Energy savings for winter

[ray1970]

I've been blessed that I don't have to pinch pennies over my comfort. When it gets cold, I kick the heat on and set it at a comfortable temperature. When the warm weather sets in I repeat the process with the air conditioning.

I work hard for my money so being comfortable and well fed come high on my list of priorities.



(Oh, and if it was cold enough in the house that my wife had to wear warm clothes or cover with a blanket I wouldn't hear the end of the complaining. And if she ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.)

[cableguy11]

I've been blessed that I don't have to pinch pennies over my comfort. When it gets cold, I kick the heat on and set it at a comfortable temperature. When the warm weather sets in I repeat the process with the air conditioning.

I work hard for my money so being comfortable and well fed come high on my list of priorities.



(Oh, and if it was cold enough in the house that my wife had to wear warm clothes or cover with a blanket I wouldn't hear the end of the complaining. And if she ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.)

Amen to that! Lots of work only to save a few pennies. Someone has has to keep the electric/gas industry afloat!!

[Wulf202]

I would go broke trying to heat my house with radiant (electric) heat instead of cheap natural gas (yes I know the blower is elec). However, you can't possibly be serious. I know many people that got into a house with electric baseboard heat not understanding the electric costs in CO and can't wait to get out from under it.

A proper electric heater runs within 10% the cost of a gas heater. On either side of that line depending on how much xcel is charging.

They drop the electric price nearly in half in the winter. But it would be better if it were pud and not a state wide monopoly

Usually places with baseboard heaters are rentals with terrible insulation.

The space heaters I was referring to ar the oil filled radiant heaters by honeywell

[Wulf202]

^^^ doing dishes with a cracked open cooling down oven is no doubt radiant and my warmed back side says it's not placebo



efficient? Probably not increased comfort for sure

I was just referring to btu efficiency not safety pin related feelings. The btus are in your kitchen either way and are already paid for. Use them however you want.

[Great-Kazoo]

Quote - I put a 150 lb container full of wet sand spray painted black in my south facing walk out glass door window thing last year and would measure ambient temps. During cold clear winter days I did not have to turn on my heat above 60 degrees at all it was enough to keep the living room comfortable

Why paint the sand?��

Darker colors absorb the suns rays better.

[Irving]

I used a magnet strip to cover the gap between the jamb and my steel door. This is a 1" x 10' roll (the widest they sell at Hobby Lobby and Amazon) for $4.99 at Hobby Lobby. I used the 40% off one regular item, online coupon to bring this down to $2.99. This coupon is available at all times for everything sold at Hobby Lobby by the way. This magnet is adhesive backed and I just left the protective paper on. Not beautiful, but relatively discreet and very simple. The difference in the draft coming in the door is immediate.

[BlasterBob]

All good ideas above. The one thing not everyone is fortunate to have the option of but I do, is wood burning stove. Love my wood burning stove.

When we still lived in Colorado, we heated our house with a nice wood burner. Always had a cast iron tea kettle on top of the stove to add some moist air to help eliminate static shocks.