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Tankless Water Heaters
Asked by M. from Dallas
on January 31, 2008
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Hi Ladies,
We're thinking about replacing our traditional gas water heater with a tankless water heater. Do any of you have experience (good and bad)with this type o...
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- I can't recall the details, but tankless water heaters work best depending on which source you are using (gas or electric....sorry I just can't remember which is bette...
- Hello We have an electric tankless water heater and love it. My gas bills went down by 75% when we installed it. I recommed the higher capacity ones that allow you ...
- We have a Rinnai and I love it. It was already in place when we moved in and only serves the master bath (that part of the house was added on). What I have read onli...
Wood Burning Heaters - Safe, Effective ???
Asked by L.J. from Birmingham
on October 1, 2008
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My husband is considering putting a wood burning stove/heater in our basement for the winter. Of course, anything that we can do to heat the house and be more cost ef...
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- We had one growing up and my parents still have it in their basement. I don't think it helps so much with heating the rest of the house as it helped with heating the b...
- We had one when we lived in VA and about $500 worth of wood lasted us 3yrs... and it's gets a lot colder there in the winter than it does here! I did have to vacuum a...
- We've had a wood burning stove in our living room since we moved in about 17 years ago, but it has a flue (sp) similar to a regular fireplace so as to release any smok...
Need More Heat
Asked by V.D. from Toledo
on January 22, 2008
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Hello Everyone. I have a "manly" question to ask and hope someone can help me out. This is our first winter in our house, and man, it's cold. I know I could just turn ...
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- It sounds like you need more insulation. We had our attic filled with blown insulation and it cut our heating bills down by more than $100 per month (we have a large o...
- Raising the humidity often help make the room feel warmer even though it isn't. Getting a humidifyer for the room you are in most often would likely help.
- Valerie, all the advice you have gotten are good ones. If your house is older, you probably don't have enough insulation. the attic is the place to start with this,...
Wood Stove
Asked by J.J. from Bismarck
on November 21, 2011
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We have a wood stove in our house. My husband likes to use it to supplement the furnace in our house. He claims that it saves us money on propane and he enjoys using i...
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- In addition to the excellent points already made, be aware that the fine particulates and other substances suspended in wood smoke are a health hazard. They become emb...
- If you're getting the smoke smell in the house you might also be getting Carbon Monoxide. Do you have a detector????
- I agree. As someone who grew up in a house that was heated with a wood stove, we never had any wood smoke smell in the house. One would never know from meeting us that...
First Home - List of Bills
Asked by V.W. from Minneapolis
on February 2, 2012
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I'm trying to put together a list of all of the monthly bills my boyfriend and I will have once we move into our house, but I would like to know if I am missing anythi...
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- As someone who has accepted foodstamps when we really needed it when I could not work, and also as a person of lower income who lives without them even though we quali...
- I won't comment much on the figures you're presenting, since I think others have tried to point out that getting in over your head is a bad idea. However, I will sp...
- You may want to look for a less expensive home. The bank will not lend money that you cannot pay. The bank will look at all your current bills and also consider future...
Taking the Chill Off! Outside Party Saturday Any Ideas for Heating???
Asked by E.B. from Cincinnati
on October 14, 2009
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My sons birthday is on saturday and we're renting a pavillion, i've decided to put up some tarps around it so its kind of enclosed (as someone had suggested) BUT just ...
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- My husband uses a portable little space heater that runs on a propane tank. He uses this when we do projects in our garage in the Winter months. I think you can buy ...
- Have you thought about renting an outdoor patio heater?
- We have an inexpensive fire pit we use for chilly evenings outside. You could buy one and take it with you.
Gas Water Heater or Electric Water Heater
Asked by M.M. from Pittsburgh
on April 26, 2011
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Our gas water heater is old and we are going to replace it, to moms out there who are expert/familiar with this type of thing, is it better to get a gas water heater o...
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- Gas. Electric rates were deregulated in PA and are expected to continue to go up significantly. Plus, as others have said, if you have gas, you always have hot water...
- Electric will never be as efficient as gas (propane and the like). We LOVE our tankless propane water heater and recommend it to everyone. It's a Rinnai and it's great!
- It depends on your electric rates, in my opinion. Electric and gas both work about the same. Our electric rates here are the highest in the country, so for that reason...
Tank-less Water Heater
Asked by J.M. from San Diego
on February 12, 2011
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Anyone have a tank-less water heater? If so, what do you think compared to your old tank kind, and what was the price including installation? We are on the fence abo...
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- Hi Jaime, You'll never run out of hot water with a tankless system. You will have to wait a little bit longer for the water to get hot, though. It works kind of l...
- We looked into getting one, but after the power was out here for three days at Christmastime a few years ago (Seattle), we still had hot water due to our gas water hea...
- DO RESEARCH -seriously. I've heard there are better ones now, but we had a house built 2 years ago and the builder put in a tankless water heater. I have no idea how m...
Cold House
Asked by J.B. from Kansas City
on November 7, 2006
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I live in an old drafty house and now that the weather is getting cold I don't know what to do. My 6 month old son's room seems to be the coldest room in the house. ...
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- There are a lot of electric heaters on the market that will shut themselves off if they become too hot or if they are knocked over. I won't sleep with them on, but I ...
- I live in an old drafty house also. I use window treatments manufactured by 3M. They are a very thin plastic that is placed on the inside of the window with tape tha...
- Flannel crib sheets are the easiest and best way to keep them warm on cold nights. We use that, plus we put a onesie on underneath our son's nightclothes. You can al...
TERRIBLE, Terrible Smell!!
Asked by M.F. from San Francisco
on December 5, 2009
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Hello moms!!
Since 3 ½ yrs (!) we’ve been experiencing a terrible putrid and sewage like smell that comes into the house when we turn the furnace on! Now that I a...
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- Yes, we had this happen. First, a skunk would visit at simialar times every few days (hide under the house when it got cold). The smell was both inside and out. Anot...
- Oh dear. Okay the only thing I can think of is a dead rat that has crawled under the house, attic or between the walls, it doesn't necessarily need to be in the ducts...
- My suggestion is to get room heaters for the bedrooms until you find out what it is that is causing the smell. I still have Racoons (past 2 years) in my attic and c...
