Not set on anything here. I wish we could use our central heat! The unit that was with this house is an odd one - it's a nice Trane & the AC is full electric, but the heat is natural gas. It's all in one combined unit so we'd have to replace the entire thing, can't just replace the heat portion.
We're in north Alabama, so we don't get quite the severe long-term cold that northerners do, but it still gets durn chilly here throughout the winter!
The gas company here is the biggest rip-off in the world. The first winter we were here, we were using the central heat, but kept the thermostat no higher than 68 -- the gas bill was anywhere from $350 - $500 a month, then on top of that, add the bit of an increase to the power bill since of course the fan part of the system is electric. No way we can afford that. (And no, there was nothing wrong w/ our house or system, had it checked out & we've talked to several neighbors & they get horrendous gas bills as well... so it wasn't just us) It's pathetic - our next door neighbors are an elderly couple - their heat is gas too - they have their bill set up on that "averaging" plan & pay over $200 a month year round to the gas company, just for the few months of using their heat during the winter (they have no other gas usage other than their furnace)
Anyway, so we just can't do that. We have a few of those oil-filled radiant-heat space heaters, we bundle up alot & HATE the winter.... we're hoping to eventually get a heat pump put in, but that's going to take quite a while to save up for.... unless I win a nice chunky cash prize & then that's the first thing on our 'major-item wishlist'! LOL!
Florida, you lucky dog!!! I miss FL so bad....... FL will always be "home" to me....
(wait til Sis reads that one! ha!)
