When in a financial crisis, there is even more reasons to find ways to save on utility bills or to save money other ways to have money available to pay your utility bills. There is a blog that not only has a lot of ideas how to save money and survive a financial crisis, but also how to stay encouraged and to keep your faith during a financial crisis.
The blog is the CRISIS SURVIVAL BLOG. There is a personal journal of someone that is going through a financial crisis. It has resources for help and ways to avoid spending money. It will help in changing how you think about spending money.
Do you know how to turn off the water to the house? It is best to know and locate the valve during nicer weather, but it needs to be done if you haven’t already done it.
A frozen pipe can burst and you can have water leaks in the house. Not only is the water bill going to rise drastically with a leak, water can cause a lot of damage fast. It is a problem any time it happens, but in the winter, nothing will dry out fast and mildew will start to grow right away. A burst pipe outside may not be noticeable until the weather warms. That can be in the afternoon in southern states or months in the northern states.
To avoid burst pipes, do the unthinkable…allow your faucet to drip. Moving water is less likely to freeze. Yes it will affect the water bill, but it is less expensive than burst pipes. Some pipes freeze, but never burst. No water for a shower in the morning while waiting for pipes to unfreeze can be bothersome and may be worth the cost of a dripping faucet.
If you can’t find the water turn off ask a neighbor or research online. It is usually on a main pipe into the home and also at the water meter. Each room that has water should have its own indvidual turn off. Know where these are in case of plumbing problems in just the bathroom or kitchen.
Knowing where you water turn off is should be something everyone in the house knows.
Especially people with long hair, the shower must run longer to wash, condition, and rinse hair. This time and energy use can be reduced by alternative ways to condition hair.
- Use leave in conditioners-they don’t need to be rinsed out.
- Use oil treatments outside of the shower-wet hair, apply hot oil, and do household chores while the treatment does its job. Wash hair in shower as usual, but a conditioner may not be needed.
- Make your own conditioner treatment to use outside the shower-mix some conditioner with hot water and apply to dry hair. Follow the procedure as with the hot oil treatment.
Use only enough shampoo and conditioner that is needed for hair length and thickness. Excessive shampoo and conditioner in the hair don’t only cause you to purchase those items sooner, but will take longer to rinse out. That means more water and more water to heat.
You can have beautiful hair and still keep utility bills reduced.