Does Any Body Know Anything About Electrical Heating?
I’m looking at a house that was built in 1968.
Totally electric, except the wood burning fireplace. There are separate heating units in each room, each with it’s own thermostat, even in the bathrooms. Really nice house but I don’t know anything about this kind of heat. The listing said, “Gas/ forced air” but that wasn’t accurate at all. Thers’s no furnance,or duct work or indication that there ever was any of either.
Anybody know anything about this kind of heat? what it’s called, repair, maintenance or upkeep, cost compared to Gas, whatever info or links you have will be gratly appreciated
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January 4, 2010 @ 11:22 pm
“Electric Baseboard Heat” or “Resistance Heat”. It is nice because it gives you a zone for every single room and it is pretty much zero maintenance. But, it’ll be insanely expensive. Most homeowners keep old electric bills or can get them form the power company. Check what these folks were paying in January and February last year and the year before and compare that to the gas or oil bills of other homes you are looking at.
You see electric baseboard in cabins and summer homes a lot because the installation cost is low and if the heat is only used to take the chill off on spring and fall evenings or for the one big ski week vacation a year then the high cost of electricity is offset by the installation cost savings.
Of course, the other issue is that a forced air system can be upgraded to include cooling for summer – electric heat is just that – heat.