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January 28, 2009
Cost of monthly heating?
Generally speaking how much do you guys pay for monthly heating? I live in a 2300 SF home and trying to gauge if its too much
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"if its too much"... which is how much?
Posted by: cmu at January 28, 2009 11:54 AM
Depends?
2300 sf with 8 foot ceilings is going to be vastly different than 2300 sf with 12/15 ft ceilings.
Open and loft-like or many rooms and hallways?
New heating system or old? Baseboards will be different than old radiators/risers...
Gas or oil?
I could go on... ;)
Posted by: christopher at January 28, 2009 12:31 PM
597 last bill
Posted by: guikazoid at January 28, 2009 12:32 PM
597 ? for one month? gas heat & hot water? How many adults, children?
I hope you were warm at least!
Posted by: SenatorStreet at January 28, 2009 12:53 PM
It sounds high to me. Frankly, I have no idea, and want to get the same question answered.
My bill for 12/16-1/27 was $735.
Details:
Attached brownstone (both sides). Approx. 4000sf. Basement totally underground. 8' ceiling in garden level, 11' ceiling in parlor level, 9' ceiling in floor above, and 7' ceiling with mansard roof on top level. 30+ year old gas boiler, gravity water system, cast iron radiators. Pretty traditional brownstone floorplan with dividing walls between hallway, parlor level, etc.
Programmable thermostat of 72 in mornings and evening, 60 degrees daytime (at work, and sun through windows keeps house pretty warm) and at night.
Incredibly non-responsive system; in the evening and in morning, it takes about 3 hours to heat house to 70 (and if it's freezing outside, it never makes it that high). At which point, we're either going to bed or leaving for work.
Insulation: Windows are fiberglass double pane on garden, parlor level & wood-frame with storms on top 2 levels. No idea if the cockloft has been insulated, assume walls have not, know floors have not. Wrapped exposed basement heating pipes ourselves in fiberglass. Went up to roof and stuffed soft foam in the skylight vent.
Posted by: lookin fer stuff at January 28, 2009 1:05 PM
on 1st duplex its parents(2) my brother and myself.
on 2nd duplex its my sis and her bf.
so total 6. sometimes we have my other sis or my gf stay, so total 8-9.
thanks.
Posted by: guikazoid at January 28, 2009 1:07 PM
3000 sq ft semi-detached 4 floor, $494, steam 1-pipe
Posted by: cmu at January 28, 2009 1:14 PM
attached 3-story w/extension, 3200sf, hot water heat, uninsulated crawl space, ok windows: $440 for december heat and hot water.
Posted by: Frederick Law Homestead at January 28, 2009 2:00 PM
it included gas, heat and hot water. btw it was an estimate. they will read it next month
Posted by: guikazoid at January 28, 2009 2:00 PM
FALSE ALARM...it's an estimate! dOn't get worked up about it till next month
Posted by: cmu at January 28, 2009 2:17 PM
lookin fer stuff...
You have a 4000sq brownstone with old radiators and a 30 year old burner, that is why your bill is so high.
The radiators take a lot of time/effort to heat 11' ceilings.
A new burner should help a lot (keep the radiators, just get a newer/stronger system crankin' heat to them)
Posted by: christopher at January 28, 2009 3:18 PM
January's Bill will be a lot different than December. It was much warmer in December.
Posted by: Boerum Hill at January 28, 2009 5:03 PM
corner property attached on one side. 4 story brownstone dec15 to jan 15 $788.
Posted by: mishyj1 at January 28, 2009 5:52 PM
My Jan. 2nd. monthly gas bill was $314.48.
2800 sq. ft., attached three story house, with insulation in the cock loft and triple-glazed windows--ceilings 8.5, 11, and 9 feet. Thermostat set for 65 day/55 night(although it virtually never actually drops that low, unless it's single digits outside, so the heat seldom goes on overnight). I have an (aprox) 45 year old Lennox gas furnace (forced hot air) which was tested at 74 percent efficient about 15 years ago.
Posted by: Bob Marvin at January 28, 2009 6:14 PM
For my 2700 sf detatched Victorian the bill at arrived on Friday was $666 and the previous month was $466. Only one more high month to go and we're through the worst of it.
Posted by: yaakovdoe at January 28, 2009 8:49 PM
212Gl of oil (~450 USD). 12/23 - 1/22
semi attached rowhouse. Just bought and first week of the month roof was not insulated. Original 1910 oil burner converted from coal, water heat. 2650Sf, 9' ceilings.
Months before this was $970. I spent a lot of effort to get heating cost down. And I am not even half way there.
Posted by: bobjohn at January 28, 2009 11:07 PM
$300 for January, cold month. 4-story, 2-fam brownstone, recently renovated. New high-efficiency Weil-Mclein gas boiler. Baseboard radiators on garden floor, hydronic heat on parlor and upper floors. New windows, which makes a HUGE difference. Garden apt was 70 day, 66 night. Upstairs apartment: Weekend was about 70 during the day, off at night (and by morning it would still be in the low 60s); weekday was set for 70 for just a couple hours in the morning, and a couple hours in the evening.
Posted by: brooklynrulz at January 30, 2009 11:02 AM
I should add: Building is attached. Insulation was put in both the front and back walls, and the roof, as part of the renovation. 3150 sq ft total (all 4 floors).
Posted by: brooklynrulz at January 30, 2009 11:04 AM
3200 SF, 4 Floors, Attached, Double-glazed windows less than 5 years old, basement steam pipes are fiberglass wrapped.
Last winter, our gas bill was an average
$570 a month.
This year we filled the attic with R40 blown-in roof insulation and replaced the forty-year-old gas-fired Weil-Mclain steam boiler with a smaller gas-fired Burnham steam boiler. We also lowered the night temp on the thermostat from 68F to 64F btwn midnight and 6am...
So far, the gas bill this winter is $280 a month...
Posted by: vicki_vale at January 30, 2009 2:30 PM
National Grid sends me bills for $600 to $800 every month in the winter for a 700-foot apt in the middle floor of a row house. This has been going on for a year. I am so fed up I could scream. They already "adjusted" it many times, sent someone out who discovered the meter reading was double what it should be, and still the phony bills continue.
If they can't bill accurately, they should be shut down.
Posted by: mopar at February 1, 2009 11:31 AM
Update for 3200 SF, 4 Floors, roof ins, new boiler etc.
The Feb 4 bill was $520, way up from last month's $280.
Posted by: vicki_vale at February 10, 2009 1:12 AM
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