When Do you Turn on the Heat?

[Organics North]

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It would cost around $5000 to replace our single pane windows. That's 1/4th of my homes value. An just not going to happen on my income. It would take me over 15 years to recoup that investment anyway. So no, thats not how low income folks do it. I'll just pay my $800 a year propane bill.

I will give you that
It is not an option in my climate.. The pay off is much much faster...

I feel for all you low income folks trying to stay warm in houses you do not own... That is tough.... I respect that..

I own my home yet I have bats of insulation literally taped up on the block walls of the basement to conserve heat... I know it is "wrong" but it keeps heat in.....

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[Organics North]

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You might want to sit down for this, but in my area a "full" cord goes for anything between $180.00 - $220.00. I myself either harvest it, find it on Craig list, Line clearing/road work, free from arborists or I purchase lumber logs, mill what I want and burn the rest. I process the wood myself.

Kaj

Is that in the log? or cut and split.. cut and split that is not so bad.....In the log that is high..

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[Mac in Wisco]

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We had one like that in the house we owned in Texas. We found that most of the heat went up the chimney and pulled in cold air throughout the rest of the house. It was good for the room that it was in, but turned the rest of the house pretty frigid. I'd turn the furnace fan on to try and get the heat to circulate throughout the house a little, but found that the darn thing was more for aesthetics than heating.