8 Tips to Reduce Home Heating Bills This Winter

In winter we often get slammed with a high heating bill in the $100 to $300 range, in our house we use a few simple strategies to minimize the winter heating bill shock, these strategies are listed below.
1. Use a Programmable Thermostat – we use the programmable thermostat to reduce the indoor temperature to about 55° F, and program it for 64° F when we are supposed to be back home, buy using the programmable thermostat we are not simply heating the home when there is nobody inside. The picture of the thermostat that is installed in my home is show below.

2. NEVER use Electric Room Heaters – the typical electric room heater has a high resistance conducting coil that heats up when electricity passes through the coil, this heat around this coil is then bowed by a fan that sits behind the coil, eventually heating up a small space. This all seems like a very nice idea, the only downside is that the electricity required for heating room will burn a bigger hole than using natural gas for heating the house. I have tried using electric space heaters and the electric bill was not at all a nice sight.
3. Use Sweaters Indoors – this seems like a no-brainer, but I have been to people’s homes and find them dressed in summer clothing during the peak winter season. By using sweaters indoors you can reduce the indoor temperature and still remain as warm as before
4. Use Socks to keep feet warm – typically hot air rises to the upper levels in a room and cold air (being more heavier) falls to the bottom of the room, thus your feet will tend to feel colder even though your upper body feels warm. By wearing socks you can overcome cold airy feeling near you feet.
5. Check your door for insulation – the builder forgot to add insulation around the foot of the door, and I could feel the cool air coming inside. The best way to insulate you door is to buy a door insulator from Walmart, costs approximately $10.
6. Reduce the heat at night to 60° F – use a warm blanket to reduce the nighttime temperature to 60° F, there is no use heating up the entire space while you are in bed, instead use a warm blanket( or two blankets) to stay warm at night.
7. May use radiant heat dishes to heat a small space because the dish uses radiation for heating objects and does not have any electric coil, the one that I have tested and found to be quite decent is available in Costco and is called Presto HeatDish Parabolic Heater. I do not believe that this is an absolute ncecessity and so kept this right at the bottom of the list

Hope you find these tips useful. Stay warm :)