I would call the heating season over, for the most part. Last winter we used 430 gallons of heating oil. At 1,575 square feet, that means we burned 0.273 gallons of oil per Ft2 or about 38 kBTU per Ft2 for the entire heating season. Looking at the weather information, there were seven [...]
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Heating Efficiency
I wrote a few posts about our heating system last year. We are lucky that our furnace is about 10 years old and still pretty efficient by today’s standard. Last time it was cleaned I think they measured the efficiency at 85 percent.
If your heating system is much older than 10 to 15 years, the [...]
Fuel Storage Tanks, Part I: Heating Oil
Something that I don’t often think about, but nearly every house needs, is some sort of tank to hold fuel. Be it propane or heating oil, it has to be stored safely and in a way that does not harm the environment. In the past, it was very common for a heating contractor [...]
Programmable Thermostats
I wrote about this in an earlier post, but I thought I could expand on the information a little bit. We have three heating zones in our house, each is controlled by a programmable thermostat. By installing the programmable thermostats, I believe we have saved about 15 to 20 percent on our heating [...]
Oil Burner Service
Its that time of the year again. Before the start of every heating season, I always think it is a good idea to get the furnace serviced. This will, hopefully, prevent the startling cold wake up one January morning accompanied by that sinking feeling that the heat is out. I was a [...]
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