All of us run our gas furnace for approximately 8 months of the year.
The temperature is below chilly the majority of the time plus often sub zero.
The cost of heating has a tremendous impact on our household budget. It’s necessary to seal the beach house tightly to minimize energy waste. Because of this, there is very little natural ventilation. The indoor living space becomes overly dry, stuffy plus stale. The outdoor conditions keep us inside. The Winter time creates a good deal of work plus expense. We’ve needed to invest into an especially powerful gas furnace, four-wheel-drive automobile plus a plow for the truck. All of us devote time nearly every morning to shoveling snow away from the front step, the mailbox plus our vehicles. I even need to clear a path for the dog, because the snow accumulates in feet. All of us wait a long time for the weather to hot up enough for the snow to melt. I am always upset for the morning when the people I was with and I can finally open the windows. The fresh air feels fantastic. With such short summers, our family spends as much time as possible outside. All of us swim in the pool, lie in the sun, play in the yard, work in the gardens plus barbecue. All of us appreciate to ride bikes, play tennis plus take our kayaks to the lake. I have never felt the need to install central air conditioning. It seems appreciate a large expense for little reward. I went to the local cabin improvement store plus purchased window air conditioning systems for each of the bedrooms. This solution was way cheaper plus easier. The units are especially compact plus lightweight. Installing them into the windows took myself and others just a few minutes. When the air conditioning systems aren’t in use, the people I was with and I store them in the attic. They are powerful enough to keep the bedrooms nice plus cool on warm plus muggy afternoons, plus they allow each family member to tailor the temperature to their personal preference.