Utility Bills :damn:

[Sir Richard Spirit]

About $400 for the gas and electricity. The bill is combined.

 

[DatBoiHawk]

In Houston my electricity bill averages about 300 dollars

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Check this thread. Couple of us involved in this business made a thread with tips to help you save money and not get jerked by contractors....

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/homeowners-get-in-here-an-save-ask-a-plumbing-hvac-tech-anything.408547/

 

[Contrefaire]

WTF??? How many rooms/floors in your home??

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Split level 4bd/3bth, just shy of 2400sqft.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Split level 4bd/3bth, just shy of 2400sqft.

Forced air or boiler for heat and how old is it? Age and size of water heater? Where in home are they located? House built on basement, crawlspace, or slab? Attic accessible? Any additions or garage built on the house? If so, are they heated/AC? How old is the house?? How many windows face east?? When it snows, how much accumulates on the roof?? Are there large icicles dangling from the gutters in the winter? Is any part of your home hotter/colder than the rest? What temperature do you set the thermostat to keep comfortable?

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[Elim Garak]

My electric bill was 125 this month and $150 previous month. Gas was $56 this month $103 last month.

 

[Contrefaire]

Forced air or boiler for heat and how old is it? Age and size of water heater? Where in home are they located? House built on basement, crawlspace, or slab? Attic accessible? Any additions or garage built on the house? If so, are they heated/AC? How old is the house?? How many windows face east?? When it snows, how much accumulates on the roof?? Are there large icicles dangling from the gutters in the winter? Is any part of your home hotter/colder than the rest? What temperature do you set the thermostat to keep comfortable?

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Forced air with a "newish" 1.5 year old HVAC system (meaning all new everything from the unit + condenser to the coils and upstairs furnace) and a 1 year old downstairs garage 60 gallon water heater. House is built on a slab as far as I know because we generally don't have basements here and there's no visible crawl spaces or attics for that matter. No new additions have been added and the home is about 34yrs old. Roughly 6 out of 18 windows face east and roof snow accumulation totals have never been a concern of mine as I live in southern California.

As far as my thermostat? I'm relatively comfortable in almost any part of my home when and if I keep my Nest somewhere around 68-70.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

My electric bill was 125 this month and $150 previous month. Gas was $56 this month $103 last month.

Invest in high-efficiency compact fluorescent light bulbs, if refrigerator is >20 years old, replace it (and any other appliances that age+), turn things off when not using them.

Gas bill sounds good.

Just keep in mind that I'm going by averages I keep in my head and tactics I've employed over the years.​

 

[Elim Garak]

Invest in high-efficiency compact fluorescent light bulbs, if refrigerator is >20 years old, replace it (and any other appliances that age+), turn things off when not using them.

Gas bill sounds good.

Just keep in mind that I'm going by averages I keep in my head and tactics I've employed over the years.​

I will look into it thanks.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Forced air with a "newish" 1.5 year old HVAC system (meaning all new everything from the unit + condenser to the coils and upstairs furnace) and 1 year old downstairs garage 60 gallon water heater. House is built on a slab as far as I know because we generally don't have basements here and there's no visible crawl spaces or attics for that matter. No new additions have been added and the home is about 34yrs old. Roughly 6 out of 18 windows face east and roof snow accumulation totals have never been a concern of mine as I live in southern California.

As far as my thermostat? I'm relatively comfortable in almost any part of my home when and if I keep my Nest somewhere around 68-70.

Your electric bill is giving me the impression that your AC is improperly sized and drawing a LOT of power. Since you have forced air, close the registers in rooms/areas that you are NOT heating/cooling so it works less. If you have two registers in a room, only close the supply (the vent blowing air). Have you changed the filter? What was the bill like prior to the installation of the new system? How long does the system run before it automatically shuts-off?

Is the 2nd floor getting the same amount of heat/cooling as the first? Is the thermostat on an interior or exterior wall? Do you have more than one thermostat?​

 

[Sleepy Floyd]

I pay $0 for utilities

750 a month rent

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

What the fukk?





How much are you brehs paying for gas and electricity?





I just paid $85 for electricity and last month it was like $94 or something.





And gas is $185+ every month this winter since October/November.





And I live in a one bedroom (just me and my wife, no kids), brehs.

I pay about $300 for gas and electric in a 3 bedroom house which is about the same when I lived in a 700 square foot apartment.


For some reason or another the amount you pay in utilities isn't proportional to your living space which is some bullshyt (at least for BGE)

 

[Elim Garak]

I pay $0 for utilities

750 a month rent

Damn that's one hell of a deal especially if you making decent money.

 

[Contrefaire]

Your electric bill is giving me the impression that your AC is improperly sized and drawing a LOT of power. Since you have forced air, close the registers in rooms/areas that you are NOT heating/cooling so it works less. If you have two registers in a room, only close the supply (the vent blowing air). Have you changed the filter? What was the bill like prior to the installation of the new system? How long does the system run before it automatically shuts-off?

Is the 2nd floor getting the same amount of heat/cooling as the first? Is the thermostat on an interior or exterior wall? Do you have more than one thermostat?​

The bolded was already taken care of when I overhauled my HVAC system. One of the main issues was that the former owners had a 3.5 ton unit when a house of this size required a 5 ton or above which lead to nothing being heated or cooled properly. However that was replaced in 2021 and I also have a swamp cooler installed on the first floor. The registers are closed in any unused rooms and I change the filter out every sixish months.

My electric and gas bills have remained roughly the same but again, I'm billed bimonthly so those totals are for roughly every 60 or so days. I'm also not a miser when it comes to my own comfort so if I'm cold I run the heat as much as I want and if I'm hot, same is true with my AC.

That being said, I'm aware that my entire downstairs is a poorly insulated mess which is why I'm not really tripping over my gas and eclectic bills.

 

[WaveMolecules]

What kind of 1
Bedroom situation are you in that charges GAS. Since when do apartments charge for GAS.