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Carl's Blog - Thought Provoker - Low cost tips keep dollars in your pocket this winter.

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1. During the winter keep your draperies open during the day to let sunlight warm your home and keep them closed at night to help keep cold air out.

2. Seal leaks and caulk around doors and windows to prevent air loss, change or clean air filters every month and make sure your home is properly insulted. ( I did a series on this earlier in the month).

3. Run the dishwasher when it is full, and air-dry instead of using heat dry setting. You will save electricity by washing fewer loads and not drying with heat.

4. Wash full loads of clothes and if possible use cold water to wash your clothes. You will save electricity by running fewer loads and not heating the water.

5. In the winter which is almost upon us here in Texas, set the thermostat to 68 degrees in the daytime and comfortable lower setting at night or when you are away from home.

We keep hearing your utility bill will be rising, try a few of these and see if it will help.

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Posted by Carl & Ceil Winters Texas Hill Country Home Inspector on 10/12/2009 01:34 PM

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10 Comments on Carl's Blog - Thought Provoker - Low cost tips keep dollars in your pocket this winter

OCT

Hi Carl,

thanks for the tips, always looking for ways to cut down. We try to keep our tempature at 68, and if we get a littly chily we throw on an extra sweatshirs., we also changed all our light bulbs to the enery smart bulbs.

Brenda we do the same thing. Thanks for mentioning the light bulbs, that is a great saver. They seem expensive but in the long run help save on the utility bill.

OCT

Howdy there Carl and Ceil

These sure are some mighty fine tips, that folks really should use. In our home we, only use cold water for washing our clothes. And we only do full loads. We also have the dishwasher coved, seen that we do not use one at all.

Carl my friend, Thank you, for taken the time to write such a fine, and very helpful blog post, for folks to read.

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Thanks Dale for stopping and commenting. Who washes dishes at your house you or Deb?

Howdy there Carl and Ceil

We both do the dishe washing at our home, juat like with the cooking. And clothes washing, and house cleaning.

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OCT

Carl and Ceil - great tips we set ours at 68 when we are up and about and 65 the rest of the time

OCT

Kathy we are all looking for ways to save on our utilities. We do the same, just put on an extra layer of clothing helps to keep you warm.

yeah boy! Carl, these are great ideas. My front door has a gap at the bottom so big that frogs hop right in! I'm not sure how to insulate this area??? What should I do?

PS....why aren't you putting your posts into Diary??? We miss u.

Deb this is Ceil my brother that lives in Rockport put in a new threshold by putting a board underneath. I don't know if that is what Carl would do but I saw my brother's and it looks good and works.

I'll tell Carl, we need to get back kover to Diary. I hope AR will start letting us post in more then five places, we have so many good groups including the Diary.

Have a good week. Stop by, I just wrote a blog why I love New Braunfels Texas. Now I'm on my way to New Braunfels to go to Lowe's and Home Depot, going to remodel my kitchen. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

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