For me, pellets are way cheaper heat. Even if the cost broke even, my old LP boiler heats the unfinished basement as much as the living space. So I keep it on standby for emergencies only. A new whole house heating system would be a ton of money in any case. The house came with a Generac so outages have not been an issue. All costs for the stove was about $1200. Also the pellet stove is simple to monitor and repair if needed. Works for me.
If you have to cut it anyway to maintain your land you might as well take a couple extra steps and make fuel out of it. Dad has all the equipment on the farm already and has a 1850"s solid brick Federal style home on top of a hill that will take all the heat you can throw at it. Oh and he is not prejudice, he burns fire wood, Pellets, Propane and has a small electric heater in the summer kitchen when it needs a boost.
The gas company(UGI) is worse. On my last bill for $71 the Gas itself was $29 To heat
That’s crazy. Of course when it comes to any piped or wired in utilities, they own the infrastructure so they can charge what they want. Best you can do is minimize what you use of it.
I don't have electric heat though (besides the fans and ignitors for the pellet stoves). I have a propane boiler - when I moved in I kept it at 64* and was paying 1k and more per month to heat the 950 sq/ft main floor (no heat run to basement). The whole reason I got the pellet stoves. Now I pay 1200-1500 per year for pellets and the basement is now heated too.
A lot of LP suppliers make it very difficult to procure your own tank, including charging more for LP, outright refusing to fill anything other than "theirs," etc. especially if you are in a one horse town. The tank they supply, guess what, you pay monthly for. Kind of like folks who have paid $20 / month for a router for ten years for a $100 piece of kit.
Wow 1K per month for any kind of heat for 1000SF is just nuts. Propane is not cheap around here either which is why almost no one uses it here. Mostly Not Gas and electric. At one time there was alot of oil heat but people have been switching for decades to mostly gas. Some have heat pumps. Our Natural gas cost about $23 per 1 Million BTUS after UGI gets done with the fees so even heat pump heat is cheaper. And so is oil.at about $15 Per M BTUS. Not sure what propane price is around here.
Mine doesn’t charge for the tank. It must be built into the price of the LP. Or just a freebie which ends up acting as leverage for you to keep coming back to them since their tank is installed in your yard. I pay nothing but their current price no matter how long it’s been between fills. At my old house I went 10 years between fills after my furnace took a dump and I switched to wood. Last time here it was 2 years.
That's insane. Is there a justification for the cost of natural gas, high fuel prices or transmission and distribution fees?
I just recalculated my bill and i was way off. UGI is charging $4.50 /M BTU Plus another $4.50 per M. for distribution. Plus a monthly service charge.
You should ask your LP supplier for cost with and without core. Do they allow you to buy your own tank? Companies here do not, charging a "rent" fee for the tank they supply.
Here in central OH it is easy to buy your own tank or usually the propane company will just sell you the tank setting in your yard. When you own the tank it saves about a quarter a gallon . Basically they kick up the price a little to cover if you need service on regulators ect.
Yeah....
I totally agree. that nothing is free.
Have you checked out locast.org? Free, no need to re-scan for local channels, full HD, no need to worry about azimuths
I just checked. Locast not available in my area yetHave you checked out locast.org? Free, no need to re-scan for local channels, full HD, no need to worry about azimuths
I donate $5 per month for it, but locast.org has a free option. Can not comment on the free option, because I use my crypto earnings to cover the $5 and fully support reasonably priced offerings.
I am tempted to jump on the AT&T Now bandwagon, especially if HBO continues producing watchable TV.
I had Sling last year - they decided to raise my prices to $100 / month, when I was paying $40. Said no thanks...
Yeah, the $20 packages never covered the channels we watched, so we always had to pay more, then competition in the space forces multiple streaming suppliers for coverage.
You must be looking in the wrong place ,i get more channels than i ever did with Cable. But you do need High speed internet for 4K.
When I do a speed test from my phone I get about 115 mpbs. Is that considered high speed? I know the last Firestick I bought has 4k, but I dont know if my tv does or not. I am just happy that I finally made the leap and cut the cable. On eof the reasons picked Sling was the guide looked alot like the cable guide. I am a creature of habit, with cable for 30 yrs it was a tough move
. I will look into the other services to see if there is anything that fits better.
