Oil Heat!!?? Next Winter?

I live in MN, and I have it at 60-62 during the day while I'm at work, and set it for 70 when I'm home (but the wood stove gets it up to 76 or so easily without the furnace even running). And back to 60-62 at night time. I don't sleep well when the house is too warm. 60 suits me just fine !!
 
I also learn something new from good friend of mine. He advise against having window in woodstove. No window is best. Why? If window breaks, it would be difficult to cool down the stove. Broken window on woodstove can send the temperature to dangerous level which can lead to chimney fires.
 
Banjo said:
Well, if you live in Canada, you would think it's like living in a sauna room if you had it set at 80ºF.
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Oh interesting, if you set at 65 F in here during wintertime then your home will be cold as hell and use too much electricity too.

I won't set 72/80 during bedtime due very easy to have night sweat and I usually set at 70/74 to 70/76 (only for winter) at night with ceiling fan.
 
65 degrees is nothing to me. It is nice and cool!

Since you live in Alabama, and he lives way in north. He already used to cold climate so 65 is nothing to him, including myself. I lived in North Carolina and had to stay in hospital, the thermostat was set to 78, I lowered it to 68. Nurse thinks Im nuts. I told her Im used to cold climate and it is comfortable for me at lower degrees.

Foxrac said:
Oh interesting, if you set at 65 F in here during wintertime then your home will be cold as hell and use too much electricity too.

I won't set 72/80 during bedtime due very easy to have night sweat and I usually set at 70/74 to 70/76 (only for winter) at night with ceiling fan.
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AlleyCat said:
I live in MN, and I have it at 60-62 during the day while I'm at work, and set it for 70 when I'm home (but the wood stove gets it up to 76 or so easily without the furnace even running). And back to 60-62 at night time. I don't sleep well when the house is too warm. 60 suits me just fine !!
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Interesting, I guess that thermostats are different, depending on model and need to configure properly to get comfortable temperature, even thermostat in Chicago that where I used live in is no same as like here so I have figure out to get comfortable temperature.
 
Foxrac said:
Oh interesting, if you set at 65 F in here during wintertime then your home will be cold as hell and use too much electricity too.

I won't set 72/80 during bedtime due very easy to have night sweat and I usually set at 70/74 to 70/76 (only for winter) at night with ceiling fan.
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Too much electricity? How so?
 
diehardbiker said:
You need to be careful, you already said "Today, you can not buy woodstove without electric". This is not true. You can run woodburning stove without electric and it can warm whole house to 80 degree F.

I have been there and grew up with woodstove.
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Ok, you can nitpick my quote. I'll tell you my experience. When I bought mine 5 years ago, the showroom didn't have ONE SINGLE stove that didn't run on some form of electric (whether starter or blower). It is HARD to find one today that doesn't. I suppose I should not have said "You can not" but it's THAT HARD to find one.

The point that I was really making was for the OP, though. Please don't drag down the rest of this thread nitpicking this. She was looking for something to heat her house, and without an electric blower, a wood stove won't do the job. Sorry. :dunno2:
 
diehardbiker said:
65 degrees is nothing to me. It is nice and cool!

Since you live in Alabama, and he lives way in north. He already used to cold climate so 65 is nothing to him, including myself. I lived in North Carolina and had to stay in hospital, the thermostat was set to 78, I lowered it to 68. Nurse thinks Im nuts. I told her Im used to cold climate and it is comfortable for me at lower degrees.
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lol, I was born in sun belt and got used with warm weather in rest of my life, even humidity in FL is nothing to me.
 
Banjo said:
Too much electricity? How so?
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Yup, I used to set at 64 during summer in 2009 for around month and my aunt got upset about electricity bill got up by around $60 so she checked thermostat and explained to me about never set at below 70 for cool because it use more electricity because I'm not used with thermostat that has two setting so finally, I figured it out to get comfortable temperature in lower 70's.
 
Ok, I find this strange because I have seen plenty without electric, maybe that place trying to jack up profit by selling models that comes in with blower.

You could google and find plenty without electric ;)


AlleyCat said:
Ok, you can nitpick my quote. I'll tell you my experience. When I bought mine 5 years ago, the showroom didn't have ONE SINGLE stove that didn't run on some form of electric (whether starter or blower). It is HARD to find one today that doesn't. I suppose I should not have said "You can not" but it's THAT HARD to find one.

The point that I was really making was for the OP, though. Please don't drag down the rest of this thread nitpicking this. She was looking for something to heat her house, and without an electric blower, a wood stove won't do the job. Sorry. :dunno2:
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When we were in Missouri and out in the country, we kept the thermostat set to 68F for the winter and 72F for the summer. It kept our electric bill sitting around $75-$105 year-round depending on the outside temperature. The electric was cheaper in Eastern Missouri than in Central Missouri.
 
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KristinaB said:
When we were in Missouri and out in the country, we kept the thermostat set to 658F for the winter and 72F for the summer. It kept our electric bill sitting around $75-$105 year-round depending on the outside temperature. The electric was cheaper in Eastern Missouri than in Central Missouri.
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Whew! A tad warm at 658, hmm? :lol: just kidding you know I like to tease you a little! :)
 
How much would a heating bill cost for a 2300 sq ft house? I assume it has natural gas heating. It does have a fireplace, though. It's 3 story house.
 
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