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When we moved in here, we fixed the oil furnace that was being used to heat the home. Several problems have occured in the past few years however, such as oil spill under the house, rising costs of oil, and the furnance breaks down occasionally, leaving us to use use Kerosine Heaters instead. I also have a leak around the chimney pipe.
Here are my options for heating our home now. I will be getting some money from school in the next week or so, and it will be enough to take care of whatever I decide to do.
1. Fix furnace and stay with oil.
2. Buy propane tanks and heat with natural gas. (Lines from road not available on my street)
3. Buy Heat Pump.
The propane tanks would have to be refueled as much as the oil drum now is, and would be about the same price, costing about $400 in oil/season.
The heat pump would run the electic bill up, but it might be cheaper than $400/season. At least it is cleaner and no mess to worry about, which would help the home smell better, and is more enviromentally friendly.
What other options are there that I have not considered? What is the best plan?
For reference, I live in a 1956 Ranch-style home. It has three small bedrooms, and one little bath. Overall area is about 1900 sq. ft.
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