Heating bills
Jan 14th 2006, 1:37 am
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Re: Heating bills
Originally Posted by Lottie
Wish it would leak it upstiars instead 
it's one or the other you're either paying a huge bill in the Winter or the Summer...either way the utility companies are laughing all the way to the bank 
Jan 14th 2006, 1:40 am
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Re: Heating bills
Originally Posted by Lottie
OMG - just got our first Winter heating bill through. It jumped by $200 in December to $350.
Wondered if anyone had any cost cutting tips for us (apart from putting more clothes on :-). We have the thermostat set to 72 degrees (still too chilly for me) when we are in the house and then at 60 degrees when we're out. We've been using the gas fire a lot so hubby has decreed that will stop.
Colleagues all seem to have their heating set at 68 degrees when they are in the house, and then at 62 degree's when they're out. They seem to think the big differential - 12 degree's (72 to 60) may also be costing us more money
Wondered if anyone had any cost cutting tips for us (apart from putting more clothes on :-). We have the thermostat set to 72 degrees (still too chilly for me) when we are in the house and then at 60 degrees when we're out. We've been using the gas fire a lot so hubby has decreed that will stop.
Colleagues all seem to have their heating set at 68 degrees when they are in the house, and then at 62 degree's when they're out. They seem to think the big differential - 12 degree's (72 to 60) may also be costing us more money
Jan 14th 2006, 1:41 am
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Re: Heating bills
Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel
doesn't hot air rise... it's one or the other you're either paying a huge bill in the Winter or the Summer...either way the utility companies are laughing all the way to the bank
it's one or the other you're either paying a huge bill in the Winter or the Summer...either way the utility companies are laughing all the way to the bank
Jan 14th 2006, 1:42 am
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Re: Heating bills
Originally Posted by Celsius
Which state do you live in, Lottie?
Jan 14th 2006, 1:44 am
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Re: Heating bills
Originally Posted by Lottie
PA, just outside Philly...so I know that there is worse to come as it hasn't even started getting cold yet :scared:
Jan 14th 2006, 1:47 am
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Re: Heating bills
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
I'm the other side of the Delaware in Cherry Hill NJ.
Jan 14th 2006, 1:48 am
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Re: Heating bills
Originally Posted by Lottie
Small world
Jan 14th 2006, 1:50 am
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Re: Heating bills
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
But I wouldn't want to paint it
Jan 14th 2006, 1:54 am
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Re: Heating bills
Originally Posted by Lottie
Certainly don't want to pay to heat it!
Jan 14th 2006, 2:28 am
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Re: Heating bills
I had to have my heating on a few days last week ... so we do use it a few days of the year...
Jan 14th 2006, 3:42 am
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Re: Heating bills
Originally Posted by Ray
I had to have my heating on a few days last week ... so we do use it a few days of the year...
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Jan 14th 2006, 3:46 am
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Re: Heating bills
Originally Posted by NC Penguin
How much does it cost to heat a pool heater annually?
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Jan 14th 2006, 3:47 am
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Re: Heating bills
I challenge anyone to beat $400 for one month (last September) :scared: Although our December leccy bill was $250 probably due to the huge amount of lights I hung on the house this xmas 
Jan 14th 2006, 4:07 am
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Re: Heating bills
Originally Posted by Eskimo
I challenge anyone to beat $400 for one month (last September) :scared: Although our December leccy bill was $250 probably due to the huge amount of lights I hung on the house this xmas
We found some of our windows are definitely not air-tight...don't know how much that affects the heating bill, but any warm air that leaks counts!
Jan 14th 2006, 10:01 am
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Re: Heating bills
Originally Posted by Lottie
OMG - just got our first Winter heating bill through. It jumped by $200 in December to $350.
Wondered if anyone had any cost cutting tips for us (apart from putting more clothes on :-). We have the thermostat set to 72 degrees (still too chilly for me) when we are in the house and then at 60 degrees when we're out. We've been using the gas fire a lot so hubby has decreed that will stop.
Colleagues all seem to have their heating set at 68 degrees when they are in the house, and then at 62 degree's when they're out. They seem to think the big differential - 12 degree's (72 to 60) may also be costing us more money
Wondered if anyone had any cost cutting tips for us (apart from putting more clothes on :-). We have the thermostat set to 72 degrees (still too chilly for me) when we are in the house and then at 60 degrees when we're out. We've been using the gas fire a lot so hubby has decreed that will stop.
Colleagues all seem to have their heating set at 68 degrees when they are in the house, and then at 62 degree's when they're out. They seem to think the big differential - 12 degree's (72 to 60) may also be costing us more money
. Obviously setting it so high is costing you money - doesn't your heating company give you a month by month comparison against last years costs - ours does (though we're all electric)?