WayneB
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scott_vt said:Mornin Wayne,
Ouch !!! Thats rough to swallow for sure ! I like your idea of closing down the portion of the house thats not being used !We do the same thing at our Ct home, both my boys have moved out and we kind of closed down there bedrooms. I heat mainly with the woodstove in the basement, but I also have a gas insert stove in the family room fire place that burns propane. Propane in Ct is $2.95
but I also have a free standing propane stove in the Vt house, propane in Vt from Amerigas is $2.15 per gallon !
Anyways that woodstove is paying some handsome dividends this year !
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Well, closing down the old part of the house was something we could do this year so I decided to just go ahead and do it. We had the tank filled on September 12 so from then until now we only used 70 gallons and I just shut down the old house the end of November. So a large share of that was for hot water. It will be interesting to see how much oil we will use over the next few months.
For the longest time oil and gas was always cheaper in VT. I got into the habit of filling up there on our way up north and to fill up on the return trip, but I noticed in October that the gas prices were up even with NH.
I am cutting and splitting 2010 wood right now so we are covered for the next few years!