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Ophelia
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is there any way to heat your home using water instead of electricity or gas or oil
if there is, I'd be interested in it.
we have our own well   
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Elbee
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Re: is there any way to heat your home using water instead of electricity or gas or oil
Radiant Heat ... $$$ to install, but very very affordable once it is in use.
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GoldenRod
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Re: is there any way to heat your home using water instead of electricity or gas or oil
Unfortunately, you need something to heat the water... either directly using electricity, oil or gas, or you'll need electricity to pump the water through a Geothermal Heat Pump, which uses the ground to heat the water. Very cheap to use, but $$$ to install....
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| Posted 2/3/09 4:29 PM |
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WNA01
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Re: is there any way to heat your home using water instead of electricity or gas or oil
i have radiant (sp?) heating throughout and i still need some way (gas or oil) to heat the water that goes thru the pipes under the floors.
It is initally expensive, but it does pay off. My oil heating costs are alot less.
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| Posted 2/3/09 4:43 PM |
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Kara
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Re: is there any way to heat your home using water instead of electricity or gas or oil
Posted by Elbee
Radiant Heat ... $$$ to install, but very very affordable once it is in use.
You still need gas or oil for radiant heat... or some sort of geothermal heating unit.
Unfortunately, other than installing some sort of geothermal unit ($$$$$), you can't get around using oil or natural gas for heat. Water can be involved (hot water, steam, radiant heat) - but it still needs to be heated.
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smdl
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Re: is there any way to heat your home using water instead of electricity or gas or oil
I was thinking geothermal too but it's very expensive to install. You would still need a source of heat to heat the water but since the water is underground it takes less energy to heat it up since it's stays in the high 50's-60's degrees.
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Jackie24
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Re: is there any way to heat your home using water instead of electricity or gas or oil
Posted by Ophelia
if there is, I'd be interested in it.
we have our own well
sounds like you got the same gas bill as I did this month 
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Elbee
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Re: is there any way to heat your home using water instead of electricity or gas or oil
Posted by Kara
Posted by Elbee
Radiant Heat ... $$$ to install, but very very affordable once it is in use.
You still need gas or oil for radiant heat... or some sort of geothermal heating unit.
Unfortunately, other than installing some sort of geothermal unit ($$$$$), you can't get around using oil or natural gas for heat. Water can be involved (hot water, steam, radiant heat) - but it still needs to be heated.
I know, I just assumed the OP was fed up with the high costs of gas/oil/electric and was looking for a solution to minimize the costs. The reduction of cost by using radiant can be huge.
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