Keeping warm, here in michigan, during the winter is difficult. It is difficult for a number of reasons; not the least of it being financial. Everything under the sun keeps going up in price. Jobs are scarce and the people who do have jobs really don’t know day- to- day whether they will have their job at any given moment.
My house is a huge old farm house. The walls all need insulating. We pumped lots of money into insulating the attic a couple of years ago…however….it doesn’t do the trick because it is a multi-story home.
We spend a huge amount of our income to keep the furnace running on it’s propane. With the price hikes in heating costs…we just spent about $800.00 and it will last about 5-6 weeks. It isn’t like we are wasteful either. We keep our heat on 58-60 degrees. It is cold but we bundle up.
Winter heating really starts in early November where i live; and, goes into April. Even on a conservative estimate it is 5 months of heating. That could mean between $3,000.00 to $4,000.00 dollars this winter to heat our home. Is this not insane? (more…)
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