Home Heating

[katwoman]

Well , the Coonara dropped it's guts in the house last week. Now looking at replacement. Options are really only another wood fire or power.
Reverse cycle ? With power bills going up the way they are, are these thirsty ?
On bottle gas, so not really an option.
Already have wood fire in shed as well, so lots of wood..
OR move to QLD.
Any other options ?
House on concrete slab, so no ducting under there.

[YNOT]

We have 2 big reverse cycle air conditioners in our house and they really add to the power bill.
If you have good supply to firewood I'd be going for a slow combustion heater.
And yes we do still use heaters in Qld, just not as often as our southern cousins.

Tony

[Sir Roofy]

hi kat
mate stick with the wood with the way things are going its the only heating that you /we can afford
as tony said a good slow combustion would be the go

[katwoman]

Cheers guys. Gotta love the wood fire. But doesn't hurt to look at other options. Personally I want to stick with wood.

[Sir Roofy]

Cheers guys. Gotta love the wood fire. But doesn't hurt to look at other options. Personally I want to stick with wood.

we better start collecting candles to the way they are trying to scr*w every one over it
slowly going backwards to the 1900,s

[AB]

Yep go the slow combustion.

We have a coonara and it gets so hot in the house you have to open up the windows and walk around in your undies...lol...I can post some pics if anyone wants a fright!!!

The house came with 2 x split systems and try to use them as least as possible.

My misses loves to turn them on which costs a lot of money on the power bills so I have to cut up fine kindling to make it easier for her to light otherwise the power bills are huge!!!

Very temptered to throw the remote controls away.

[Bob]

We have Natural Gas Central Heating which is reasonable in Running Costs however it heats the whole House which is a Waste. Would love to have a Wood Fire but due to design of our House it is hard to fit.

[Clunk]

I'd definitely stick with the wood fire Kat, reverse cycle split systems soak up the juice big time

[kingy]

MY Last RC bill for the summer was $1200....so from now on outside under the hose until I get the water bill...go for Wood but do the math and see what adds up.

[Sir Roofy]

we have natural gas central heating which is reasonable in running costs however it heats the whole house which is a waste. Would love to have a wood fire but due to design of our house it is hard to fit.

why not look at a free standing model
have safe trip home bob