Brrrrr
By Modestah
@Modestah (11177)
United States
February 27, 2007 4:35pm CST
It is so cold today. Or, at least I am! what do you use to heat your home? do you have central heating? We do not have central heating, we have an inefficient fireplace. We also have those baseboard electric heaters but do not use them (mostly because we have other things against the walls, but also they tend to raise the utilities cost by way too much)
We also use kerosene space heaters, they work really well - but to conserve fuel we generally turn one on in the evening and then off again at bedtime.
Although, the fire in the fireplace is lovely to listen to and watch, it really does not help to warm us up at all, not unless we are sitting on the hearth!
4 responses
@danishcanadian (28954)
• Canada
28 Feb 07
I also have electric heating, but it's too expensive to use. I turn it just high enough to keep the pipes from freezing, and the rest of the time I just wear my coat and hat when I'm at home.
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@theproperator (2429)
• United States
27 Feb 07
We have an electric heat pump to heat our home. In the summer, it also works as a central air conditioner. Unfortunatly, our house is not well insulated, so it has to run quite a bit to keep up when it is very hot or cold outside. We wish we had a stove or fireplace for extra warmth in the winter, but it would be too expensive to add one, considering we may not stay here many more years. We've learned our lesson for when we look for our next house, though.
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@00fear (3216)
• United States
28 Feb 07
yea, it is cold here as well. we have a fireplace that is broken. when we bought the house, it was already broken and didnt have time to fix it because of the job my dad has right now. he has been busy. but we do have an air conditioner/heater and we are using (since its cold) the heater to keep us warm and it works pretty well with it. i like to stand in the place where it really comes out more to keep myself even warmer.
@classy56 (2880)
• United States
27 Feb 07
its cold here also,i have an electic furnace an a fireplace.i only burn the fire place on weekends.like yours it dont put out to much heat unless i sit on top of it.i even have a blower on it.i know what you mean about the cost of useing the electric heaters.i hate to see my electric bill when it comes in this month.becarefull useing kerosene heaters those fumes can get really bad..be safe
@Modestah (11177)
• United States
27 Feb 07
I know what you mean about the fumes, it is one of my fears. Our house has a lot of drafts so I am not overly concerned about CO2 poisoning, but, we do not leave it on while we sleep. If the heater runs out of fuel that last bit does have an awful kerosene smell, and burns our eyes, so we do not let it get that low. We also turn it off at bedtime so as to ensure safety. The worst was a horrible smell when one of the kids decided to melt a crayon on it! augh.
