Am the only one thinking WOW!!! thats mega bucks!!!

Our electric is something like €1200 per year and i thought that was expensive!! We dont have gas or gpl yet but based on our neighbours usage guessed it'd be something like €1000.

Wood weve managed to get most of ourselves this year so free but did pay about €200 but then again at the moment it our main heat source at present.

[QUOTE=Lasbury;9735944]
Before heater was installed used gas for a few hours each evening at the beginning of winter. Over a six week period this cost us €1200.
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Dear Lasbury,
Before I get a partita IVA and set up a consultancy, the above isn't a missprint, is it?

For wood, gas and elec combined I paid €1.600 in 2009 and 2010. And we live normally... I think.

[QUOTE=jiminalpago;9737889] I doubt it is a misprint, we used to pay around 500 euro per 2 months and we only used the heating for a few hours in the morning and 3 hrs in the evening. And we do have direct gas. Some of our friends were hit with bills for over 2,000 euro for the heating season, which is similar to what we paid.

[QUOTE=Isakat;9737987][QUOTE=jiminalpago;9737889]

I doubt it is a misprint, we used to pay around 500 euro per 2 months and we only used the heating for a few hours in the morning and 3 hrs in the evening. And we do have direct gas. Some of our friends were hit with bills for over 2,000 euro for the heating season, which is similar to what we paid.[/QUOTE

we often use our aircon (they also heat) rather than turn on the gas heating in the evenings. Just heat the room you are in, you have immediate heat and after half an hour, turn it off. We both have a blanket each on the sofa.

As I alluded to before, apart from the other factors I listed, the only realcomparisons that can be made regarding utility bills should be based on a €/sqmparameter.

[QUOTE=jiminalpago;9737889][QUOTE=Lasbury;9735944]
Before heater was installed used gas for a few hours each evening at the beginning of winter. Over a six week period this cost us €1200.
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Dear Lasbury,
Before I get a partita IVA and set up a consultancy, the above isn't a missprint, is it?

No, it is correct.
Old stone house which had been empty for about 10years with old central heating system which works fine so we didn't fancy having walls and floors demolished to renew it. We have not been brave enough to try it since so
could be a little better now house has been lived in for a few years.
We didn't really want to live in one room in the winter as lots of people here do - so looked into different forms of heating. Pellets seemed to be best option and we are really happy with the system.
Friends here even on town gas are paying €600 every two months and not
putting heating on except for an hour here or there. Most are also using wood
to warm just one room.

[QUOTE=pugliese;9738224][QUOTE=Isakat;9737987] Well, for a start Galipoli might not be as cold in winter as where we are. This morning it was 5 degrees above zero. Also, it does not help heating a house with a cement structure and marble floors.
We were thinking of installing an aircon system throughout the house when we were sure that we will have enough electricity produced with the photovoltaic system to cover the power usage.
I grew up in a house where we heated just one room due to being poor, I do not want ever again to live a life like that.

[QUOTE=Isakat;9739274][QUOTE=pugliese;9738224] Admittedly it is milder here in Gallipoli (10.5°C this morning at 6.30 a.m) but our aircon heaters (LG Art Cool) definitely do warm the room up in no time. We also have marble floors, cement building and 3 m high ceilings. The thing I prefer to the central heating, is that the heat is immediate, like turning on a hot hairdryer. Also grew up in England with no central heating, just paraffin heaters that stunk to heaven when lit in the mornings.

This summer we had a liberation from the bombolone ceremony... We abandoned GPL and will install pellets heating next year. For the moment we are running on wood, but the I am trying to convince the rest of the family to install geothermal. System for an average two floor detached house in stone with internal insulation can cost around €12000. Little maintenance needed and small space in the garden as the radiators are now buried vertically from 1 to 3meters underground. Of course we are talking long term investment in this case and might not suit someone planning a 'short stay', but seems reasonable if you think all fuel costs will increase in the coming years.

[QUOTE=homeandgardens;9742664] For the moment we are running on wood, but the I am trying to convince the rest of the family to install geothermal. QUOTE]

Don't forget the option a wood stove offers of getting rid of the bones after a meal. Can't do that with geothermal! I hate the trudge up to the "humido" bin during the summer.
The thought came to me because the only option in the Dolomites for lunch today was a BBQ; must be murder for you folk in the pianura and points south when it gets to November.

[QUOTE=jiminalpago;9743994] not if you've got a dog!

[QUOTE=pugliese;9744167] Touche'