what is your home heating

[dolfans]

Just wondering what kind of heat systems you guys have/use? I have a hvac it is good just wished it was better. Also have a fireplace. Can the fireplace be turned into a wood stove? Do you like what you have and wish you had something else?

 

[NUTTSGT]

You could put a wood burning insert into your fireplace. It should make it more efficient.


We have fuel oil heat in the house, which is an old house. I'd love to have an add-on wood burner in the basement. I know I could heat the house really cheap since wood is more source of heat for the garage.

 

[Miter Wrench]

I have gas fired hot water baseboard heat. I'm happy with it.

 

[JimVonBaden]

All electric heat pump.

Jim

 

[RV77]

I have natural gas boiler system( baseboard hot water ).Was here originally and works great no dust from fan.The tweekers would have a hayday if they knew of all the copper in my crawlspace.

 

[Abj87]

I have a propane boiler with a combination of radiant and baseboard heat.

For the last two years I have primarily used my pellet stove. It works out nicely I save several thousand each year vs using the boiler.

Ideally I would like to have a pellet boiler that would feed from a large hopper.

You can install a pellet stove in a fireplace.

I have mine installed in my manufactured fireplace. I made an adapter to tie it in the existing flue.

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[ZRX61]

Right now all we're using is the "2 flowerpots & 4 tealights" deal

 

[Mike in Ohio]

Propane love the heat and especially the stove, absolutely hate the price. I think it is the most expensive per btu. I wish I had a wood burner too, you get warm twice with wood heat.

 

[Terra Nova]

High efficiency forced air natural gas furnace and central air. We have a 'mostly for looking at' gas fireplace, though it is wired for a blower that I intend to add in the future.

Would love to have a wood stove but there is no where to put one in our current house. Hoping to build our next house and that will be part of the plans.

 

[jrsulo]

Hot water baseboard 5 zone oil fired boiler.

 

[Ray-CA]

Gas floor furnace circa 1939. Has a new burner unit 3-years ago. Keep the heat moving around the house with ceiling fans.

Ray

 

[OldmanB]

Oil fired hot water boiler-baseboard, hate the price of oil. We installed a wood stove/new chimney last weekend......love it!

 

[Mavawreck]

oil furnace set to a balmy 61 degrees.

 

[canuckian]

oil burner with baseboard heat in our current house. we find it very efficient. the new house (build finishes next week!) will have air to air heat pump/central air for the main part of the house plus a larger ductless system for the attached garage, bonus room and guest bedroom. The shop will have its own mini split system as well. Looking forward to a temperature controlled environment in the new shop. Current shop is insulated but no heating system except a 4800w construction heater.

 

[PECVD2]

propane forced air but it rarely kicks on due to this little beauty.

 

[Architorture]

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Used to have an oil fired boiler but I switched it out this summer for a natural gas unit at 97.5%... Used to spend $4000+ depending on oil price per year...I'm looking to cut that to about a third.

Provides hot water to radiant floor heating and domestic hot water.

I heat the pool with this 266k BTU money eating monster.

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[toomany]

Currently heating the house with a pellet stove insert in the fireplace. Have a natural gas forced air furnace for backup. Have a woodstove in the garage.

Ideally I'd like to get a wood burning insert for the fireplace. Can get firewood cheaper than pellets. Actually...I'd really like a wood boiler outside. When I build a pole barn in a few years I'd like to have in floor heat. Use the boiler for that and have a heat exchanger at the furnace in the house to heat with.

 

[refried]

woodstove

 

[Jawn]

Natural gas forced air.

 

[Chuck McB]

Propane gas logs. My 94 years young father said it was a lot better chopping firewood when he had propane heaters installed back in the fifties in his home which is mine now.

 

[Displaced Hokie]

Just south of you in W-S. House had a boiler, but ripped that out and now has heat pump. Works OK upstairs, but the downstairs great room used to have radiant in the terrazzo floor. Right now that slab is kinda cold. Using the fireplace to warm that room somerimes.

Thinking of adding a little wood stove in the fireplace to make things more efficient.

 

[J king]

Outdoor wood boiler and love it.1 fire for garage,shop and house plus super supply of hot water.Wife likes it toasty and I like a warm shop.

