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Batman1384 t1_iurv2fm wrote

Genuinely won’t be able to afford electricity when this goes up. It’s either freeze in the winter or pay out the ass.

Never buy a house with baseboard electric heating.

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Becca_Lynnas t1_ius64ly wrote

We also have a house that is (was) heated only with baseboard electric. We are lucky enough that we could put money aside and buy a woodstove. Best decision we ever made. We keep the heat on in the bathrooms and kitchen, and pay $200/cord to heat the rest of the house. We go through about 6 full cords of wood a winter doing this - depending on how bad the winter is and how long the cold weather hangs around.

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Batman1384 t1_iut3b41 wrote

We are going to have to seriously consider going this route

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xenawarriorfrycook t1_iuvz5pm wrote

Do you mind sharing what kind of stove you bought and the sq footage of your house, if possible?

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flaaaacid t1_iuseskw wrote

It's terrible. If you're handy look into the DIY mini-split heat pumps. I installed one and it handles like 80% of my heating and stays very efficient down to the single digit temps. Mine is by MRCOOL and it's meant to be installed by a homeowner with good DIY skills. Oh and PPL will give you a $400 rebate for doing it.

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NerdyRedneck45 t1_iusgvhg wrote

I got a Blue Ridge one and did 90% of the work myself and got a guy to come charge it. Best decision ever, it’s $5000 total plus $100/month in electricity and I would have spent 4000 on oil this winter instead.

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flaaaacid t1_iush9ab wrote

I got mine before the prices went berserk (early 2021) so it was only $1300 from Costco for an 18k BTU model. I think they're going for about $2100 now. But even at $2100...not a bad deal.

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NerdyRedneck45 t1_iusi70i wrote

Mine’s a big boy, hence the prices. 48k btu, 4 indoor heads.

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flaaaacid t1_iusijg5 wrote

Oh! Ha yeah, that's a whole different category. Mine's just heating my little cabin which is pretty open except for the bedrooms.

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PittsburghChris t1_iutwu78 wrote

Heat pumps are the jam. Ours are Mitsubishi, 5 heads. Changed our whole experience with our house.

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Modestkilla t1_iutmpsr wrote

You think that is bad, we have oil heat would be a cool $5000-$6000 in oil this winter. Our saving grace is I got a wood insert over the summer so I plan on using that as much as possible, hopefully knocking a grand or two off that.

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ThankMrBernke t1_iuy5sxt wrote

PECO has a program for financial hardship, PPL might too.

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Bukook t1_iuurlxi wrote

Do you know how to dress for the cold?

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