just paid 3.40/gallon and I'm just disgusted. Need almost 1000 to fill up. What are you doing to conserve. After seeing the water post got me thinking of oil costs.

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we use a wood stove to heat and cook with too.

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I pull all my window shades down at night. I try to keep the temp down to around 68, and dress warmer in the house. We don't have a wood stove or a pellet stove, but we are considering putting a small one in over the summer. Right now, it is costing us about $100 a week to heat our three bedroom ranch style house. I can't imagine what it is costing people who have the old farm houses in our area. Living in Maine has its advantages, but the winters are very long and cold. I just heard that we are getting yet another snowstorm this weekend. The ski areas are loving it, but most everyone else is more than ready for spring....

We are keeping our thermostat at 60 degrees and wearing lots of layers to try to save oil. It's absolutely ridiculous how expensive heating oil is. I wish we had a pellet stove!

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On Long Island we have very high prices. I was fortunate to have had a year long price fix at 2.59 but that is over this weekend and just negotiated to 3.32. Negotiating and driving a hard bargain is the only way to go. (my sister just paid 3.69) I know I could have gotten cheaper with another company but I am very happy with their service, they come in the middle of the night if I need them to fix my old furnace.

But to conserve, we have 2 zones, so we keep the doors shut upstairs during the day and keep things around 65-68 and wear sweaters. As the night goes on, we put on afghans to watch tv. Then we lower the downstairs' thermostat when we go to bed and raise the upstairs to about 65 and use feather comforters. The cats snuggle wherever we are to keep warm. lol

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My Mom and my sister both live in Maine and they said this is one of the worst winters they can remember!!

We have been filling up about once a month, so about $600 a month from December thru March, it totally kills the budget. (Which really isn't bad considering the size of the house we have.)

We have the heat down to about 65 and DH put in one of those indoor vents for the dryer so when we dry clothes we at least get the heat and moisture from that upstairs. I did kep the blinds closed for a while, but it's getting to me know, I need SUN!

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Yes, this has been one hard winter here in Maine. They said on the news tonight that we have received almost 100 inches of snow so far this year. March and even April are often very snowy and cold months. Tonight it is going to be down into the single numbers, so I am sure the furnace will be running most of the night just to keep the house warm.

I never turn the heat above 60, and when we leave for work/school in the morning I turn the thermostat down to 50. It still feels warm when we come in, and the house heats up quickly. We use electric blankets and dress warmly. I also have blankets on the couch/chairs.

I keep the heat at about 60. We have a woodburner, which keeps the house in the mid seventies, but while that gets going, or early in the morning, we have an electric heater we run just for short periods of time. it looks like a woodburner but is electric, so I dont worry about the kids knocking it over.
We filled up last summer, and I got about 120 gallons the last week in Jan. we are not even down 1/8 in the two tanks (it draws from them equally), but I will be topping off soon. So far, I have paid about 350 for oil, and I bought two cords of wood (we had some left over too), and we are 3/4 through the wood. So less than $600 s far for a cold northeastern PA winter...
The wood burner saves us, and the electric heater does not really affect our electric bill.
forgot to mention, our house is well insulated (its 12 years old), and the windows dont leak or anything. We have a routine we start in about august, where we recaulk, reinsulate and reweaterstrip wheerever its needed. We do this every year, and you would be surprised, but the weatherstipping around your doors usually needs to be replaced every year. we shine a flashlight at night (when we are getting our house ready for winter)to see if light escapes, or use a match to check for a draft. Also, use a hot water heater blannket (its just insulation you wrap around the hot water heater, this is a big deal if your basement isnt heated) Our basement gets warm (very) when the wood burner is going, but when its not, it gets pretty cool down there.