Hot Stuff

[Jolly]

A neat calculator:

https://www.efficiencymaine.com/at-home/heating-cost-comparison/

[George K]

Interesting stuff. In our (almost) 100-year-old house, with hot water heat (radiators) powered by a gas boiler, our bills were outrageous. The house had zero insulation in the walls, and lousy storm windows outside wooden single-pane double-hung. The walls were 3 courses of brick, then air, then plaster on lath, with a nice air gap between the brick and lath. The place was around 3600 square feet (including a finished attic).

It was not unusual, in January and February, to have bills north of $500; and this was in the 1990s, early 2000s.

Now, in the condo which is about 2000 square feet, we have forced air. I preferred radiators, but...The building is well insulated, and the spaces on two of my walls, floor and ceiling are all occupied and heated.

I now run about $700 per year - and that includes cooking.

[89th]

Interesting. Our gas bill (hot water, dryer, and furnace) is around $50/month in the summer and about $275/month in the winter (aka the furnace).