Comments on: Heating With Wood Versus Electricity- Which is Cheaper? http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/heating-with-wood-versus-electricity Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:40:13 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mrs Money http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/heating-with-wood-versus-electricity/comment-page-1#comment-23131 Mrs Money Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:32:43 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1134#comment-23131 Courtney- hi! Thanks for coming over. Kacie is the best. :) Wow- $250 is crazy! That's great you save $150 a month by using your wood burning stove! Our bedroom sometimes gets in the 50s too, and that's with the heat on. I don't know what is wrong with that room. I need to have someone professionally come clean it. Better safe than sorry. :) Thanks so much for your comment! Courtney- hi! Thanks for coming over. Kacie is the best. :)

Wow- $250 is crazy! That’s great you save $150 a month by using your wood burning stove! Our bedroom sometimes gets in the 50s too, and that’s with the heat on. I don’t know what is wrong with that room.

I need to have someone professionally come clean it. Better safe than sorry. :) Thanks so much for your comment!

]]> By: Courtney http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/heating-with-wood-versus-electricity/comment-page-1#comment-23096 Courtney Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:58:19 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1134#comment-23096 Kacie (sensetosave.com) just gave me the link to your blog so I know I'm more than a month late in my post! We currently have a wood burning stove insert in our fireplace and at first I hated it, but after 2 years I'm sad to leave it. As his second job my husband runs a tree removal business, so he gets TONS of wood for free (and actually sells it on the side) and our bill has never been over $100 even in the deadest of winter. We use it to heat our whole house (our bedroom is furthest away and is a bit chilly, but we sleep in a cooler room anyway--it never dips below 52 degrees, so it's safe)! We have ceiling coil heat (dumbest thing EVER) and before he had the wood burning stove, his electric bill was $250!!! So, we save $150/MONTH just by having the wood burning stove insert! We do not keep any windows cracked, but we do have a carbon monoxide detector and clean the chimney thoroughly at the beginning/end of the season and also burn creosote removing logs once every 4-6 weeks to make sure it stays safe! Kacie (sensetosave.com) just gave me the link to your blog so I know I’m more than a month late in my post!

We currently have a wood burning stove insert in our fireplace and at first I hated it, but after 2 years I’m sad to leave it. As his second job my husband runs a tree removal business, so he gets TONS of wood for free (and actually sells it on the side) and our bill has never been over $100 even in the deadest of winter. We use it to heat our whole house (our bedroom is furthest away and is a bit chilly, but we sleep in a cooler room anyway–it never dips below 52 degrees, so it’s safe)! We have ceiling coil heat (dumbest thing EVER) and before he had the wood burning stove, his electric bill was $250!!! So, we save $150/MONTH just by having the wood burning stove insert!

We do not keep any windows cracked, but we do have a carbon monoxide detector and clean the chimney thoroughly at the beginning/end of the season and also burn creosote removing logs once every 4-6 weeks to make sure it stays safe!

]]> By: Mrs Money http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/heating-with-wood-versus-electricity/comment-page-1#comment-21634 Mrs Money Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:13:35 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1134#comment-21634 Christie- That is very interesting! I didn't even think about that. We are burning maple right now. I'm going to have to have someone come check out our chimney and make sure it's fine. :) Thanks for letting me know about that! Christie- That is very interesting! I didn’t even think about that. We are burning maple right now. I’m going to have to have someone come check out our chimney and make sure it’s fine. :) Thanks for letting me know about that!

]]> By: Mrs Money http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/heating-with-wood-versus-electricity/comment-page-1#comment-21633 Mrs Money Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:12:48 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1134#comment-21633 I'm going to have to make it a priority to get out there. :) I’m going to have to make it a priority to get out there. :)

]]> By: Christie http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/heating-with-wood-versus-electricity/comment-page-1#comment-21489 Christie Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:21:29 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1134#comment-21489 Yes...chiminey fires can be deadly!!! Yes…chiminey fires can be deadly!!!

]]> By: Christie http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/heating-with-wood-versus-electricity/comment-page-1#comment-21488 Christie Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:18:38 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1134#comment-21488 Just another thought....Also the type of tree you burn can have huge effects on how much emmisions you have. Such as cotton wood burns very fast and produces lots of ash where as pine burns slower and doesn't have nearly the amount of ash. Just food for thought. Just another thought….Also the type of tree you burn can have huge effects on how much emmisions you have. Such as cotton wood burns very fast and produces lots of ash where as pine burns slower and doesn’t have nearly the amount of ash. Just food for thought.

]]> By: Akborn http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/heating-with-wood-versus-electricity/comment-page-1#comment-21405 Akborn Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:57:24 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1134#comment-21405 Ment words not worth. Opps lol Ment words not worth. Opps lol

]]> By: Akborn http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/heating-with-wood-versus-electricity/comment-page-1#comment-21404 Akborn Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:56:20 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1134#comment-21404 For now I am in Alaska. Would like to venture out and about but for now hanging tight and saving. Lol. Don't live in the "bush" any more, city life. I deff say a visit here is worth a thousand worths:-) I personally is just tired of the cold lol For now I am in Alaska. Would like to venture out and about but for now hanging tight and saving. Lol. Don’t live in the “bush” any more, city life. I deff say a visit here is worth a thousand worths:-) I personally is just tired of the cold lol

]]> By: Mrs Money http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/heating-with-wood-versus-electricity/comment-page-1#comment-21383 Mrs Money Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:34:15 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1134#comment-21383 akborn- Do you still live in Alaska? That is so cool. I've always wanted to visit there. I'll definitely have someone come take a look at it soon. It will be totally worth it! :) akborn- Do you still live in Alaska? That is so cool. I’ve always wanted to visit there. I’ll definitely have someone come take a look at it soon. It will be totally worth it! :)

]]> By: akborn http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/heating-with-wood-versus-electricity/comment-page-1#comment-21291 akborn Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:01:51 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1134#comment-21291 Growing up in the "bush" of Alaska, I grew up with woodstoves, and even to this day I prefere the heating ability of a good wood stove:-)...I see you mentioned on a comment about needing to have someone look at it, I deff would not put that off, and either look at it yourself, or have someone look at it- because like anything regular maintenance equals a well working item. Growing up in the “bush” of Alaska, I grew up with woodstoves, and even to this day I prefere the heating ability of a good wood stove:-)…I see you mentioned on a comment about needing to have someone look at it, I deff would not put that off, and either look at it yourself, or have someone look at it- because like anything regular maintenance equals a well working item.

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