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We just bought a house and we dont have any experience about the cost of utilities. Could someone please help me in this rtegard?
We are just 2 people and we were freezing in winter time by keeping the temperature from 10 PM till & AM on 60 and 65-68 from 7AM till 10 PM and most of the time we had our wood fierplace on, however we have receieved 3 bills for gas and electric since we moved to our new house. The house is good isolated and there is no gas licking. The oven is gas and gas furnace is well-maintained 10 years old.
The following is our bills for Gas and Electric
Jan : $123 Gas & $33 Electric
Feb: $ 300 Gas & $77 Electric
Mar: $255 Gas & $70 Electric
I appreciate your help
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Be carefull with the wood burning fireplace. If you are using the gas furnace and the wood burner at the same time you are loosing heat up the chimney.
Run the furnace (68-70 degrees) without the fireplace and you will cut your gas consumption.
Wood burners smell great but will cause your gas bills to go up.
Be carefull with the wood burning fireplace. If you are using the gas furnace and the wood burner at the same time you are loosing heat up the chimney.
Run the furnace (68-70 degrees) without the fireplace and you will cut your gas consumption.
Wood burners smell great but will cause your gas bills to go up.
Air to air heat pump..is it cost effective in North Carolina?
Mom2beauti
My husband and I are moving to northern North Carolina this coming September, and we will more than likely be buying a house.. We both grew up in NJ and are used to gas heat..I know electric heat can be very costly in certain areas of the country..will an air to air heat pump in NC be costly as well...or would it be cost efficient? It seems that all the homes in North Carolina are air to air heat pumps, and not gas.. I appreciate all advice, thank you!
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I live in northern NC too, most houses around here have natural gas heat. In fact, most of my friend's houses in surrounding towns have natural gas heat too (and its weird because the ovens are electric not gas)
Sorry I don't have a direct answer for this, just wanted to chime in here with a thought for you .. I moved from NY to NC 7 yrs ago and my suggestion would be for you to rent first for a year before buying a house outright, especially if you haven't lived in NC before. The climate is SO different here than in the northeast, your real money spent will be in air conditioning not heating imo. During the winter here I only need heat on at night because I'm ok with it being 69 indoors, but I run the a/c all day long during the summer because even with it running at full strength it gets up to 80 degrees inside from the direct sunlight. (Yes the air conditioning unit is working properly). Plus almost every newer house here has a fireplace (which I have only ever felt the need to use like one time in the past 5 years) If you rent for a year before buying you will have a much better idea of what kind of bills to expect and what your comfort level is, so you can be better informed about what you think you may need in your actual house. Plus youll get to know the area better before buying up property! The winters are usually very mild here, but the summers are brutal. Good luck!
I live in northern NC too, most houses around here have natural gas heat. In fact, most of my friend's houses in surrounding towns have natural gas heat too (and its weird because the ovens are electric not gas)
Sorry I don't have a direct answer for this, just wanted to chime in here with a thought for you .. I moved from NY to NC 7 yrs ago and my suggestion would be for you to rent first for a year before buying a house outright, especially if you haven't lived in NC before. The climate is SO different here than in the northeast, your real money spent will be in air conditioning not heating imo. During the winter here I only need heat on at night because I'm ok with it being 69 indoors, but I run the a/c all day long during the summer because even with it running at full strength it gets up to 80 degrees inside from the direct sunlight. (Yes the air conditioning unit is working properly). Plus almost every newer house here has a fireplace (which I have only ever felt the need to use like one time in the past 5 years) If you rent for a year before buying you will have a much better idea of what kind of bills to expect and what your comfort level is, so you can be better informed about what you think you may need in your actual house. Plus youll get to know the area better before buying up property! The winters are usually very mild here, but the summers are brutal. Good luck!
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