View Poll Results: What do you heat your home with?
Electricity
91
17.91%
Natural Gas
170
33.46%
Heating Oil
38
7.48%
Wood
73
14.37%
Pellet's
18
3.54%
Natural hot water/ geothermal
8
1.57%
Solar (electric)
0
0%
Solar (water)
0
0%
Coal
5
0.98%
Wood boiler
8
1.57%
Wind electric
0
0%
Hydro electric
2
0.39%
Waste oil boiler
2
0.39%
Corn
7
1.38%
Other (please explain)
9
1.77%
More than one, (explain)
40
7.87%
Propane
37
7.28%
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What do you use to heat your home?
What do you use to heat your home?
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From: Ridgecrest, CA
I think I some how posted the thread before the poll was finnished, poll now active! 
I use Natural gas and wood, open hearth though and the house is far from sealed tight, cant wait to get a wood insert with fan and outside combustion air, Also want to upgrade to a wood boiler and raidant heat flooring and hot water for the fixtures. (and pool heat!)
I use Natural gas and wood, open hearth though and the house is far from sealed tight, cant wait to get a wood insert with fan and outside combustion air, Also want to upgrade to a wood boiler and raidant heat flooring and hot water for the fixtures. (and pool heat!
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Joined: Feb 2006
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From: Egg Harbor City, NJ
Live in NJ.
Other than the cost of the unit and parts for install I haven't paid anything for heating costs in three years.
I just wish someone would cut the wood for me.
There is always somebody wanting to get rid of trees around hear. I even burn one year old pine.
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Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 1,787
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From: Central VT
What is a heat pump?
We use gas.
Our house used to use oil with steam radiators. They took out the heater and the tank, but the pipes are all still there. This was all before we moved in. I have been pondering about hooking the steam radiators back up with a waste oil heater or something else?
Not sure what is the most efficient/cheapest.
Our gas is forced air, and our vents are on the ceiling, works great for A/C (cold air sinks) but not so well for the heat.
We use gas.
Our house used to use oil with steam radiators. They took out the heater and the tank, but the pipes are all still there. This was all before we moved in. I have been pondering about hooking the steam radiators back up with a waste oil heater or something else?
Not sure what is the most efficient/cheapest.
Our gas is forced air, and our vents are on the ceiling, works great for A/C (cold air sinks) but not so well for the heat.
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Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 755
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From: Haysville PA 16041
We heat our home for free basically. Back 15 years ago we bought a outdoor wood stove for around 2500 because my dad is a dealer. Its a Mahoning outdoor wood stove. So we don't pay for heat, or hot water for showers ect. Its kinda nice. We go out 2 weekends out of a year to cut wood for the winter and summer and thats all we have to do
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,540
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From: Pen Argyl Pennsylvania
I currently have a forced hot air system that runs off of $$$$OIL$$$$. I plan on getting a pellet stove for next years cold season and only use the oil as a back up. They are much cheaper considering I just spent $3.019 per gallon and a very hungry 250 gallon tank.
Ryan
Ryan
