Keeping Warm for Less
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Twelve easy-to-do, inexpensive ways to reduce heating bills are offered. Some methods can be done for $10, another can be completed over a weekend, and others require only changing habits. Lowering the heating system thermostat by one degree lowers your utility bill by 3%. Programmable thermostats allow preset temperatures for flexible termperature control. Other advice include closing the ireplace flue and use of ceiling fans.
Publication Name: Today's Homeowner
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1089-4810
Year: 1999
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Adding Central Air
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Selecting equipment with the proper size and efficiency is the first step in having central air condition installed in a house. Proper placement of the condenser is essential. Heating ducts can be modified for air conditioning use. Ducts can be added to homes that lack them.
Publication Name: Today's Homeowner
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1089-4810
Year: 1999
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Drying out a wet basement
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A humidifier or waterproof coating for walls can cure a wet basement caused by condensation. Patching foundation cracks and maintaining gutters can solve a problem caused by runoff. Professional help may be necessary if high groundwater is causing wet-basement symptoms.
Publication Name: Today's Homeowner
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1089-4810
Year: 1998
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