Comments

You must log in or register to comment.

kyguylal t1_j4thyxq wrote

Sounds right.

Is it gas or oil?

I would kill for a $160/month heating bill. We have a big house, but when we first moved in, we kept the house at 60 an paid about $1700/month on oil. Luckily, we put a wood stove in and cut the cost down to pretty much nothing.

17

Queasy_Turnover t1_j4v7gpw wrote

When you say "big house", how big are we talking? Because $1700/month on oil is crazy.

7

woolsocksandsandals t1_j4v85jy wrote

That is not crazy it is absolutely peel off your face and set yourself on fire insane.

7

Queasy_Turnover t1_j4v9g83 wrote

Seriously. There's a big house in my area that is really nice, it's probably about 4500 sq feet. It'd be an awesome place to live but then when I think about what they must be paying for electricity and heating, I remember why I chose a more modest place.

3

kyguylal t1_j4va3bq wrote

It's about 4k sf of heated area, two 18' walls made of glass, double height ceilings on a lake. It's bad. Our insulation was nonexistant at that point too.

3

kingfish415 t1_j4tbqj9 wrote

10 showers a day is absolutely ridiculous

7

hisownshot t1_j4tcshv wrote

I’m guessing it should say 10 minute hot showers or something like that

2

kingfish415 t1_j4tcy3m wrote

One would hope. You never know with people anymore. Water waste is my biggest pet peeve so I probably jumped to a conclusion, thanks

1

WeirdEngineerDude t1_j4tk0c0 wrote

Here's a data point: 3000 sqft house made in 1999 with sprayed in urathane insulation in walls and 2+ feet of blown in attic insulation, modern windows etc. I pay about $750 a month in propane to heat it in the winter.

4

Lumpyyyyy t1_j4ush8c wrote

Oil heating a house twice that size costs $600/mo. So that seems like a good deal.

4

samberlin t1_j4vixkn wrote

$160 a month for heat sounds like a dream at this point. Our oil tank was just refilled yesterday and I’m already dreading the bill

4

imgettingfat97 t1_j4ternr wrote

Yea that’s on par for liberty. You can always call and complain about high bill they should at least come clock your appliances make sure they are burning within 10% range of their rating.

3

SheenPSU t1_j4wfbps wrote

Unfortunately for you, yeah.

We paid a lot more last year per month to heat a home twice that size last year before we got our pellet stove

Was easily $650-$750 worth of oil deliveries per month. I’ve read somewhere it’s like 5 gals a day on avg

2

RobLuk t1_j4wotb2 wrote

Consider yourself fortunate if you have gas heat and hot water. That is usually the cheapest heating option besides wood, which is dirtier and requires more work.

You could try setting your heat to 60 degrees at night and throw on an extra blanket if needed. My thermostat is 60 at night and 64 during the day. Heating at night when it is colder outside is more expensive than heating during the day.

2

LetsGetBlotto t1_j4uqrpb wrote

Liberty is double the price of Unitil so yeah this seems normal.

1

kberson t1_j4uxuby wrote

Our first year in our townhome we had really high gas bills for the winter: 1300sqft and an old gas hot water heater, our bill ranged $300-$400 a month. Replaced the water heater with a tankless on-demand and replaced our drafty windows with new ones, and my bill dropped considerably. That investment has paid for itself.

1

biznussboboddy t1_j4w37dk wrote

I’m using $600 a month in oil this winter for heating in a newer well insulated 3000 sq ft house with 2 people and I supplement it with my mini split which is using about $160 a month in electricity.

1

TheMikeyP1977 t1_j4wveju wrote

Yup, sounds about right. I'm paying 1500/mo for a 1700 square foot house.

1

movdqa t1_j4xmwe2 wrote

1,200 sq ft townhouse with Liberty. NG bill last month was $93. Electricity was $240 but prices doubled last summer and $120 seems about right for last year at this time. We have had $200 NG bills several years ago during the winter but NG was really expensive and we used a lot of it. This winter has been mild so far.

1

Curious_Buffalo_1206 t1_j50uwpt wrote

I was gonna say you’re really lucky, actually. Then my dumbass remembered to adjust for square footage. You’re pretty spot on for my usage.

Just so you know, that bill would’ve been about $110 this time last year. I used the same therms as last year, and my bill increased about 50%.

Don’t criticize the foreign policy responsible for this fleecing, or the bots hosted in Raytheon Acres, Virginia will downvote you into oblivion.

1

KrissaKray t1_j52kzul wrote

I live in a 2500 sq foot house and keep it at 64 and pay 525/mo but I never let it go below half way. I’m too lazy to do the math but I gave you all the pertinent numbers lol

1