Is electric baseboard heat Expensive?

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asked Oct 14, 2018 in Other-Home/Garden by MarvinWeath (260 points)
Is electric baseboard heat Expensive?

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answered Oct 14, 2018 by Shelde (51,990 points)
Aside from heating oil electric baseboard or electric resistance heating in any form is the most expensive way of heating a home.

Electric heat puts out less heat than either wood or natural gas per cost.

If I had to choose between only electric heat and wood heat I would go with wood heat over electric heat even if I had to pay for wood to burn.

Electric heat also has a hard time heating a home in subfreezing temperatures so if you can get natural gas or even propane then go for that instead of electric heat.

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