Electrical bill

[Mrs Behavin]

I opened my electrical bill for this past month and I about had a heart attack! It is $298.00! :eek That is outrageous! It's usually in the $160.00 range!

 

[TheOriginalJames]

I just paid my $ 307.70 bill.

 

[hhayes]

wow. thats alot for an electric bill!

 

[Mrs Behavin]

I just paid my $ 307.70 bill.

:eek Holy cow! How many people live in your house?

 

[Charmer]

Damn! I thought all you people's cost-of-living was cheaper in other places other than my Bay Area of California.

My bill is usually around $160, also, every month; around Christmastime, (December/January), it's $250-$310.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

:eek Holy cow! How many people live in your house?

It's for my drafty apartment in the cold windy Indiana weather.

To be honest, that's two months worth. I never got my notice last month so I didn't pay the 150 dollar electrical bill.

Well this month was something like 153 or something. I had it posted up here a few days ago.

Yeah everyone ignored it. lol

http://www.offtopicz.net/12817-holy-perfect-timing.html

158 one month, 146 the other month. For a 900 sq ft 2 bedroom apartment.

Replacement windows, anyone?

 

[lemon]

james - thats why you got the house, remember? lol

 

[TheOriginalJames]

Luckily my furnace is on gas which is cheaper to use in teh house, so my electrical bill won't be so damn insane.

 

[Homer]

sometimes they estimate and don't look/check the meter for the month , and other times when we think out bill was high we looked at our meter and found they were wrong and over charged us.

 

[lemon]

well, i was referring to the windows - you can replace them without worrying about the apartment people taking forever and a half..

 

[TheOriginalJames]

Uh well, I'd rather they replaced the windows at my house.

I probably have a 10 grand investment in windows which will be hitting me over the course of 10 years.

 

[lemon]

true. but think of the overall picture of about 30 years or so.. save your ass some money.. hopefully...

also, solar panels... heheh

 

[Homer]

Uh well, I'd rather they replaced the windows at my house.

I probably have a 10 grand investment in windows which will be hitting me over the course of 10 years.

you don't have to replace all the windows at once plus look into doing it yourself it wont cost as much as you think.ps do the rooms nearest the thermostat first and the rooms you don't use do last and cover those windows with plastic.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

you don't have to replace all the windows at once plus look into doing it yourself it wont cost as much as you think.ps do the rooms nearest the thermostat first and the rooms you don't use do last and cover those windows with plastic.

There is only one window near the Tstat.

I have 5 windows that are broken. One without a storm window and they're all covered with plastic.

There's one in the spare room that has no window pane in it. yeah, it's gone.

 

[Homer]

There is only one window near the Tstat.

I have 5 windows that are broken. One without a storm window and they're all covered with plastic.

There's one in the spare room that has no window pane in it. yeah, it's gone.

how many windows are there in the house and have you priced any yet.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

There's 12 windows that need to be replaced at the least. The 2 in the kitchen seem ok for now, but eventually new = good.

I haven't priced anything because I'm more worried about getting the sewer pipe leak fixed.

If you look at my avatar, you can see at least 5 of the windows I want to replace.

 

[Homer]

There's 12 windows that need to be replaced at the least. The 2 in the kitchen seem ok for now, but eventually new = good.

I haven't priced anything because I'm more worried about getting the sewer pipe leak fixed.

If you look at my avatar, you can see at least 5 of the windows I want to replace.

lol yeah get the pipe first but the windows wont be as much as you think no wheres near $10k , i had a 10x16 addition added my kitchen redone with cabinets and all the windows in the house were replaced alot of work oh and my doors were replaced to plus work in the basment stairs relocated , oh and my bathroom totally redone for under $40k, if you look around i think your windows can be done for less then $4K, JUST DONT LET YOURSELF BE RIPPED OFF.ps estimates are free.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

Keep in mind none of these windows are exactly the same. They're all different sizes, and they appear to be the original windows from 1927. They have the pullied rope systems with weights on the other ends to hold the windows up when you open them. Half the windows don't have the weights on them.

I have a feeling that a lot of the old material will need to be caulked/resealed when the new windows are installed at the same time.

This could be very easy, or it could be a giant PITA.

 

[Homer]

Keep in mind none of these windows are exactly the same. They're all different sizes, and they appear to be the original windows from 1927. They have the pullied rope systems with weights on the other ends to hold the windows up when you open them. Half the windows don't have the weights on them.

I have a feeling that a lot of the old material will need to be caulked/resealed when the new windows are installed at the same time.

This could be very easy, or it could be a giant PITA.

it's not as bad as you think once you pull the old window out and see whats there you may have to put in some new 2x4 for frame the new windows will be made for you to just slap in , really not as bad as you think bro.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

Here's to the optimistic view of good ol' Homer.

*chugs beer*