Pete M Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 came back to michigan to find a very cold house and a really annoyed roommate. every once in a while the old thermostat will act up and not let you turn on the heat. no biggie, tomorrow I'll go get a new one. but when I jumper the wires to get heat, it's only on for a couple minutes and shut off. booo!!!!! not exactly the home coming I was hoping for. :( lost a few fish and some of my plants are looking rough. and now I have to figure out what the heck is going on. :fs1: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 huh. seems the damper door won't stay open. heat shuts back off as soon as I let go of it. :hmm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Well, at least your house isn't frozen solid. What sort of furnace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogmorgo Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 That's not cool... wait, nevermind... Last year the furnace in my apartment decided it didn't like it's fan, so it blew it into six or seven pieces. Took three days before the maintenance people came to do something about it (university residence, I can't get into the furnace room). Not fun. Hope you get yours fixed soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainman Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 walmart... 16 dollar elec heaters. they kick @$$. one in each room till problem solved. cake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrawombat Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I came home to a cold house last week and was scratching my head until I found the two 120 gallon propane tanks were bone dry. Strange, I just filled those up...gotta love an old house with single pane windows and drafty doors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I heat my shop with an outside wood burner. Didn't go into work Tuesday, (high temp of 9) so when I went in yesterday morning (0 degrees out) the wood burner was out and the shop was below 40 degrees. When I went home around 5:30 I got the one end of the shop (where I worked prettu much all day) up to 62 degrees, the other end up to 54 (two furnaces, water feed it sequential between the two). Hoping today will be warmer as I need to work in the other end now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Well, at least your house isn't frozen solid. What sort of furnace? Lennox Whipser Heat gas furnace. I've got the damper door propped open and everything seems to be working. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 We're all heat pumps down here, mostly reliable year after year unless the power goes out. Have separate units for downstairs, upstairs, and a small one for the garage loft. Also a fireplace propane insert, for when it really gets cold, like below freezing. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrawombat Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 We're all heat pumps down here, mostly reliable year after year unless the power goes out. Have separate units for downstairs, upstairs, and a small one for the garage loft. Also a fireplace propane insert, for when it really gets cold, like below freezing. :yes: Got a couple heat pumps on my house, too. Can't wait for this winter weather to pass through so I can go back to using them. Don't like to use them below 25 degrees and have to switch to propane heat ($$$$$$). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Don't need no furnace. Just get a big fat mama and hit the sack. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Man Pete, that is no fun. We almost ran out of wood to heat the shop. thank God for craigslist....got two face for $160, two truck loads...going to continue doing this, that will last over a month if we run it right. and $80/truck load is much better than free and busting your back. More than happy to pay someone else to do the work. now, to get the gas furnace in the shop converted to propane tanks so we can use it only to warm up in the morning and maintain at night....much cheaper also than having the gas turned on to the building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I buy slap wood at a local sawmill. About 1/2 cord for $35. Only thing is it comes in 8'-12' lengths so you'll have to chop them up. My wood burner is 5' deep, so I just cut them into 4' chunks. Gets loaded onto my trailer with an earth mover with forks, takes about 2 minutes, gets unloaded 1 piece at a time as I cut them up and burn them, takes about a week. In this cold weather that heats my 8500 sq ft shop and the landlord's mother's 2000 sq ft house for about a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotex Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I'm thinking of building a used oil furnace to heat my shop. A buddy has one, and once he got it tweaked, it actually works pretty darned good. he designed and built it, as he is a professional metal worker. Now that I have seen it, I could copy it eaisily enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula69 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 500 gallon propane tank @ 2.75/gallon. Of course we only have to use it from Nov - Feb - but it lasts awhile unless its really cold (freezing). Filling it is somewhat painful though... :ack: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrawombat Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Filling it is somewhat painful though... :ack: I hear ya. I just got the bill for filling my two 120 gallon tanks...at $2.95/gallon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huck731 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 our propane tank here ran out a week and a half ago and since we just got it filled to 50%(don't ask why it was under that, I only rent my room) about a month and a half ago. dang propane company won't fill us up untill we pay for that tiem and this time upfront. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogmorgo Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 My parent's house has an electric furnace, forced air. It doesn't put out quite as much heat as ng or propane would (temperature changes take a while, since it's a pretty big house) but once it's up to temp, it maintains it well, and costs less than gas, although MB Hydro's constantly putting their cost up (I'm old enough to remember it costing about 2/3 what it does now). Wood's just about the only thing that comes cheaper unless you want house insurance... I don't really know what's in my apartment or what it costs, since utilities are included in rent, but it's forced air, and the ducts, vents, and thermostat are in ridiculous places, so it doesn't heat so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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