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.

Environmental aspects, Home economics, Heating

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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.

Equipment and supplies, Housing, Dwellings, Air conditioning

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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.

Prevention, Maintenance and repair, Basements, Dampness in buildings

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