 

[ThreeJ97]

I have a propane boiler for steam heat. I love it and the steam radiators, the hissing of the steam, sitting on the radiators when your real cold. I just wish this old house was sealed up a little better.

 

[mrobins297aaa]

we have a 96% eff propane forced air furnace and a pellet/corn furnace tied into the house duct system.
before i added the pellet stove (6 years ago) my propane bill was close to $5400 a year,
this year i'll be spending about $2000 on propane and about $1000 on wood pellets so its been saving me money.

 

[texasOFT]

Central Heat & A/C plus a Buck Model 91 fireplace insert. The insert heats the house by itself.

 

[JCoggin]

WaterFurnace Geothermal Heat Pump.....I've had 90+ gas furnace and an indoor wood furnace. Cannot beat the geo system.....

JC

 

[Scout Driver]

High-efficiency all-electric heat pump. Kept the old, fuel-oil burning furnace in place to qualify for a dual-fuel electric rate. Also on an off-peak rate. The heat pump was the best money I spent on my home.

Scott

 

[sbin]

Moving out of a grand century home I installed 96+ natural gas furnace and 16 seer AC that had a wood burning fireplace "original" and gas fired fireplace in the master bedroom.

New place is 50.s constuction with boiler baseboard and wood burning fireplaces in basement and first floor.
Installed a 80% wood insert in the basement.Will change baseboard to radiant as time and budget permit.
However with the seious upgrades to insulation and windows we could almost heat the place with a fart and a match.
Have a wood burning stove for the shop with a torpedo heater as backup.

 

[drmarkr]

I installed a pellet stove insert in our fireplace 4 years ago....we've never used the heat pump(s) since. Heats the entire house great, although we're talking Tucson, AZ.

Most fireplaces PULL heat out of your house...they don't actually add warmth overall.

Pellet or woodburning stoves are the schitz, I tell ya!

 

[Fordman7795]

Propane forced air. Definitely going to an outdoor wood boiler in the near future. The savings will be enormous even and the wife can keep it warmer.

 

[Farmerjonathan]

Central Boiler OWB (outside wood boiler). Have had it for over 12 years. Have loved it each and every year!!

 

[Mike in Ohio]

Central Boiler OWB (outside wood boiler). Have had it for over 12 years. Have loved it each and every year!!

May I ask how many sq. feet house, ranch or 2 story, and how much wood you go through in a winter? Well insulated?

 

[sbin]

My sister and brother in law installed a wood fired boiler that is enclosed.The tight asses in the old inner suburb passed a law to prevent anyone else from doing it again.
That boiler heats the garagemahal a 3000 ft addition and melts snow on the main entry.

 

[justanengineer]

Gas and Im never going back, by far the cheapest fuel you will ever use.

 

[TerryH]

We have efficient gas HVAC but virtually never use it. We much prefer our Country Flame fireplace insert. It has blowers and ducts throughout the entire house. We absolutely love the wood heat and I like to mess with the wood.

 

[VWingman]

90% woodheat 10% gas. I have central heat, but I opted to get an insert when we had some trees taken down. I love wood heat. It is a fair amount of work but having my living room 75 when it is 15 degrees outside is nice.

 

[SlappyWhite]

Hot water with large cast iron radiators. Boiler is natural gas.

 

[Dale Leeds]

Electric furnace.

 

[kluckfab]

Got you all beat. Early 80's rambler in a slab in Minnesota, get ready.

All electric base board, anybody want my electric bill!

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[Chuck Farley]

Up until last year, it was all electric baseboard heat plus a fireplace with an insert - until a chimney fire caused us to rethink the entire wood fire thing.

Now is HVAC with 23 SEER heatpump and 98.5% nat gas furnace. Heat bills are already looking like about half of last year's bills. You don't wanna know what it cost to put the ductwork into a 5-level, 4,000 sq ft split to accomplish this.

Shop is radiant floor heat in the concrete, Nat gas boiler running it.

Nat gas boiler for the pool, but that thing goes through more gas (and more $$$$) per day than the house & shop combined use in a month!