Ok, here is the deal. I live in a house with 2 roommates and our past gas bill JUST gas was 379!!! The house is about 2400 square feet with brand new windows in 90 percent of the house and is heated using the old style registers. The only room that has not been redone is my roommates “master suite” he calls it. The windows are old as hell… yet he insists on keeping his door wide open all day.
I have been trying to make it a point that we need to turn the heat down during the day when no one is home to around 62. Then turn it up in the evening if need be, and then turn it back down at night when the last person goes to bed.
I also made a comment about closing the doors to parts of the house we don’t use and turn the registers off.
My roommate argues that turning the heat up and down will cost more than just leaving it on all the time??? He also says that shutting the doors doesn’t let the registers work properly?? There is a register in every room so I don’t see how closing off our extra office and bathroom is going to effect the houses heat one bit just the heating bill if the doors stay shut.
Is my thinking off ??
Anyone got a online article about saving money on heating gas with old registers or even how they work?
I’ll say he is right if he is right I just don’t see how
Thanks
Rant off
and don't get me started on the fact that no one takes out the garbage or does the dishes except me.