Need advice on propane/electricity usage for a potential home

[M3 Mitch]

Would you consider burning firewood? Propane is just not a good value in terms of BTU per buck anymore.

Can you get natural gas? You ought to check on that before you buy this house. You may find like CJ that you are better off long term paying to run natural gas to the house.

[Coldjensens]

You can buy a furnace on E-may that burns wood, but if the wood fire goes out, it switches to gas or propane. That woudl e a good way to avoid having to get up at night to add a log. It also has a fan to make the wood burn more efficiently. Supposedly it burns around 90% efficiency.

[baruchel23]

Originally Posted by M3 Mitch

Would you consider burning firewood? Propane is just not a good value in terms of BTU per buck anymore.

Can you get natural gas? You ought to check on that before you buy this house. You may find like CJ that you are better off long term paying to run natural gas to the house.

Natural gas isn't available in these parts of NH. Though, I would get it if I could.

Originally Posted by Coldjensens

You can buy a furnace on E-may that burns wood, but if the wood fire goes out, it switches to gas or propane. That woudl e a good way to avoid having to get up at night to add a log. It also has a fan to make the wood burn more efficiently. Supposedly it burns around 90% efficiency.

Appreciate the advice. It would be a good idea to get one in the event power goes out and it would be less stress on the generator anyhow.

[AngelBy]

Originally Posted by WRXFlyer

The house may be Energy Star rated, but I don't see how one can truly conserve any energy with only two people living in a 3500 sqft house. Find a smaller home and you'll find your energy savings.

You're totally right, a good catch