From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

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> "Antti Kurenniemi" 
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>> maybe 70 euros per month average around the year
>
> That's about $140 which seems pretty cheap to me considering the
> temperature difference.

This is a very small house, plus we keep the inside temperature quite low
(around 18 - 19C).


> Is your hot water electric as well?

Yeppers, but there are just two people using it.


> Here it runs me about $150/month for electric and that's just hot water
> and
> optional heat (my main heat is generated from a coal buring sealed stove
> in
> the middle of the house. If I just used electric it would be about
> $300/month during the winter months.
>
> The windows must make a huge difference, only have double paned here.
> Can't even fine triple pane windows in the local shops. I think you once
> told me the windows were heated too?

Not mine, but many newer houses have the innermost glass heated. It's
really nice, because it completely eliminates the draft-feeling that you
get when the windows are cold.


Antti Kurenniemi

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