday for the first time this year. I'll run that until mid-Nov. and then fire up the coal stove. ~$500 the heat the house for the season - 1 ton wood pellets, 1.5 tons of coal.

Interesting combo there. I have a pellet stuff that has been running at night for a few days now. Goes off during the day.

A buddy has a coal stove. Damn near killed his family with a CO scare last winter.

 

[blacklab]

Just filled up my oil tank last week. $2.80 per gallon for heating oil!

 

[HVBrewtality]

This is my wife and mine first fall/winter in California.

We are so Seasonally Confused. We keep expecting our standard Northeast fall, but it just won't come.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Just filled up my oil tank last week. $2.80 per gallon for heating oil!

And for those of us even considering the thought of living in the north,

How many gallons and at what "mileage"?

 

[MrNate]

This is my wife and mine first fall/winter in California.

We are so Seasonally Confused. We keep expecting our standard Northeast fall, but it just won't come.

Yeah, but you get all that "rain" there during winter! You know, the "wet" season.

 

[farmbrewernw]

Got about 4 cords of wood just started making a dent in it last week, had our first freeze last weekend. I should be able to lager in the basement soon!

 

[Amiaji]

I fired up the furnace a couple days ago to knock the chill off. Got another month or so before it will be run regularly.

My wife and I are the worst combination as far as temperatures are concerned. I have always been very hot natured and she is the most cold natured person I have ever met. Isnt a good combination as far as utility bills go. All summer I'm hot and she is cold. Then all winter she is cold and I'm still hot...

 

[pjj2ba]

Interesting combo there. I have a pellet stuff that has been running at night for a few days now. Goes off during the day.

A buddy has a coal stove. Damn near killed his family with a CO scare last winter.

The coal stove doesn't draft well unless the temp is below 45 F outside. I could run it now but it would go out a bunch on me, and I don't want to spend all the time re-lighting it.

I have several CO detectors around the house. I actually set one off with the pellet stove when I fired it up a couple of years ago and there was a plug in the chimney.

 

[njnear76]

We got Natural Gas here and the thermostat is set at 60F. It's cold, but it's not so bad with a good sweatshirt.