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Originally posted by RawAlex@Jan 18 2003, 05:19 PM
Peaches, I get a laugh every time I go into a "southern" house...
insulation would make them about 1000 times more effecient in the heat. Keep the cool air in, keep the warm air out. Even some reasonable r5 or r10 styrofoam sm stuff would be a huge improvement, as would making sure that things like windows and doors don't have drafts and gaps in them. Most people in the south just seem to whip an even bigger AC unit up there, and spend way more for electricity, rather than doing the basics.
When cooler weather does come, things wouldn't suck so bad - and yourAC bill would be much lower the rest of the year :-)
Alex
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Yup. Sums that up well.
I suggest you guys invest in some space heaters too if ya don't have heat in your house cause I got a feeling this screwy weather ain't going anywhere soon. IMHO it's gonna be a regualr occurance for several years yet. A if it's gonna get REALLY cold overnight and you are worried about your pipes freezing turn on your fawcet to a steady trickle and let it run overnight.