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| Sun, 10-05-2008 - 10:13am |
How is everyone preparing for the impending cost of heating their home?
| Sun, 10-05-2008 - 10:13am |
How is everyone preparing for the impending cost of heating their home?
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In some cities if you call your electric company and give them the address where you live they will tell you the average bill for last year. So won't because of the private
We run our a/c all summer and run the furnace all winter -- our bills are very close to the same amount year round. Unless we have an especially cold month -- ours pretty much stay the same. Now, if you're someone who doesn't have central air/doesn't use it you'll notice a HUGE difference in your bills winter and summer. Also, what floor do you live on? If you are on the bottom floor your heating bill be significantly more than someone living on the second or third floors. We used to live in a bottom floor apartment and when we moved to the third floor our bill dropped about $80/month. However, summer made up for the lower winter bill because our a/c ran ALL the time.
Erin,
I personally love the budget billing systems offered by both our power company and our gas company.
Schmoopy
I have gas heat, and it's HUGELY expensive. I turn the heat down at night and use an electric blanket. In the mornings, I have a space heater by my desk and there is also a space heater in the bathroom. We dress warmer in the house, and try to keep the furnace set for as low as we and our pets can tolerate. In the summer, it's sweet. We have a swamp cooler that cools our whole house and keeps it nice and you can run those for about $40 a month continuously.
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We have natural gas heat -- always have. We pay basically the same year round. We live in a manufactured home and keep our central air turned pretty low in the summer. We keep our heat turned to a comfortable temperature in the winter months.
We budget a large amt for electricity/gas (which are a combined bill here) because I refuse to be uncomfortable in my own home. I grew up in a home where heat was kept VERY low and air was kept VERY high -- meaning you were rarely comfortable in the house. I swore I wouldn't be uncomfortable in my own home. I will give up something else in order achieve that goal. I can't imagine turning my heat to 55* at night like my dad did. Brrr. I can't imagine keeping my a/c at 82* like my dad did.
This is just something that dh and I have decided. I don't tell anyone else they have to do it -- it's our choice. :0)
I agree with you, because I grew up in a house where it was always either way too cold or way too hot.
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