what do you use for heat

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propane in the house and pellet stove in the garage with a 4500 watt forced air heater just to help knock the chill off until the stove gets good and toasty
 
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Rice coal stoker, wood and oil in the house and LP in the shop. Last year cost under $1000 and about 3 cord of wood (sweat equity). House is about 2700 ft.
 
inkjunkie said:
do you ever get above freezing up there? 29 cords, did you have it stacked all at once? how much ground did it cover?
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It starts getting below freezing in the beginning of October, and stays that way until the middle of April. It is thrown into a pile, I stack it a cord at a time, on the front porch............
I'm not keeping track this year, but I split a cord last week, and I have about 3 wheelbarrow loads left......
 
dodgetkboy78 said:
About 25 cords of wood a year........... LOL

I have a blaze king, twin blower, 2900 square feet, and I blow heat into the 24x40 garage....

I burned 29 cords of wood last year, through one stove.
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Wow that's allot of wood. I have a tight log cabin and the garage is well insulated 28x32. I burn 10 cord between them both. But I do have a oil burner with base boards in the house.
 
Heat pump and a pellet stove. Can't use the stove unless its below 15 cause it just gets too hot in the house.
 
Hey Blownfish, I have Sat hooked to the garage as well. At one time I used my riding mower as a recliner. I watch more TV there than in the house.
 
For hot water, I have had a Bosch tankless gas water heater since 2002. Not supposed to work for a whole house, but no issue other than the flow rate drops when the washing machine or dishwasher turns on. My problem is the opposite.

If the flowrate drops below a minimum, the gas turns off. The spec said 0.5 gpm, which I tested and considered OK. However, Bosch probably tested in Vermont with a ground temperature ~40 F. In Sacramento with ~60 F inlet water, it requires 1 gpm at max setting and even more if lower. It is easy to turn the hot water down too much and get a slug of cold water that takes 20 sec to clear in the rear bath. My brother-in-law installed a Bosch which only turns on at the max flow rate. That is in Jax, FL with ground temp ~70 F. His is also pilot-less and that takes a few seconds to spin up the igniter before the gas lights, which is a pain at the sink.

Eventually, I will put another tankless one outside my rear bath. Then if it turns off, it will just be a few seconds wait, plus no fighting the washer. All models I have seen have a min flow, some even higher than Bosch, and some are very expensive (>$1K). If Bosch could make one that keeps running at lower flows, it would be great in southern states where a single unit can satisfy the whole house.
 
2 ton 16 seer dual fuel unit for the down stairs. under 32 degrees the gas kicks on. 2 ton 10 seer upstairs.

kerosene in the garage.
 
The house I am in has a fire place. It works very well as it is old and put in before fire places were just for looks.
 
Gryzynx said:
Geothermal. Closed loop, 8X160' wells, -32C outside right now and the auxiliary electric heat is'nt even connected. Pump runs constantly, but I can maintain 22C in the house. That's -26F outside for 72F inside on about 5KW of power.
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Same as you with 10x150' loops. And my system is running the same way. Still have to convince my friends it works :)

Grant
 
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