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davis_squareHey all --
Did everyone else's gas heating bill absolutely jump this month, as compared to previous months? I completely understand that it's much colder than previous months, and that gas is not exactly cheap these days, but we saw a jump from $150 last month to $250 the month ending Dec. 31! We have your typical two-bedroom Davis Sq. apartment, about 800 square feet. My parents have a 2600 s.f. place and it only cost them $150 this month! (Now, granted, they do have electric heat, but still...) We always keep our place at 60 degrees, do not cook very often, and were even gone for the holidays for the last 10 days of the month, so our place was at like 57 degrees for that period of time.
I just want to see if anyone else has seen comparable atrocious bills before I freak out any further. I lived in a different Davis apartment last year that was bigger than this one is, and we never saw such a high bill. I'm not sure if I should call NSTAR to see if we have a leak (we already have had one this year) or call the landlord to have him try to weatherproof it better. Argh!
Thanks for your input!
Did everyone else's gas heating bill absolutely jump this month, as compared to previous months? I completely understand that it's much colder than previous months, and that gas is not exactly cheap these days, but we saw a jump from $150 last month to $250 the month ending Dec. 31! We have your typical two-bedroom Davis Sq. apartment, about 800 square feet. My parents have a 2600 s.f. place and it only cost them $150 this month! (Now, granted, they do have electric heat, but still...) We always keep our place at 60 degrees, do not cook very often, and were even gone for the holidays for the last 10 days of the month, so our place was at like 57 degrees for that period of time.
I just want to see if anyone else has seen comparable atrocious bills before I freak out any further. I lived in a different Davis apartment last year that was bigger than this one is, and we never saw such a high bill. I'm not sure if I should call NSTAR to see if we have a leak (we already have had one this year) or call the landlord to have him try to weatherproof it better. Argh!
Thanks for your input!
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Date: 2006-01-07 08:14 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-01-08 11:44 pm (UTC)i meant the temp should stay around 58 if not home no lower because the amount of energy it then takes to turn it up, you end up using more energy than keeping it at that temp.
sorry about referring to pipes.
from my bf the plumber of 15 years: it has to below freezing outside for pipes to freeze, if you keep the house @ 55 and its below freezing outside your pipes can freeze. Also be sure to ideally keep the temp in house when not home above 55 for another reason such as the amount of energy it takes to heat a house up that is at 45 to 70 degrees is WAY more unefficient than to heat a house to say 70 from 55 at least. :)
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Date: 2006-01-09 02:50 am (UTC)We've been keeping our place at 52-54° when we're home during the day, and 48-50° at night or when not home. I pretty much always have a hat and scarf on, have a cup of hot tea nearby, and sleep with a hot water bottle. I never thought I could have done it, but I'm finding it not too bad.
We're preparing ourselves for when we finally are able to move out into the country and live in a yurt...