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| Homemade Fire Starters
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My husband has made fire starters for our wood burning stove by taking saw dust and wax from old candles and adding them together in egg shell cartons. Then he broke them a part in individual parts.
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| Posted on: 11/20/2009 | 0 Feedback(s) |
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| Covering Windows With Plastic to Reduce Heating Bills
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I was wondering if anyone could tell me approximately how much money they've saved on heating bills by putting plastic in the windows to keep drafts out? I know this will depend on a lot of things, but I'm just trying to see if this is worth doing.
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| Posted on: 10/01/2009 | 12 Feedback(s) |
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| Saving Money on Heating Costs
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 Advice for saving money on heating costs from the ThriftyFun community. If you have a wood burning stove, this helps run that during the day throughout your home and shut off the oil heat and only use the oil heat at night when you are sleeping.
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| Posted on: 01/09/2009 | 5 Feedback(s) |
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| Use Your Oven Heat to Warm Your House
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After using your oven in the winter, turn it off and leave the door open so the leftover heat can spread into your home. Of course you need to keep small children away until it cools, but when it comes to conserving energy and money every little bit sure adds up.
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| Posted on: 10/06/2008 | 2 Feedback(s) |
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| 5 Quick Frugal Tips For Keeping Warm
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Keeping warm in the winter can be tough if your heating costs are through the roof! If you live in a place where you have to pay for heating but can't afford the costs, here are a few things you can do!
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| Posted on: 12/11/2007 | 12 Feedback(s) |
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| Use Your Wood Heat for Hot Water and More
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Use the heat from your wood-burning fireplace insert to do so much more than heat the house! The top of my insert forms a 12 x 30 inch shelf. We keep a big pot full of water and a full tea kettle on it at all times.
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| Posted on: 11/14/2007 | 1 Feedback(s) |
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| Towels To Prevent Drafts
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I use rolled up towels to keep out wind drafts from coming in beneath our doors and windows. I roll the towel then I put rubber bands on both ends to hold it together.
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| Posted on: 02/05/2007 | 0 Feedback(s) |
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| Radiant Heating Advice
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I am looking for information on radiant heating. How warm does it get? How cost effective is it and can you heat a home in the mountains comfortably?
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| Posted on: 10/30/2006 | 2 Feedback(s) |
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| Lower Your Heating Bills With A Corn Furnace
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Lower Your Heating Bills With A Corn Furnace. A very interesting article appeared in my city's newspaper about a couple who, after installing a corn furnace in their home, had their heating bills drop from about $600.00 a month for gas heat to about $160.00 a month for burning corn. . .
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| Posted on: 09/19/2006 | 1 Feedback(s) |
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| Making Logs out of Paper
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I have been looking for a way to convert junk mail, paper, cardboard, etc. into fuel for my open fire. Having discovered the "paper log / brick makers" on ebay and through other searches and finding them too expensive for my meager income, I wonder if there is an effective way to do this by hand.
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| Posted on: 02/23/2006 | 4 Feedback(s) |
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