Posted: 12/30/2013 8:58:55 PM EDT
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Need a check on what's normal. We used 300 gallons from Nov 11- Dec 31 this year (at $3.10 a gallon!). Didn't pre-buy this year because we thought we were selling. House is 2 story with finished basement, 2500 sqft total, built 1997. Many MANY windows. Water heater is electric, furnace, dryer, and cooktop are propane. 95% efficient furnace. Howell area. We keep the house at 63 all the time.
We're installing a woodstove to try and bring costs down, and will be switching propane companies as soon as the weather warms up enough that we can get the tanks switched out without the house freezing. |
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Usage is about normal. We are in a similar sized house/furnace.
If it weren't for running wood heat as primary, we would be in the same boat, and have been when unable to run the stove. On the wood, we might run 300Gal annually, usually less, for water heat, stove, and furnace taking off the edge when it's too early or late in the season to burn. Do yourself a favor, and purchase your own tank. That way you can shop around, and get MUCH better rates. Hell of a time to need gas right now. The whole state is running short, and the transfer bottle drivers are running ragged trying to keep up. The Governor declared an energy emergency last week and suspended work hour limitations on drivers, but there's still a 5 hour wait at the hub thanks to so many trucks bieng backed up. The cold early winter caught a shitload of Farmers with Corn that had to come off before it was dry, so Propane consumption is off the friggin' charts, even before home heat use. Be prepared to get wallet RAPED! Get the stove in, get the wood lined up, and good luck man!! |