Fall means cooler weather, the start of the holidays, and higher heating bills as the season goes on. If you’d rather not pay an arm and a leg to keep your home warm and comfortable this season, these simple tips are a great place to start:
- Use the power of the sun—No, this doesn’t mean you need to install expensive solar panels to keep your home heated. Rather, it simply means that this fall, using the power of the sun should be your main way of controlling the temperature in your home. Open up the curtains when the sun is shining to let in the light, and when the sun goes down, close things up.
- Adjust the temperature—You can save a significant amount on your heating bill every year by turning down the thermostat 10 to 15 degrees at night. While it might get a little bit chilly in your home, bundle up in your favorite sweater and add extra blankets to your bed to stay warm.
- Only heat used rooms—If there are rooms in your home that are rarely used, like a spare guest room, seal off the vents in these rooms so warm air is routed to the spaces you use most. You might also want to try using a space heater in the rooms you’re in most often and turning the temperature to a lower setting.
- Maintain your furnace—A well-maintained furnace ensures your heating system works as efficiently and effectively as possible, which means you save money on your monthly utility bills.
Thank you for all the great tips to help lower our heating bill. My husband and I get a huge heating bill in the winter, and I would love to lower our bill. I liked your tip about adjusting the temperature and turning it down at night. It would get cold, but I think we could deal with it.
I agree that you should make sure you keep adjusting the temperature of your heater when needed. This can help you save money too, like you said. You should turn it down at night or when you aren’t home.
That’s a smart idea to close the vents to the rooms that you are not using in your home often so the heat can be redirected to the rooms you are using. My heater last winter wasn’t working so well so this may make it a bit warmer. I’ll still have to set up an appointment with an HVAC contractor so I can make sure my unit doesn’t have any other issues.