Currently electric. I have used wood, gets tiresome and dirty hauling the wood inside! I do like a fireplace though just in case the power goes out!
What heat source do you use to heat your home if and when it is needed? I burn wood.
The house I live in now has oil fired hot water radiators. It's a nice even heat.
I used to heat with wood in my old farmhouse. I had a freestanding wood burner that took 36" logs. I only had to load it twice a day. Backup heat was an oil fired steam radiator heat. I used to burn about4 cords a year. I lived in the middle of 3000 acres of state game land and had a permit to harvest dead trees, so I never ran out of wood.
Gas, cental heating. I bet a wood burner's nice. As I understand you do have to constantly feed them to get hot water. My partner and I may consider a wood burner if we decide to move to a barn conversion. I'd really like to get of the grid.
Wood. No natural gas available, so would have to use propane. We have a heat pump which we use in the summer, but it is old and costs a fortune to heat with. And so wood, as I am CHEAP.
In Cali.... We rarely see a cold day. We just warm our house with our cheesy love and the glorious sun up above! LOL
I have electric heat. It can get expensive during very cold days.
Houston rarely get cold enough to turn on the heat . My apt is very well insulated and the halls are air conditioner or heated. My electric in the summer 😎average $20-$25 and winter (😅) $30-$45.
Well, we are at 8,000 in the mountains in Southern Colorado. It gets a little cold here, the record is NEGATIVE 52 DEGREES below. When I moved here in 1987 the first winter it hit 40 below and stayed there for 30 days, with a daytime high of 10 below. It has warmed up a lot since then. We use a pellet stove with propane forced air heat. When it gets cold my shop is heated with a wood stove, the garage is heated with propane when needed. Everything here with an engine has a block heater, to make sure it starts!
My home is all gas heated. Central system. Works quite well and isn't expensive.
We have central heating and it is powered by natural gas. The same was true of the house I grew up in. Though we also did have a gas-burning fireplace that we would light in the winter.
Dear Mountain Man,
I saw your Q earlier and no time...so I came back to find you, because I have A LOT to say on that...
Right now, this little rental apt. Is heated with forced air furnace. However I grew up with wood heat, and to me the difference is immense...the comfortable heat from a wood stove. Also, the old-fashioned radiators...hot water heat, radiant, good quality comfort.
I like AH described setup very much, and I would like to see the industry as a whole consider natural human comfort more, and come up with cost-effective ways for us to have the wonderful radiant heat.
End of rant, thank you.