Turning on the Heat
09-19-2011, 06:59 AM
#41
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Ridgecrest, CA
Posts: 888
Well, we hit about 62 about 6 am today and expect it to be 99+ before the day is over. We normally have a 40 degree swing during the day, winter and summer. It gets really hard to dress for the day.
I am amazed that utilities cost so much for some of you. We have swamp (evaporative) coolers during the summer because it is so dry. And they cost very little to run. During the winter I have natural gas forced air and only pay about $100 at the most for the two coldest months.
I am amazed that utilities cost so much for some of you. We have swamp (evaporative) coolers during the summer because it is so dry. And they cost very little to run. During the winter I have natural gas forced air and only pay about $100 at the most for the two coldest months.
09-19-2011, 07:27 AM
#42
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: nevada
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Originally Posted by Lady-T
We cut our own wood - so guess it heats us 4 times!
Cutting - loading truck - stacking @ home - then heating our house.
Cutting - loading truck - stacking @ home - then heating our house.
Originally Posted by Becky Mc
To bad we couldn't have bottled some of the heat from this summer that we all complained about for this winter. I just ordered my first load of wood and hate to think about staring the wood furance up. So I hold off as long as I can. If I jump the gun and start it to early and it gets warm I just waste wood ($$$) and it isn't easy to start and shut down. It also heats my hot water durning the winter so I can shut off my water heater. They say wood heat heats you 2 times once when you are stacking it and then your house.
09-19-2011, 07:34 AM
#43
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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Guess I did miss a few didn't I :)
Cutting, loading truck, unloading truck, splitting, stacking and finally burning :)
Originally Posted by shnnn
Originally Posted by Lady-T
We cut our own wood - so guess it heats us 4 times!
Cutting - loading truck - stacking @ home - then heating our house.
Cutting - loading truck - stacking @ home - then heating our house.
Originally Posted by Becky Mc
To bad we couldn't have bottled some of the heat from this summer that we all complained about for this winter. I just ordered my first load of wood and hate to think about staring the wood furance up. So I hold off as long as I can. If I jump the gun and start it to early and it gets warm I just waste wood ($$$) and it isn't easy to start and shut down. It also heats my hot water durning the winter so I can shut off my water heater. They say wood heat heats you 2 times once when you are stacking it and then your house.
09-19-2011, 07:42 AM
#44
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: nevada
Posts: 827
Originally Posted by Lady-T
Guess I did miss a few didn't I :)
Cutting, loading truck, unloading truck, splitting, stacking and finally burning :)
Originally Posted by shnnn
Originally Posted by Lady-T
We cut our own wood - so guess it heats us 4 times!
Cutting - loading truck - stacking @ home - then heating our house.
Cutting - loading truck - stacking @ home - then heating our house.
Originally Posted by Becky Mc
To bad we couldn't have bottled some of the heat from this summer that we all complained about for this winter. I just ordered my first load of wood and hate to think about staring the wood furance up. So I hold off as long as I can. If I jump the gun and start it to early and it gets warm I just waste wood ($$$) and it isn't easy to start and shut down. It also heats my hot water durning the winter so I can shut off my water heater. They say wood heat heats you 2 times once when you are stacking it and then your house.
09-19-2011, 08:20 AM
#46
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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We have a hydraulic log splitter so actually that's the ONLY part I don't mind!
I hate the unloading, splitting, stacking :evil:
Originally Posted by shnnn
Originally Posted by Lady-T
Guess I did miss a few didn't I :)
Cutting, loading truck, unloading truck, splitting, stacking and finally burning :)
Originally Posted by shnnn
Originally Posted by Lady-T
We cut our own wood - so guess it heats us 4 times!
Cutting - loading truck - stacking @ home - then heating our house.
Cutting - loading truck - stacking @ home - then heating our house.
Originally Posted by Becky Mc
To bad we couldn't have bottled some of the heat from this summer that we all complained about for this winter. I just ordered my first load of wood and hate to think about staring the wood furance up. So I hold off as long as I can. If I jump the gun and start it to early and it gets warm I just waste wood ($$$) and it isn't easy to start and shut down. It also heats my hot water durning the winter so I can shut off my water heater. They say wood heat heats you 2 times once when you are stacking it and then your house.
09-19-2011, 09:13 AM
#47
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 455
Hear Hear Our rule----is not until October, but it also got down to 34 and the heat come on. I refuse to freeze or even be too cold --- too old and the cold penetrates my bones. As much as I have tried, Mother Nature refuses to listen to me.
09-19-2011, 11:17 AM
#48
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: At my laptop
Posts: 280
I am sooo nt ready for the furnace yet. I try to not turn it on until Halloween. That is usually the first fire in the fireplace moment. My ac is sitll going strong. I suppose soon I won't need it. I think if I opened the windows at night I wouldn't need it. But my allergies say leave em closed!
09-19-2011, 11:41 AM
#49
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 1,465
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
you big sissy....hehehe...I would have turned it on long before it hit 68! One can not let moisture get into the computer or the fabric you know!!!
09-19-2011, 11:45 AM
#50
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Long Island, New York
Posts: 1,063
Originally Posted by lynnie
i live on Long Island NY and REFUSE to turn on the heat till Nov. My dh on the other hand is a wimp when it comes to being cold. he wants it on no matter what. i tell him, i'm a quilter, use the talent that god gave me.
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