Re: Space heaters v/s whole house

"SoCalMike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Nina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > 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 kind of heat does you house have? forced air natural gas? would it be
> possible to close vents in unused rooms?
>
>
I had the same problem and solved it by building a door to prevent the hot
air from going up the staircase to the 2nd floor. The house heats evenly now
instead of everything going upstairs. A curtain also has some effect, but
not as much as a door.