We've been on an annual budget plan for years where they bill you a fixed amount each month, and then we ante-up any overage in July and they issue an adjusted rate for the next year based on current cost. My monthly was $182/mo. but now it's $454/mo. effective July. Our boiler uses oil for both hot water and baseboard heat, and it's not like we can just rip it out and replace it with all-electric stuff without a huge outlay.
I'm really torqued over this. If you're a heating oil consumer, prepare yourself to take it in the rear.
Get a mini split heat pump. Easy to install and cheap to run. Throws out so much heat in the winter we dont use the baseboard heaters for the most part and it gives A/C in the summer.
yea they really are awesome. and you can get ones with multiple heads for different rooms.
Should make accomodatioms for wood-waste oil stove to, might aswell if your building from scratch
Research you propane company , they can be the biggest rats.
We are out west and Propane has gone through the roof. High demand I think.
Thanks for the tip! We live in Alaska and rely on heating fuel to heat our home, our fuel costs are 300% what they were a year ago.
I have family in the Fairbanks area, and family friends in Anchorage. I hear the same pain coming through fren.
Great suggestion. Mr. Cool and others have install videos. They're not hard to install and are much more efficient. I woud also suggest a wood burning stove. Back in my younger days up in the PNW, I was able to heat my whole house off of a wood burning stive. I know a full cord or two hardwood isnt cheap, but it will be more effective price wise than $500 a month.