Tips on heating the house this winter (part 1)

This winter many people in america will see higher utility bills for heating their house. Things don't look for people with big houses who want to keep their entire house at a comfortable temperature. Here are some tips you can use to ease up on your bill:

• Insulation - this more than anything affects your heating bill.
• Temperature/Thermostat
  
• Electric vs Gas heaters

More on Insulation:

The average home has so many insulation problems that it can be equivalent to leaving a window open all the time! The biggest bang for your buck is to make sure that your house is insulated properly. There is a lot of help available in this area. In some states the utility company will provide a free exam of how insulated your home is. There are also some expensive methods of figuring out what places you are loosing your precious heat.

By far the best things to do are simple:

1. Make sure that there is weather stripping around your outside facing doors and windows. (also make sure there is enough weather stripping). This can be found at your local home improvement store. Some weather stripping products on amazon: M-D stripping & M-D 2189 stripping.
   
2. If you can see light coming in from inside of a door, thats the place to put extra stripping