Greetings from Northern Indiana!

diyEthic · 06-17-12, 03:19 PM

I'm here mostly because I'm interested in learning new creative ways of reducing my NIPSCo bill (electric / natural gas utility) while making my home perform like I want. I'm pretty excited I just slashed my natural gas usage by installing a water heater blanket on my new water heater, not to mention the basement it's located in will remain cooler where I have some food storage. I did this about 5 or 6 weeks ago and just got my first NIPSCo bill since then and it looks like my summer usage dropped from an average of about 1 therm per day down to less than 0.6. It may have helped

that I also shut off the pilot for the baseboard heat boiler for the first time. I also have clothes dryer and kitchen stove / range running on natural gas.

Thinking about super-insulating my 2x4 frame house. This probably won't happen for a few years until I can afford to replace the plastic siding with brick. Been lurking here for about a month, looking forward to learning from the wealth of experience and knowledge shared here.

06-17-12, 03:19 PM	#1
diyEthic Lurking Renovator Join Date: May 2012 Location: Indiana Posts: 10 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Greetings from Northern Indiana! I'm here mostly because I'm interested in learning new creative ways of reducing my NIPSCo bill (electric / natural gas utility) while making my home perform like I want. I'm pretty excited I just slashed my natural gas usage by installing a water heater blanket on my new water heater, not to mention the basement it's located in will remain cooler where I have some food storage. I did this about 5 or 6 weeks ago and just got my first NIPSCo bill since then and it looks like my summer usage dropped from an average of about 1 therm per day down to less than 0.6. It may have helped that I also shut off the pilot for the baseboard heat boiler for the first time. I also have clothes dryer and kitchen stove / range running on natural gas. Thinking about super-insulating my 2x4 frame house. This probably won't happen for a few years until I can afford to replace the plastic siding with brick. Been lurking here for about a month, looking forward to learning from the wealth of experience and knowledge shared here.