A couple of the easiest things you can do yourself to bring down the cost of your heating bill.
As the cost of heating your home continues to rise, money is getting tighter. Here are just a few simple ideas to help bring down the cost of your heating bill.
1st - Change out your furnace filter. This is very simple to do and very inexpensive. I forget to do this myself. The best way to remind yourself to do it is to write it into your daily calendar. I put I down to do each season, spring, summer, fall and winter. It can save you up to 20%. Not replacing frequently can restrict airflow. Replacing will improve airflow, air quality and the life of your furnace.
2nd - Install a programmable thermostat. I just purchased one for a rental property for under $20 bucks. These are easy to install and will save you hundreds of dollars over its life span. With a programmable stat, you can automatically have it adjust the homes temperature during certain times of the day or night.
3rd - Turn down the temperature. It sounds drastic to some, but try it in baby steps. At our home we used to have "thermostat wars". When we installed a new programmable thermostat I set it just one degree lower than where my family was used to. 2 weeks later I dropped it one more degree. 2 weeks after that I did it again, and so on. We went from a setting at 72 degrees to 68 degrees and know one in the home knew the difference.
4th - Have an all-home humidifier installed on your furnace. This is the most costly of the steps to take, but makes a huge difference in the comfort level of the home. It simply adds humidity to the air passing through the furnace adding much needed moisture to the air. Humid air feels warmer. Making it easier to lower the thermostat temperature and still having the home feel warm.
I recommend having a furnace man install this for you. It is a little bit more complicated to install than the average DIY'er can handle. It has to be wired into the furnace, water line attached and a humidistat installed.
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