About Home: Ways to Save on Your Heating Bill

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Home From Diane Schmidt, your About Home Editor Where I live, the nights and mornings are finally chilly forcing me to switch on the furnace for the first time. As the temps continue to drop, I can't help but worry about our winter heating bill and wonder how I might cut down on energy usage. To help, this week we've pulled the best articles on how to do just that - save money while still staying toasty warm. 15 Ways to Save on Your Heating Bill From our Frugal Living Expert comes an extensive list of ways to save money on your next heating bill. With ideas I hadn't even thought of before (did you know you should minimize bathroom fans?) and tips I knew but had never really acted on, I now have the information we need to keep our home warm without a steep increase in our heating bill. Search Related Topics:  saving on heating costs  lowering your bills  Efficient Ways to Heat Your Home My office is on the first floor of our house, next to the garage and laundry room. In winter, it's always freezing and while I used to turn up the heat to blast away the cold, I've used this guide to purchase an efficient and effective space heater. Now, my room is cozy warm without a huge impact on our heating costs. Perfect! Search Related Topics:  heating  cooling  home moisture Winterizing Your Home Probably the best way to save money on your heating bill is to ensure your home is ready for winter. While a few of these tasks require calling in some outside help, many can be done yourself and this guide tells you how. Search Related Topics:  home improvement  home selling tips  listing agents Conduct a Home Energy Audit While this tip is the last on our list, it should be one of the first things you do before the snow arrives. It's amazing to find out where you're using the most energy and how best to cutback. Best of all, this guide shows you how to do an audit yourself with tips and tricks of what to look for and where to find good resources all in one place. Search Related Topics:  green remodeling  leed basics  Related Searches Gas Heating Furnace And Heating Heating Costs Ways of Saving Money Save on Heating Featured Articles How to Store the Harvest The Basic Costs of Horse Care Why Won't My Car Start? Top 7 Power Tools for the Beginner Martha Stewart's Halloween Decorations How to Cat-Proof Your Home   More from About.com Run Your First 5K Even couch potatoes can be ready for a 5K with just a couple months of training. Read more...> Help! I'm Too Busy Time and stress management tips to help you feel as though you have more time. Read more...>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Home newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2013 About.com   Advertisement