The house is staying warm @ 20-30 degrees outside. If i keep my furnace set @ 45. Will I save money?

i have a small ranch and ceiling fans the gas fireplace will heat my entire lower level in 20 minutes and then i have to shut it off cuz it gets way to hot….so i was wondering would it be more cost effective to be able to simply turn it on as needed rather than use the furnace as it draws alot of juice and energy just to warm up.
Am I thinking right?

An apartment in chicago has a gas stove/oven and a gas-heated hot water heater. I am guessing the heater to hold about 35 gallons and the stove. Can someone give me a rough estimate on the cost of the gas each month, so I have an idea of what gas costs in Chicago? (just stove and water-heater, not central heat)
NOTE I was asking only about stove/oven and hot water heater, NOT the cost of a furnace or heating the apartment:-)

Ok i live in a double wide mobile home and 6 year’s ago the furnace stopped working so my step dad decided to buy an a stupid wood burning stove and put it in. I do not like it at all im 16 now and ill be working soon so i was thing should i take it out and just buy a furnace. Wood burning stove in mobile homes i hear is dangerous. Personally i think its a stupid idea having a wood burning stove in a trailer!

It gets real cold where I live in the winter. The only heat I have are "space heaters" which only heat what is directly in front of them. I also have a wood pellet burning stove, that seems to be o.k., but only in the room where it is, the heat doesn’t circulate throughout the house. I was thinking of getting a furnace but there is no gas source. Somebody mentioned "Radiant Heat" and I am hoping that someone can give me some information of that.

are there any vacuums that are made for vacuuming up dirt and dust and soot like that from a furnace would make. we have a pellet stove and it makes a lot of dust that just ruins our regular vacuum when we have to clean it.

After a friend in Iowa told me that they heat their house to 80 degrees for only per day, I had to figure out a better way to do what I am doing. They use a shelled-corn-fueled-furnace. After doing some research I have found that many recommend wood pellet furnaces. So, which is most efficient and which has a stronger future (ie. fuel supply, less volatile price for the commodity, etc.)? Thanks

I have an unfinished basement and I am wondering if it would help to add insulation between the floor joists. Will this help any this winter or an I just wasting time and money. I heat with a furnace that is in the basement and supplement with a fireplace insert that is upstairs. Any ideas will help.

im purchasing a gas fireplace and am needing a company to run and hookup the gas line about 20′ from my meter to the fireplace and was wondering how much they might charge. my house is already equiped with gas which my furnace and water heater are already hooked up too.

I have a cast iron crucible, and a MAPP gas torch. I can get copper/zinc/brass/aluminum to melt but can I get the metal hot enough without a furnace to melt the metal? If not what cheap small additions would I need? I live in an appartment with a ground floor patio so no room to store anything big, or even medium. I am only trying to cast small shapes. (1 inch or so)

I can sometimes use a portable forge to heat the metal, would that work?

Also what fluxes for the different metals would I need?