Electric Baseboard Heat Cost Estimator

Estimate your total electric heating costs per day month or season.

Electric baseboard heat cost estimator.

As of march 2013 it costs 34 57 to generate one million btus of heat using electric baseboard heating according to the u s. To estimate costs for your project. The average national cost to install an electric baseboard or wall heater is 786 considering the factors that can affect rates the final price for most homeowners falls between 400 and 1 192 not including labor a baseboard heater costs between 25 and 200 and a wall heater ranges between 60 and 120. For a basic project in zip code 47474 with 1 heater the cost to install an electric baseboard heater starts at 340 422 per heater.

The size of the space that needs to be heated affects how much fuel is needed consumption and therefore the expected cost. Baseboard heaters are mounted at the bottom of walls and are powered by electrical circuits via wiring that is usually routed through wall cavities to the main service panel. Baseboard heater basics. The wiring may route through a wall mounted thermostat or the thermostats may be built into the heaters themselves.

If you operate your heater for 10 hours a day and it costs 0 30 per hour to operate you ll pay 3 00 a day to run your heater. Actual costs will depend on job size conditions and options.