Which is more economical – using out central heat that uses propane or using several electric portable heaters?
The home that my husband and I moved into two years ago that runs off of propane. Our propane tank is 250 gallons and it cost us $525 to have it filled up about a month ago. Having spent over $1600 on propane over the course of four months during our first winter here, we decided it would save us money to invest in electric, portable heaters. We have a larger home (2200 sq. foot), our living room is about 500 sq. feet with 18 ft. ceilings so it has been difficult finding anything portable that can efficiently heat that space but have been using a small, portable, electric fireplace, along with a radiator type heater in the master bathroom, which also is the heat source for the master bedroom, a larger, ceramic heater with a thermostat in the hallway where our children’s rooms are located and one small, tabletop, ceramic heater in my oldest son’s room. These heaters are only on when we’re home and when we’re awake. They are shut off at night and when we’re not home. We purchased some el
