home heating

Like they say: If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. With the price of home heating oil on the rise, and likely to go on rising due to global politics, now might be a good time to place a bet on oil to hedge against the costs of keeping the homestead warm.

This winter's weather is forecast to be milder than last year's, but many Americans will get a cold chill when they open their heating bills. Average household spending for the season will rise for natural gas and propane, and those who use heating oil will see their highest winter bills ever.

Call it getting burned, or a deal that's all wet: State officials are warning that some of this season's online firewood vendors are scamming consumers, leaving unusable wood, short orders, and no way to track them down. "Consumers need to take steps to ensure that they're dealing with a reliable...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the U.S. Fire Administration issued an alert today on potential home heating dangers and how to avoid them, as more snow blankets the Midwest and is forecast to hit the East Coast next. The safety alert comes after a massive propane recall this...

Using creative heating options, you can keep Old Man Winter on the run without burning a hole in your budget. I stumbled onto my top hint by inhabiting a Hell's Kitchen shoebox of an apartment that sucked in plenty of tour-bus fumes but let out all the heat during the three Pleistocene winters I...

It may be the happiest season of the year, but higher crude oil prices that have translated into higher gasoline prices have many motorists frowning. The weak U.S. dollar and expectations of a more robust economic recovery in the coming year have helped push oil to over $90 a barrel.

The mid-Atlantic region, hard hit last winter, will catch a break from the weather next time, says the Farmer's Almanac, but much of the rest of the U.S. will be colder than normal, New England in particular. For those who heat their homes with oil, however, lower prices should ease the season.

Amidst the doom and gloom of the economy, there comes, occasionally, a glimmer of hope in the way of a bargain about to happen. According to the latest info from the Department of Energy (DOE), that bargain will come in the cost of heating your home this winter. In a report released this week,...

After 17 years, our furnace is wearing out. Earlier this week, the blower finally seized up, so we decided to bite the bullet and shop for a new furnace. Our house requires an 80-90,000 BTU furnace. After listening to three salespeople extol the virtues of their brands and services, I thought I'd...