How do you heat your home?

[SnowedIn]

My son and daughter just lit a fire and are curled up watching the world cup. It made me curious.

So, how do you heat your home? Fuel oil? Natural Gas? Wood fire? Wood stove? Something else?

Our furnace is electric.

Fuel Oil

Natural Gas

Wood in fireplace/s

Wood Stove

Electricity

Hot water (base ray heat), Steam radiator, etc.

Other -- please tell us!

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Thank you to everyone who answered! I decided to choose MHO because I really don't like when GaG chooses for me. This is one of those questions that I wish I had unlimited MHO but I don't.

[PrettyPriya]

I had to vote "other". I cannot actually say how we heat our home since that would be explicit to an otherwise non-sexual question. I do not wish to be reported. So, you can take a guess at how we generate heat.

I guess that I could have voted "electricity" considering that is what we make. I know if my SO were to log on what he would try to troll me with. I will not mention it. Anyhow, either of those options work for your poll.

It is pretty electric. It is also energy efficient considering we only make said electricity when we are together at home. Once we leave the house, that electricity is no longer used and thus preserved for when we are back together at the end of the day.

You should try this. It generates great heat.

[SnowedIn]

LOVE this answer. Thank you @PrettyPriya for adding a whimsical lightheartedness to the proceedings!

[PrettyPriya]

Thank you for the MHO and you are most welcome for my goofiness! Some people don’t care for or tolerate it. 🙂

[SnowedIn]

BRING IT ON. More of it please!

[PrettyPriya]

👍👍

[Apple1996]

Electric but rarely ever use it since I live somewhere that's almost always warm. Maybe use the heat 1-2 months out of the year. A/C the rest of the time.

[SnowedIn]

That's "cool", so to speak! I remember when we lived in Miami it was that way. And Guam.

[Apple1996]

Yeah I live in NC so slightly more up north then that but still almost never use the heater. I had to turn back on my AC last night

[Lliam]

Propane.
Our furnace, hot water heater, stove/oven, and clothes drier use propane. The rest is electric. We have a grid-tied solar voltaic system that cuts back on our electrical expenses.

[SnowedIn]

Nice!

[docster]

Electric air-source heat pump. It's sooo much more efficient than the simple electric furnace I had before. I highly recommend it.

[SnowedIn]

Very nice. The heat pumps are a marvel.

[TrueConfection]

Wood stove and baking good things in the oven.

[SnowedIn]

That sounds very cozy. Please tell me your oven isn't wood fired?

[TrueConfection]

🤔 ummm

[AviatorTom]

We have a forced air furnace powered by natural gas. The blower in the furnace also acts as part of our air conditioning system that has a chiller with fan outside.

[SnowedIn]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing!

[Curiosity2006]

I don't. I like to have an ice day!

XDD

[SnowedIn]

Wait, seriously? Like, no heat?

[Curiosity2006]

For the sake of the pun X)) My day is always a nice day! lol

[SnowedIn]

Love it!!! Fantastic! Thank you for the laugh!

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

We heat with gas but it needs electric to work

[SnowedIn]

That's quite effective and efficient.

[exitseven]

forced hot water with an oil boiler.

[SnowedIn]

YES! I remember the hot water heating. So do my kids. Boy #2 always wanted to touch the heating units.

[Dnice1]

Woodstove but we can turn on the heat.

[SnowedIn]

Very cozy!

[Paul09]

Electricity, Hydro power!

[SnowedIn]

Very nice! Hydro power on your own, like you generate it, or your utility's power is generated that way?

[Paul09]

All our homes are powered by it. But that does sound fun if I could make my own.

[Astarlessnightsky]

Wood pallets

[SnowedIn]

My brother has those and raves about it.

[Agape93]

Woodstoves

[SnowedIn]

So nice to have that.

[NathanDavis]

I do not

I like the cold