Comments on: May 2008 Electric Bill ( Number 7 )

By: Rachel @ Master Your Card

Rachel @ Master Your Card — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:48:22 +0000

It is getting warmer now with global warming. Many people have single glazing, no loft insulation and draughty doors. many people are improving their insulation now with all of the ‘green’ hype.

I cannot imagine there is a perfect place with a good temperature balance either.

By: Llama Money

Llama Money — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:16:26 +0000

I do hear that it gets pretty chilly over there in the winter months. In my head ( which doesn’t always translate well to reality ), most of the housing over there is old, and probably lacking in insulation / efficiency as well. I don’t imagine that does much good for your heating bills.

I suppose there really isn’t a *perfect* place, where you can avoid huge cooling AND huge heating bills. Maybe SoCal?

By: Rachel @ Master Your Card

Rachel @ Master Your Card — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:57:55 +0000

people here in the UK are always complaining that the summers are not hit enough. However, putting my dislike of being hot aside, I am still grateful that we do not have to indulge in air conditioning just to function. I wonder whether our winter heating bills are the equivalent of your summer cooling bills.

By: Llama Money

Llama Money — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:25:38 +0000

I married the world’s prettiest polar bear, so it’s all A/C for me. Though she’s slowly acclimating to a slightly warmer temperature, it’s still pretty chilly in our house come summer time.

By: RJ

RJ — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:29:07 +0000

Natural gas here, there’s just something about heating oil that says “Danger!” to me both financially and literally

As far as cooling measures are concerned, have you given any thought on swamp coolers?

By: Llama Money

Llama Money — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:23:16 +0000

Oh yea, I expect it to hurt, pretty bad. It’s not like I didn’t expect higher utilities when going from an apartment to a large ( to me ) house. Still, I’m hoping it’s not $400 bad ;|

I’m thinking a heating bill in Colorado would be just as evil and horrible as a cooling bill in Texas. Just out of curiosity, are you on nat gas there or heating oil? I hear heating oil is crazy expensive.

By: RJ

RJ — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:20:29 +0000

“I know I keep saying it, but I am worried about my summer electric bills. I’ve never paid to cool a house before, and I’m not really sure what to expect”

Prepare to be shell shocked ^_^

In my experience I paid a lot more during the winter to warm my house up. But then again I’m in Colorado and you’re in Texas so your mileage may/will vary.