Looking for ways to reduce heating & cooling costs

Looking for ways to reduce heating & cooling costs

I am always searching for new ways to reduce home expenses. While I’ve installed smart lighting & energy saving faucets, the majority of annual costs are due to heating & cooling. I’ve figured out that indoor temperature control accounts for approximately half of our energy bills. The weather in my local section is a year

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High cost of heating & cooling in low-rent apartment

High cost of heating & cooling in low-rent apartment

There were a few years after university when my budget was especially tight. My job paid truly little, & I was paying off student loans. My motorcar payment, motorcar insurance & multiple expenses were hard to cover. I found an household with especially low rent & went without any luxuries. The accommodations were cramped &

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Looking for ways to reduce heating as well as cooling costs

Looking for ways to reduce heating as well as cooling costs

My next project is a new roof I am always searching for new ways to reduce apartment expenses. While I’ve installed smart lighting as well as energy saving faucets, the majority of annual costs are due to heating as well as cooling. I’ve figured out that indoor temperature control accounts for approximately half of our

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It’s time to replace the boiler

It’s time to replace the boiler

I feel it might be time to invest into a new boiler. My new heating system is over twenty years old plus beginning to have some problems; I’ve noticed that it runs more often than it used to plus struggled to maintain ideal temperature on especially chilly winter winter days. I have needed to raise

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I am putting my future in their hands

I am putting my future in their hands

If you’ve lived in numerous homes, then you know how challenging it is to move all of your stuff. You collect things in one living situation, and then try to transport them to a new space, and it’s harshly laborious and hard to do the physical labor, and in the end it’s often hard to

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Mom had covert operations

Mom had covert operations

When I was growing up, it was impossible to pull the wool over my mom’s eyes. It felt like she was always five steps ahead of all of us. No matter what my pal and I were up to or what my pal and I were trying to get away with, she was constantly catching

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It's quite cold in this city

It's quite cold in this city

Being an adult is so stressful. I feel like I am pulled in all directions, every moment of every day. There’s constantly something to be paying attention to, whether it’s a major project at work, a tough process cleaning up something at home, or running around neighborhood to accomplish boring adult errands. I have to

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Glad I hired the guy to do the installation as well

Glad I hired the guy to do the installation as well

I own a lot of rental properties in Palm Bay, FL. It is a nightmare keeping up with all of them. I don’t want to hire a home manager since that takes a cut of my profits… So whenever I can do something myself, I do it. There are certain things that are beyond my

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This was uncomfortable

This was uncomfortable

Oftentimes, it pays off to be a great human being when you can. A few weeks ago, for instance, I was wandering around my favorite local department store when I saw a full grown man sitting in the juniors part plus looking extremely uncomfortable. I watched him wander around for a while, looking extremely confused

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Zone controlled heating for in-laws

Zone controlled heating for in-laws

It is always stressful to combine your life with that of your significant other, moving in together is a trying time and you have to learn to compromise to make the arrangement work, both of you need to have a clear picture of what you want in life, and your plans need to align to

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Making the upgrade into central air conditioner

Making the upgrade into central air conditioner

After moving into a new home, I waited nearly five years before finally upgrading to central air conditioner. The residence was outfitted with a heater when my family moved in. Because of the especially long, cold winters & short summers, there was no opportunity for whole-home cooling. I initially decided that utilizing window air conditioners

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Hard water ruins water heater

Hard water ruins water heater

Because of concerns with hard water, our cabin appliances don’t last all that long, and our water contains seriously high levels of calcium, lime plus rust; It creates mineral deposits on everything it touches, but hard water reduces the reliability plus efficiency of our washing machine, faucets, drains plus pipes. It corrodes the finishes on

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It’s time to replace the heater

It’s time to replace the heater

I feel it might be time to invest into a new heater, however my new furnace is over twenty years aged in addition to start to have some problems; I’ve noticed that it runs more often than it used to in addition to struggled to maintain ideal temperature on especially cold winter time winter time

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FInding solutions for air duct oversights

FInding solutions for air duct oversights

Periodically you just have to get creative with major projects plus intelligent workarounds. For instance, on my recent home search I knew that I was going to have to make some swings to any property I picked up. There was no way I would find the home of my dreams within my price range. However,

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Made a mistake not doing hydronic heating

Made a mistake not doing hydronic heating

The biggest mistake of my life was not getting heated flooring for my house. I had everything in the venue too. The home had an outdated boiler system in the basement. All I needed to do was hook pipes to the boiler plus then have that piping go throughout the floors. I was redoing the

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