the price of warmth? (lawyers, homes, schools)

[tnwannabe]

I was reading about the heating oil questions. I thought that most people heat with a fireplace or fire heat with a force fan on it. When we grew up in PA my dad had a fire box in the basement that we added wood to and it would force heat upstairs to the living room vent with an electric fan. I thought most people offset their heating costs with wood burning, am I mistaken?? What kind of electric bills are we looking at if we only have electric heat for approx. 1200 sqft. We are from Florida and we have high electric bills because in the summer the air runs non-stop to cool the house. We are settling in before winter sets in and schools starts. We are just regular working folks-no doctors or lawyers paychecks here. any info would help us alot

[Fargobob]

I have an older home(not very good insulation) about 1500 square feet, with natural gas heat it is a forced air system and also have electric central air conditioning. The average for my gas and electric bill each month is about $175.00.
Most homes have natural gas heat, some of the older homes have fuel oil heat. Some homes have fireplaces, but they are more for look then heat. There are some homes that have electric heat either electric forced air or baseboard.

[DaninEGF]

Originally Posted by tnwannabe

I was reading about the heating oil questions. I thought that most people heat with a fireplace or fire heat with a force fan on it. When we grew up in PA my dad had a fire box in the basement that we added wood to and it would force heat upstairs to the living room vent with an electric fan. I thought most people offset their heating costs with wood burning, am I mistaken?? What kind of electric bills are we looking at if we only have electric heat for approx. 1200 sqft. We are from Florida and we have high electric bills because in the summer the air runs non-stop to cool the house. We are settling in before winter sets in and schools starts. We are just regular working folks-no doctors or lawyers paychecks here. any info would help us alot

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Dan