Re: Space heaters v/s whole house

"Me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>  "Nina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > My house is about 2000 square feet and the downstairs gets cold. There
are 2
> > bedrooms and a large empty room there, the kitchen, great room and 2
> > bedrooms are upstairs. Itsusually warmer. The thermostat is near the
kitchen
> > so that throws things off, the heat wont come on till its near freexing
> > downstairs.
> > ANYWAY
> > There are 4 bedrooms, Ispose the cheapest thing would be to make the
boys
> > share a room downstairs and use one heater and make my daughter share
mine.
> > But that isnt going to happen
> > AM I saving money by using a few small space heaters and not heating the
> > entire house? Or do 3 small heaters use as much energy?
> > I dont want to heat downstairs because to get it warm would require
heating
> > it to about 80 up here.
>
> What about improving the insulation downstairs? You should really talk
> with your local utility company about this. Many utility companies have
> a service where they will try to help you use power most efficiently.