Ouch!!!

[Marilyn]

Sandy, selling a freezer is probably a good idea. We used to have a freezer in the garage and got rid of it a few years ago before the rates got so high. Now we have an upright in the laundry room inside the house. Can you imagine what it must cost to keep the internal temperature freezing in a hot humid garage. We figured it was not worth having.

I'm seriously considering convincing hubby to buy an older home in a neighborhood where we can get the rural electric power and lower taxes. (Don't know if I mentioned, but our property taxes are over $7,000 per year.) We have been talking about it the last couple of days, and he has a client who is wanting to build a home who may like ours. Hubby is going to show ours to him tomorrow and if he likes it tell him what we will sell it for and see what happens. It probably won't happen, but if it does, we may be making a quick move to a rental. Maybe we'll just store everything and live in the RV....NOT!!

I really like our home and would hate to leave it and move, but just don't know if it's worth what it is costing. AHHHHHHH!!!! Tough decisions.

[Marilyn]

I just told hubby I don't want to move. He said okay. He'll quote an outrageous price and see what happens. Hey, I'm married to a home builder. Our house is always for sale.

[judy]

I think that's a good idea Marilyn. Wait it out and get a feeling for other houses first.

[judy]

I think that's a good idea Marilyn. Wait it out and get a feeling for other houses first.

[judy]

Should I post it again?

[DianaB]

Marilyn, I wish that I could come up with something that would help.

If you have the high ceilings you won't want to run your ceiling fans because it will bring all the heat up there down and your airconditioner will have to work harder. I was told that with my peaked living room ceiling but I keep the temperature high enough that sometimes having the breeze on you feels good.

Also, do you have your thermostat set to change while you're at work? That would probably help a lot with your bills. Have a higher temperature set for when you leave and have it come on right before you get home so it's nice and cool.

[Tiramisu]

Hubby says the freezers pull about the same power in garage or house BECAUSE in the house they create hot air that the A/C has to cool.

We have high ceilings in our den, but put ceiling fans in with a longer pole/rod, so that they hang lower.. One of our neighbors lowered their ceiling (put in a dummy ceiling with insulation) and he said their bill dropped alot. Hubby and I are talking about dropping our ceiling.

[HALEY]

Originally Posted by DianaB

Marilyn, I wish that I could come up with something that would help.

If you have the high ceilings you won't want to run your ceiling fans because it will bring all the heat up there down and your airconditioner will have to work harder. I was told that with my peaked living room ceiling but I keep the temperature high enough that sometimes having the breeze on you feels good.

Also, do you have your thermostat set to change while you're at work? That would probably help a lot with your bills. Have a higher temperature set for when you leave and have it come on right before you get home so it's nice and cool.

can't you reverse your ceilings fan to go the other direction? we run ours all the time, one way for winter and the other was for summer right? one way to cool and the other was to heat..

[Janet]

I don't know if it's always the most comfortable. I think you're suppose to have the celing fans drawing up in the summer to bring up the cooler air and blowing down in the winter to blow the heat back down since heat rises.

I do okay in the winter, but I also have to have the ceiling fan in the bedroom blowing down in the summer. Not sure what the solution is.