Is your heating bill getting a bit high?
Your home might cost a very pretty penny to try and heat. And when it comes down to it, you’re often finding yourself turning the thermostat way down. Or, you might just bundle up in as many sweaters as you can get your hands on.
This is particularly a problem in the winter and the early spring. That’s because those months are both very wet and windy outside, and you’re feeling all the worse because of it!
But there are quite a few other ways you can try and heat your house, and have both your bank account and the environment around you thank you for it. So here’s just a couple of our top picks to look into if you’re finding your home budget a bit strapped for cash at the moment.
Control Your Thermostat Cravings
Your heating bill is getting high because you’re having to whack the thermostat up from time to time, whether that be because it’s freezing outside or you’re extremely cold during the night or your window double glazing needs redoing.
But when you’re cranking it up to some more extreme temperatures, your accompanying bill is becoming a bit extreme as well, and you can’t handle that anymore.
Which is why it’s the best idea to have the thermostat on a constant temperature and attempt not to deviate from it. Your body will eventually adjust to this temperature being normal for the inside of your house!
And you might want to set it to a timer as well. This habit will make sure the heating cuts off during the night when you’re tucked up in bed. After all, you have less need to keep the house heated when you are tucked in. Heat rises after all. Plus, you can pile on the blankets to keep you toasty. So you’re going to be just fine snuggled into the sack.
Use Other Fuel Sources
How long has it been since we as a society have had to rely on wood stoves and candles to both warm our houses and keep our rooms warm? Quite a few years! But all in all, techniques like these might just be your saving grace right now. Keeping your house warm doesn’t just have to be the job of the central heating. That is because there are all kinds of different ways to make it nice and toasty in your living room.
If you’ve got a fireplace, for example, you can easily add some wood to it and get a small blaze roaring. Or maybe you could look into a residential propane service, and get a propane burner installed – this option is very cost-effective for personal dwellings, and affords you a lot more control over what temperature the air that pumps around the house actually is!
The Bottom Line Stay warm, But Be Aware of the Heating BIll!
Your heating bill doesn’t have to stay astronomical for the next few weeks until the summer rolls around again! Make sure you look into tips and tricks like these to keep your house’s heating bill at an acceptable level. Then, you can put your hard-earned money to much better use.
She has a B.S.Ed. in Secondary Education/English and a Spanish Minor. In addition, she holds a Certificates in Natural Health and Herbology from accredited programs. She pursued these natural wellness certifications due to her love for herb gardening.
Despite freelancing to make a living, her love is "all things home."
Deborah grew up in a family that grew a large vegetable garden and a fruit orchard, helping her parents pull weeds and can home-grown foods as part of her childhood. In fact, she had no idea that she could purchase veggies and fruits in pre-packed steel cans until she went to college and made a food run.
Today, she lives in Bertie County, North Carolina, an agricultural rural area with more chickens than people. She lives with her husband and two rescue pets a sweet toy fox terrier and a cat who showed up one day and moved into the house. Together, they enjoy DIY projects, furniture refinishing, gardening, and canning.
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