someone help me configure my heat settings for the winter:

Info:

4 bedroom house, around 2200 sq feet, all vents turned off in bedrooms and area's we dont use.

2 ppl live here and a zoo of animals.

We're propane heated , furnace is fairly new probally 5 yrs old if that. Central heat/ducting . Over 100 yr old house, with a built on part. All orginal part of the house is plaster walls , build on = dry wall. House seems to be very efficent with exception of a few windows.

Last year we filled the tank twice I believe which is 300-600 each time. But we didn't live here and we're in and out alot working on it.

I have a touchpad digital hvac controller. Right now the settings are:

6am-10am 64 degrees
10am- 6pm 65 degrees
6pm- 10pm 66 degrees
10pm - 6am 62 degrees

We have a space heater in the bedroom incase it gets cold at night. I'd rather use electricity then propane because its a pain to get the tank filled. Plus our electric bill as been around 80 a month.


those good settings?

That should get you in the ballpark. Just avoid drastic jumps in your time slots because it will take the heater longer to catch up.

Get yourself oil filled space heater for the bedroom.

best place to look for one?
do they smell? (she wont go for anything that smells)
how much do they cost?

will i burn the house down?

walmart used to carry them
no smell unless they are dusty
40-100ish

no...just dont be a dumby with it and sit flammable stuff on it. Everything is rated anymore for flamable surfaces...we have to run those tests at work on our boilers. All heating quipment designed for in home use has to be in order to be UL certified

if I do , I'm stayin with Paul since he suggested it.