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<blockquote data-quote="bigbrad123" data-source="post: 129638" data-attributes="member: 806">My house is your typical bi-level, 4 feet of the basement or so is below grade.&nbsp; My basement is about 1150 sq feet.&nbsp; All finished.&nbsp; 2 bedrooms downstairs.&nbsp; We live in a residential neighborhood with few trees, so we get a pretty good northwest wind in the winter.&nbsp; Our alternative heat source is gas forced air.&nbsp; We do have the 6 inch circular vents downstairs (3 in living area, 1 in each bedroom).&nbsp; The boiler we have is a thermolec.&nbsp; No idea how old.&nbsp; We have a typical old fashioned circular mercury thermostat downstairs that controls the floor heat.&nbsp; There is no floor sensor and the outside temp detection device is not connected.&nbsp; I have no idea about foundation insulation.&nbsp; The walls in the basement northwest bedroom feel cold, but none of the other walls do.&nbsp; I haven't done a lot of checking yet re: insulation around windows and in the walls.&nbsp; Our electric Company is Cass County electric, but for gas we have to go through Xcel.&nbsp; CCE told me that the cost for off peak would be almost 1/2 less.&nbsp; I think the #'s they gave were $.10 per ?? (kilowatt?) and the off peak rate is $.055.&nbsp; I just don't want to spend the $ to install off and off peak meter if it really won't make a difference, won't allow it to warm up enough, OR there could be another option such as installing&nbsp; the outside monitor and new thermostat/floor sensor that would help a lot.&nbsp; Maybe doing those two things would help significantly? Would love to get a natural gas boiler but the &quot;good ones&quot; aren't cheap.&nbsp; I probably could afford a cheaper brand (ie: brand they sell at Menards), but people have discouraged me from buying those brands.&nbsp; I'd like to try a couple other options before breaking down and spending $3 or $4k.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bigbrad123, post: 129638, member: 806"] My house is your typical bi-level, 4 feet of the basement or so is below grade. My basement is about 1150 sq feet. All finished. 2 bedrooms downstairs. We live in a residential neighborhood with few trees, so we get a pretty good northwest wind in the winter. Our alternative heat source is gas forced air. We do have the 6 inch circular vents downstairs (3 in living area, 1 in each bedroom). The boiler we have is a thermolec. No idea how old. We have a typical old fashioned circular mercury thermostat downstairs that controls the floor heat. There is no floor sensor and the outside temp detection device is not connected. I have no idea about foundation insulation. The walls in the basement northwest bedroom feel cold, but none of the other walls do. I haven't done a lot of checking yet re: insulation around windows and in the walls. Our electric Company is Cass County electric, but for gas we have to go through Xcel. CCE told me that the cost for off peak would be almost 1/2 less. I think the #'s they gave were $.10 per ?? (kilowatt?) and the off peak rate is $.055. I just don't want to spend the $ to install off and off peak meter if it really won't make a difference, won't allow it to warm up enough, OR there could be another option such as installing the outside monitor and new thermostat/floor sensor that would help a lot. Maybe doing those two things would help significantly? Would love to get a natural gas boiler but the "good ones" aren't cheap. I probably could afford a cheaper brand (ie: brand they sell at Menards), but people have discouraged me from buying those brands. I'd like to try a couple other options before breaking down and spending $3 or $4k. [/QUOTE]

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