Oil Heat!!?? Next Winter?

AlleyCat said:
You cannot buy a wood stove today that does NOT run on electric.

(You may be able to find one without an electric starter, but if it does not have a blower, you will not heat your house enough with it.) It would be a moot point.

(Sorry, not trying to argue -- just trying to help you understand what you would be buying. :) )
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diehardbiker said:
Im sorry, this is not true. Of course, this is true ONLY if woodstove has accessory that can be used with blower or fan, That is when you need electricity. But other than that, it can work without electricity.

You might be confused between Wood burning stove and wood pellet stove. Only Wood pellet stove requires electricity,
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If you re-read my post, I said:

(You may be able to find one without an electric starter, but if it does not have a blower, you will not heat your house enough with it.) It would be a moot point.

I do reiterate that point. She's looking for something to heat her house. She can buy one without an electric starter or blower, but then it doesn't heat her house sufficiently.
 
Foxrac said:
Ouch, our home uses natural gas to heat the home and hot water so natural gas bill during wintertime was around $250 per month but just down to under $100 during springtime and summertime.
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Don't you live in Alabama? How on Earth can it be $250 per month during the winter? I live in Canada and I pay $30 to $40 per month to heat the house and the water.
 
Banjo said:
Don't you live in Alabama? How on Earth can it be $250 per month during the winter? I live in Canada and I pay $30 to $40 per month to heat the house and the water.
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Yes, I live in Alabama but I live with 3 other family members in medium house.
 
Foxrac said:
Yes, I live in Alabama but I live with 3 other family members in medium house.
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How big is your house in terms of square foot? What is the average temperature you keep the house heated at? What is the average temperature outside of the house during the winter?
 
Banjo said:
Don't you live in Alabama? How on Earth can it be $250 per month during the winter? I live in Canada and I pay $30 to $40 per month to heat the house and the water.
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I have a friend in one of the northeastern states who pays $350 for 100 gallons of oil, and that lasts about 6 weeks. Dang.
 
Beowulf said:
I have a friend in one of the northeastern states who pays $350 for 100 gallons of oil, and that lasts about 6 weeks. Dang.
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Does he live in the country? People in the city don't tend to use oil but natural gas which is delivered via pipelines.
 
Beowulf said:
It's a she. And yup, she is a country gal. :)
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Well, pardon me for making assumptions. :)

Yeah, it's pretty the norm for the rural communities to rely on oil instead of natural gas.
 
Banjo said:
How big is your house in terms of square foot? What is the average temperature you keep the house heated at? What is the average temperature outside of the house during the winter?
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Our house is 2,600 sq ft and we usually keep in between 76-80 F.

The temperature outside during wintertime (Dec, Jan and Feb) was mostly 20-40 F with sometime 50-60 F for several days.

We have big heater tank, that hold at 50 gallons and enough for bath the 4 people and we do have gas fireplace too, use sometime during icy weather.
 
Banjo said:
Well, pardon me for making assumptions. :)

Yeah, it's pretty the norm for the rural communities to rely on oil instead of natural gas.
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You're forgiven. :lol:
I tried to talk her into getting a wood stove, but she went with a pellet one. Oh well.
Now I am thinking of encouraging her to let me install a ground source heat pump. Wish me luck.
 
76ºF to 80ºF? I'll be like a sweating pig if I lived in a house at that temperature. Here, people in Canada often keep their houses heated at 65ºF to 70ºF. I keep mine at 68ºF.
 
Banjo said:
76ºF to 80ºF? I'll be like a sweating pig if I lived in a house at that temperature. Here, people in Canada often keep their houses heated at 65ºF to 70ºF. I keep mine at 68ºF.
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I don't feel sweating at 76-78 F if outside is too cold but when it getting warm so I start feel sweating and have change down to 74 F.

Most newer medium houses in here come with 2 central AC too so we have 2 central AC in our house. Both of AC include heater that use with natural gas.
 
Also, the thermostats in our house have 2 different setting for temperature in heat and cool, that why.
 
Foxrac said:
I don't feel sweating at 76-78 F if outside is too cold but when it getting warm so I start feel sweating and have change down to 74 F.
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Well, if you live in Canada... it would be a different story. :lol:
 
AlleyCat said:
Canada is north (and colder) than just about anyplace in the US.
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I don't understand why people are using different temperature to warm the house so Banjo said that he use 65-70 F but I use 70/76* F and 70/78* F during wintertime and 70/74* F during all 3 seasons (spring, summer and fall).

*Formula = heat/cool for thermostat uses two setting.
 
I always set the temp at 72 degrees and during the day, Mon through Friday, the auto temp will drop to 68 because we both are not home even we have 2 college kids living with. I'm not going to bother to turn up the temp for them while they are home. You know you seen many college kids walk around with short on during 25 to 30 degree temp!!
I used to live in Rochester, NY, setting at 76 - 78 degrees, I'll be a lobster.
 
Foxrac said:
I don't understand why people are using different temperature to warm the house so Banjo said that he use 65-70 F but I use 70/76* F and 70/78* F during wintertime and 70/74* F during all 3 seasons (spring, summer and fall).

*Formula = heat/cool for thermostat uses two setting.
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Well, if you live in Canada, you would think it's like living in a sauna room if you had it set at 80ºF.
 
You need to be careful, you already said "Today, you can not buy woodstove without electric". This is not true. You can still buy woodburning stove without electric (Plenty out there for sale either new or used) and it can warm whole house to 80 degree F.

I have been there and grew up with woodstove.

AlleyCat said:
If you re-read my post, I said:

(You may be able to find one without an electric starter, but if it does not have a blower, you will not heat your house enough with it.) It would be a moot point.

I do reiterate that point. She's looking for something to heat her house. She can buy one without an electric starter or blower, but then it doesn't heat her house sufficiently.
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