So here's me in August: blahblahblahwindows
September: blahblahblahwindows
October: blahblahblahwindowsandroofinsulation
November: blahblahblahroofinsulation
December: blahblahinsulationONEHUNDREDTHIRTYONEDOLLARS?!?
Didn't any one notice at the natural gas utility that I spent a five-digit figure on windows and a coupla hundred dollars on insulation so I could SAVE MONEY?!? I wash in cold! I keep the temperature at 68F at home, and 58F at night. I clean the filters every five-six weeks.
AAAAUGH! Gas bill!
December 18th, 2007 at 03:27 am
December 18th, 2007 at 05:43 am 1197956619
December 18th, 2007 at 01:44 pm 1197985487
We've also spent dollars on the windows. Our bills haven't been noticebly less, but we have been a whole lot warmer.
Geee, it feels like a girl can't win sometimes!! Maybe we'll recoup part of our outlay when and if we ever sell our homes??
December 18th, 2007 at 01:45 pm 1197985542
Well sounds like not the improvement you expected (if any). What a let down.
December 18th, 2007 at 03:55 pm 1197993349
My goal is to spend less in the winter months on heat than what a southerner would spend on air conditioning and electricity in the summer months.
I take solace knowing I no longer have a 50-year-old oil furnace. What I would have paid then staggers the Northwestern mind.
MonkeyMama, I should call the utility and ask if I saved anything this month. Our usage is exactly what it was last year, and admittedly we do have a stay-at-home worker, which saves us 66% of our transportation gas costs... or should I type 'redistributes' it?
December 18th, 2007 at 05:19 pm 1197998399
Our per therm cost including taxes is $1.28. The gas bill yesterday was $138.50. Zero insulation and nowhere to put any, but good windows. We keep it at 64-65 day & night, though yesterday I tried nudging it down to 63. (I'm home all day.)
December 18th, 2007 at 05:36 pm 1197999411
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December 18th, 2007 at 09:10 pm 1198012240
Like everyone above has mentioned you are probably 1) warmer and 2) the cost of gas went up while you are likely using less. Same thing happened to me with new windows only now I have to contend with a boiler that's on it's last, last, last legs and so the indoor temp needs to be adjusted up to levels I would NEVER go near. Oh well, I was hoping to keep from spending the 4K for a new boiler just one more winter and now I fear it will cost me in the end. There's frugal and then there's stupid.
Give it till spring, PG. You'll see your biggest savings during the milder winter months. Right now we all just want to be warm.