How's Your Hydro?
#46
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Bats @ post #43... good one
couple more tips that I had posted on previous, maybe will help JS
The telephone socket on the wall can be used to power LED lights.... free lighting, low current, works fine. Google is your friend on this one 'how to do it'
I have this when the power goes out connected to a string of white/clear LED xmas lights.
couple more tips that I had posted on previous, maybe will help JS
The telephone socket on the wall can be used to power LED lights.... free lighting, low current, works fine. Google is your friend on this one 'how to do it'
I have this when the power goes out connected to a string of white/clear LED xmas lights.
#47
Re: How's Your Hydro?
We have a combined gas and electricity bill running at about $200 a month right now.
#48
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Do you have curtains JS? They save heat escaping too. See what's in the grift stores or ask the Sally Army if they have as pair pair that will fit.
I hate that our front door opens into the living area. It's so common here and yet you would think a small hallway would be essential for heat saving.
I hate that our front door opens into the living area. It's so common here and yet you would think a small hallway would be essential for heat saving.
There's always that plastic film stuff, which I've found works well for windows:
https://m.canadiantire.ca/#/products...tures/0642615P
(Can be found cheaper, this was just the first that came up in a quick search).
I've NEVER understood the front door opening directly into living areas which seems so prevalent here
#49
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My last tenant did the inside stuff last winter.
With the climate where JS lives I'm cynically thinking the extra power used by the hairdryer might cancel any savings.
I've NEVER understood the front door opening directly into living areas which seems so prevalent here
#50
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The guy next door has an extension and he puts sheets on the outside windows on that bit only - I see there's a kit for that too.
My last tenant did the inside stuff last winter.
With the climate where JS lives I'm cynically thinking the extra power used by the hairdryer might cancel any savings.
Happy Days, Married with Children etc (and, of course, the stairs in the living room, usually behind the sofa)...I always thought it was a sort of 'set' or stage requirement for TV purposes.
My last tenant did the inside stuff last winter.
With the climate where JS lives I'm cynically thinking the extra power used by the hairdryer might cancel any savings.
Happy Days, Married with Children etc (and, of course, the stairs in the living room, usually behind the sofa)...I always thought it was a sort of 'set' or stage requirement for TV purposes.
Which leads me to a thought about why the heck are so many baseboard heaters in apartments fitted directly under windows??
#51
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Heating & hydro costs was discussed previously on another BE thread in the past
Baseboard heaters are inefficient, so as an alternative take a look at the 'lifesmart infared' portable heaters with remote control (aka portable furnace). Place one in the centre of a room, even move it from room to room, would be ideal for a one-bedroom apartment. Likely one unit could replace all of the baseboard heaters.
Save some dollars for sure
Available at Cdn Tire, Home depot, walmart & on Amazon
Best price that I found is at factory direct. Check out the Vancouver store
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Baseboard heaters are inefficient, so as an alternative take a look at the 'lifesmart infared' portable heaters with remote control (aka portable furnace). Place one in the centre of a room, even move it from room to room, would be ideal for a one-bedroom apartment. Likely one unit could replace all of the baseboard heaters.
Save some dollars for sure
Available at Cdn Tire, Home depot, walmart & on Amazon
Best price that I found is at factory direct. Check out the Vancouver store
Canada’s best deal on Lifesmart 1500W Infared 6 Element Heater-Black Electric Heaters -
#52
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Break in downstairs, don't take anything, just turn the heating on down there. As long as it's empty nobody will know.
Don't leave shoe treads or fingerprints or DNA.
#53
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And get hot water bottles!
#55
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Consider turning the thermostats in your place down to 50'F & wear a snowsuit through the winter
Also consider a sleeping bag, make sure you wear a balaclava
Canadian winter indoors, wear several layers of clothing, always wear socks and/or slippers, gloves, topped with a balaclava
Never ever turn on the electric stove/oven or those baseboard heaters or only if & when necessary... these are big KWh users
Also consider a sleeping bag, make sure you wear a balaclava
Canadian winter indoors, wear several layers of clothing, always wear socks and/or slippers, gloves, topped with a balaclava
Never ever turn on the electric stove/oven or those baseboard heaters or only if & when necessary... these are big KWh users
#56
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Consider turning the thermostats in your place down to 50'F & wear a snowsuit through the winter
Also consider a sleeping bag, make sure you wear a balaclava
Canadian winter indoors, wear several layers of clothing, always wear socks and/or slippers, gloves, topped with a balaclava
Never ever turn on the electric stove/oven or those baseboard heaters or only if & when necessary... these are big KWh users
Also consider a sleeping bag, make sure you wear a balaclava
Canadian winter indoors, wear several layers of clothing, always wear socks and/or slippers, gloves, topped with a balaclava
Never ever turn on the electric stove/oven or those baseboard heaters or only if & when necessary... these are big KWh users
#58
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only if it doesn't cause a hernia or heart attack.
Then again in your case why would you shovel snow or pay a third party to do it when you (or anyone else on BE) have healthy kids in the house that could do the snow shovelling & garden work as part of their keep?
Like everything else in life, 'all in moderation'
Then again in your case why would you shovel snow or pay a third party to do it when you (or anyone else on BE) have healthy kids in the house that could do the snow shovelling & garden work as part of their keep?
Like everything else in life, 'all in moderation'
Last edited by not2old; Dec 8th 2016 at 2:55 pm.
#59
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When they were teens they'd spend so much time arguing, it was quicker to do it on my own.
She spends most of her days on her feet at work and is too tired to join in - and work is more important.
I do the steps and access to the street, he does a path to the outside heat pump and my mother in law does part of the deck for her to go out and smoke.
Doing the city plow ridge across the drive would likely give me a heart attack and bring on an asthma attack for him.
I can think of better ways to croak.
She does the gardening - as a hobby - and he does the grass cutting
$25 gets the driveway cleared and I just 'tidy up' the edges after the plow guy has gone.
#60
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Meanwhile this generation are so stressed & tired that they need to spend 8 hrs after work on their devices, sleeping in, late for work
OK, I get the message, its been a long time since our kids did things without expecting something in return & before the B/W TV days or before internet
Old person goes back to armchair for a snooze before shoveling the snow