75,000 in savings over 6 years is $12,500 a year, which means this person's utility bills were over $1000 a month!? I know that my house is wildly inefficient and $300-$400 a month is the worst it gets with extreme weather. Talking with friends and family my bills are higher than normal, most are around $200 and less in the milder months. A quick search shows $469 being average us Utility bills and that includes wate…
> I know that my house is wildly inefficient and $300-$400 a month is the worst it gets with extreme weather. I lived in a house for 4-5 years where it struggled to stay cool in the summer and the bills would get up to $300-$400 a month as well. One year I had an HVAC guy out to clean my unit and I was asking him questions (which I did every year) and this was the first guy to tell me when he generally sees issues li…
Re: Think of your home as (small) profitable power plant
#71Yep, insulation is huge, my house has practically none. There isn't even an attic to put it in. On very hot days I have sprayed the roof and apparently a mister system will work extremely well.