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07-21-2008, 03:30 PM
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how do you heat your home!
Wood pellet fireplace inserts are taking off in the northeast. With the rising cost of oil more people are using them. In Tenn what is the most common way people heat their homes and what is the average cost. If you do use a wood pellet fireplace insert, what are you paying per ton for your pellets.
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07-21-2008, 03:50 PM
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Real Estate Agent
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Hamblen County
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I heat and cool with a central electric Heat Pump. My average bill in the winter is $225 and summer is about the same. In the fall and spring it runs about $125. This is running everything including stove, dryer, and water heater on electric. My house is 2 years old, full brick, lots of windows, and has about 3400 sq ft.
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07-21-2008, 04:34 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Knoxville, TN
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Electric heat pump. My bill runs about $40-75 a month for electricity for a 1200 sq. ft. all-electric brick condo. I don't run it that much. I usually have it off except at night in the summer and rarely run it in Spring and Fall.
We've got really cheap electricity in much of Tennessee, 7 cents a KWH. Use a lot of hydroelectric power and coal. You won't find many heating oil companies, you will find propane.
I've lived in Maryland and in south Georgia and we just don't have that extreme heat, cold and humidity in Knoxville.
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07-21-2008, 04:46 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Blackwater Park
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Electric heat pump for us as well. ~$100/mo. for 1,050 sq.ft.
Last edited by Mike in TN; 07-21-2008 at 05:12 PM..
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07-21-2008, 05:04 PM
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Senior moment....
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: The log cabin on the plateau,TN
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike in TN
Electric heat pump for us as well. ~$1000/mo. for 1,050 sq.ft.
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$1000 a month.......  |
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07-21-2008, 05:06 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Knoxville, TN
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike in TN
Electric heat pump for us as well. ~$1000/mo. for 1,050 sq.ft.
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What on earth are you doing? I hope you put an extra zero in there by mistake. |
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07-21-2008, 05:07 PM
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Senior moment....
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: The log cabin on the plateau,TN
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I have an old log cabin and heat with a wood stove..... 
It's a bit messy, but heating cost is zero.......  |
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07-21-2008, 05:13 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Blackwater Park
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bones
$1000 a month....... |
We have a massive grow house operation going during the winter.
Quote:
Originally Posted by knoxgarden
What on earth are you doing? I hope you put an extra zero in there by mistake.
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Yeah, my bad. |
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07-22-2008, 12:01 AM
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ELOHINO DOHIYI GESESTI
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Florida Space Coast
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Grow House......
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike in TN
We have a massive grow house operation going during the winter.
Yeah, my bad.
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Collard Greens.......... |
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07-22-2008, 03:10 PM
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Armchair Activist!
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Johnson City, TN (South Side)
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Heat pump here, ~ $180 year round, except Dec & January ($225-$300)
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