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78FANGIRL t1_j5lcl9b wrote

Reply to best place to camp during the summer? by [deleted]

You may have this deleted because there is a megathread for people visiting and moving here. You also need to give more details. Do you want go near the coast? Do you want a cabin or do you want to camp? Not the same thing.

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lama_drama99 t1_j5layds wrote

Reply to Alternatives to oil heat? by infinite_zero

Have you looked into wood or pellet? Wood heat is amazing, but stacking and lugging the wood can be a lot. Pellets are great as well, heats well, cost effective, less maintenance, and you don't have to stack and lug it around the same as you do wood.

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InvadeHerKim t1_j5l95ql wrote

Reply to Alternatives to oil heat? by infinite_zero

My parents bought heat pumps for their living room and den which are on the same level in 2021. My dad says their furnace rarely kicks on and only primarily heats the upstairs of their 2400 sq feet-ish home or if it's super cold, like below zero cold, but that's just to help supplement the heat pumps because they're working hard to keep temp in below zero cold.

He used a DIY kit called Mr Cool and did the installation himself. He has a lot of mechanical and DIY experience. He said he wished he'd put one unit upstairs and one downstairs because one unit handles the entire downstairs and having two on the same floor is overload. He doesn't regret the switch at all.

We plan to switch to a heat pump in the house my husband and I are in for the same reason, oil is too damn expensive and the added bonus of a heat pump is they are an A/C in the summer an d our summers have been getting more and more hot and humid each summer. Best of luck to you!

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