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title: heat the rooms you need
idea: 549
version: 1
by: Yvonne
v.1 comments: 0
splatFactor: 1
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keywords: save money, save oil, save electric
Heat only the rooms you use! Add doors to the kitchen and living spaces, and keep them shut. Forced air heat is easy - shut the vents in the bedrooms....
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additionally you can turn down your radiators.  You can increase heat in the rooms you do use with space heaters, why heat areas that you are not using?

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