🏡 Better Homes Utility bill pity party.

[OffshoreDrilling]

$10 less for gas this month, great success

My projected bill for next month is already $100 less than this month. Insane

 

[daturbosix]

i hope mine drops. this almost 300 bucks thing is getting old af

 

[Pewter-Camaro]

Electric is $300 and gas $120. Fucking electric heat in half the house is brutal. Definitely looking at some solar roof deals this year once the new roof is done.

 

[The Beast]

Electric is $300 and gas $120. Fucking electric heat in half the house is brutal. Definitely looking at some solar roof deals this year once the new roof is done.

Electric include water or garbage?

 

[Pewter-Camaro]

House is on a shallow well so there is a pump they is electric but the sewer and garbage is a separate bill.

 

[daturbosix]

Electric is $300 and gas $120. Fucking electric heat in half the house is brutal. Definitely looking at some solar roof deals this year once the new roof is done.

thought about it, but im in a older neighborhood with trees shading. and i havent read into the finacial portion of it enough yet.. like a lot of places say "its free, do it!" but it really isnt.. i dont want ot be out 10g to wait 10 years for a return...

 

[Pewter-Camaro]

Yeah there is always a catch. The house is a ranch and had a lot of roof. About 1/4 is shaded. I’ll see how it all works.

 

[The Beast]

House is on a shallow well so there is a pump they is electric but the sewer and garbage is a separate bill.

Fuck that’s high then

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

$100 cheaper that last month. Just stupid.

 

[daturbosix]

Well a little better... my comed went down to 120 as well ..

 

[SirMarco]

I had some guy on FB complaining about his gas bill being $100-$120 hirer the last few months. I posted up that mines a bit hire but has been steady overall and I keep my house at 69F all winter long. He proceeds to ask if I have any pets to which I reply yeah a dog. This fucking weirdo replies with I had a bird but it died. I kept my house at 60 and it was too cold and died. WTF? Thanks for the info there guy.

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

Mine is trending $5 less than last month, lol

 

[spuhala]

After the attic was insulated going from R11 to R40 my gas bill this Month is 100 bucks less.

 

[The Beast]

Mine is trending $5 less than last month, lol

U need more mud on the walls

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

MY GAS BILL IS HEALING

 

[The Beast]

Jesus lol

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

We have only had the AC on maybe twice this year. As long as the house is staying under 76 or so during the day we don’t turn it on. At night I’ll kick it down to 70 to get the humidity out and shut it back off again. Bill has been $84 the last two months

 

[Fish]

I need to sit down in the ecobee app and plan out schedules. Im sure I could eek out some savings.

 

[DanJ]

Do you have a lot of mature trees providing shade? I usually can go a day or two once it gets hot if I keep the house sealed up before I have to run AC. I’m crazy about opening the windows when it’s cool out and then shutting them when it gets hot. My wife not so much, she sees no problem with just running the AC whenever because “we can afford it”. Yea we can, but I’d rather not.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

I need to sit down in the ecobee app and plan out schedules. Im sure I could eek out some savings.

It barely does anything. Like you won’t even save $100 a year in electric.

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

We have only had the AC on maybe twice this year. As long as the house is staying under 76 or so during the day we don’t turn it on. At night I’ll kick it down to 70 to get the humidity out and shut it back off again. Bill has been $84 the last two months



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So you're one of my neighbors that has the low ass ratings.

 

[Fish]

Do you have a lot of mature trees providing shade? I usually can go a day or two once it gets hot if I keep the house sealed up before I have to run AC. I’m crazy about opening the windows when it’s cool out and then shutting them when it gets hot. My wife not so much, she sees no problem with just running the AC whenever because “we can afford it”. Yea we can, but I’d rather not.

No real shade for me.

Also still need to get some screens for some of our windows so that’s kinda “out the window”.

 

[Fish]

It barely does anything. Like you won’t even save $100 a year in electric.

I’m sure it wouldn’t, but a few days a week we do have an empty house for about 5 hours.

Money is money at this point lately.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

We have only had the AC on maybe twice this year. As long as the house is staying under 76 or so during the day we don’t turn it on. At night I’ll kick it down to 70 to get the humidity out and shut it back off again. Bill has been $84 the last two months



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The ol "make your house an energy battery"

I do the same, set it to 69/70 at night, set it to 74 during the day. AC usually doesn't kick on til the afternoon after the house was in the sun all day. We get zero shade.

Sometimes it can go til 6-7pm til it kicks on. The goal is to run the AC off peak hours.