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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 2812094" data-attributes="member: 7900">Let me start first with a short description of our RV.  It is a Mobile Suites made by DRV Suites.  The Elite Suites and Mobile Suites are specifically designed for those that are going to be living in them full-time and/or living in colder/warmer climates.  A big factor in them is that they have 3 1/4" walls where most RV's only have 2" walls.  With the 3 1/4" walls, they also have more insulation.  Our particular RV has the optional feature of what they call the "Canadian Package" in that it has two 30,000 btu furnaces instead of one single 40,000 to 42,000 btu furnace.  One furnace heats the living room/dining room/kitchen area and the other heats the bedroom in the nose.In addition to the furnaces, we supplement our heat with the electric fireplace in the living room and two Lasko electric heaters.  A larger Lasko is in the living room area and the smaller sits on the dresser in the bedroom.  We use the electric as much as possible to reduce the use on the furnaces and reduce gas usage.  (An electric heater is a lot cheaper to replace compared to repairing or replacing a furnace.)  At night in the winter, when I go to bed, I turn off the electric heater and fireplace in the living room and let the furnace heat overnight.  That also puts some heat into the underbelly where the water lines are located.We have lived in the Mobile Suites now for about 4 1/2 years full-time and have experienced temperatures ranging from 115 degrees (there in Oklahoma City) down to -6 degrees here in Colorado.  In the case of summer times, we have two air conditioners on the roof and also use two oscillating fans for air circulation.  In both extremes, we've been comfortable inside.  (Comfortable to us is roughly 68 degrees in the winter and 77 degrees in the summer.)The one issue we have had with freezing is that at around zero degrees, the hot water line from the water manifold in the underbelly to the kitchen sink freezes up.  It has only been that one line in the whole trailer.  We've never skirted our RV, so I'd say we've done very well.  Oh, and the water line freezing isn't much of a problem because the water lines are PEX lines, so they aren't likely to freeze and break very easily.As for propane usage, we've leased 120 gallon tanks that are filled by the LPG supplier.  Here last year, they came to the park every 5 weeks to refill the tanks.  In the five week periods, we never ran out.  LPG here is under $1.50 a gallon.The Suites models are considered "luxury fifth wheels."  If you'd like to see what our RV looks like, check out the link below:<a href="http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/TerryandJo/slideshow/Our%20New%20Home?sort=2" target="_blank">Our New Home</a></blockquote>

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