Comments on: Countdown to the heating update http://thumbandhammer.com/blog/2007/06/128/ Our life in a Money Pit Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:48:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Thumb & Hammer http://thumbandhammer.com/blog/2007/06/128/#comment-15490 Thumb & Hammer Sun, 10 Jun 2007 03:38:26 +0000 http://thumbandhammer.com/blog/?p=128#comment-15490 Thanks to overdraft protection our bank account has a "minus" sign. With us, it's all about debt management. We could wait and save up to pay cash, but that would mean enduring more winters without a properly functioning system. It's rather funny to me to hear people talk about the length of time for payoff, ie how long it will take for a system to pay for itself with the improvement in efficiency. Frankly, at this point, I don't care how much the heating bills go down as much as just maintaining a comfortable temperature in the house on those bitterly cold days. How do you put a price tag on that? It's nice to know we're not alone, in terms of astronomical repair bills and state of disorganization. Thanks for your comments. Thanks to overdraft protection our bank account has a “minus” sign. With us, it’s all about debt management. We could wait and save up to pay cash, but that would mean enduring more winters without a properly functioning system.

It’s rather funny to me to hear people talk about the length of time for payoff, ie how long it will take for a system to pay for itself with the improvement in efficiency. Frankly, at this point, I don’t care how much the heating bills go down as much as just maintaining a comfortable temperature in the house on those bitterly cold days. How do you put a price tag on that?

It’s nice to know we’re not alone, in terms of astronomical repair bills and state of disorganization. Thanks for your comments.

]]> By: Leslie http://thumbandhammer.com/blog/2007/06/128/#comment-15394 Leslie Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:55:48 +0000 http://thumbandhammer.com/blog/?p=128#comment-15394 Oh boy do I sympathize with the whole "waiting for the 5 digit heating estimate" ordeal. Now that our new system is in place and our bank balance down to three digits (two to the right of the decimal point) we're going to be limited to cheap manual labor projects for a long time, but it was well worth it after both freezing because of and paying a fortune for our electric baseboard heat which is finally gone. And I'm glad I'm not the only one who buys tools and supplies that I KNOW I have but can't find. My next big project after the one I'm on now is to do some major organization. Sad and ironic that I had just finally gotten our old house totally organized when we moved. Good luck with everything! Oh boy do I sympathize with the whole “waiting for the 5 digit heating estimate” ordeal. Now that our new system is in place and our bank balance down to three digits (two to the right of the decimal point) we’re going to be limited to cheap manual labor projects for a long time, but it was well worth it after both freezing because of and paying a fortune for our electric baseboard heat which is finally gone.

And I’m glad I’m not the only one who buys tools and supplies that I KNOW I have but can’t find. My next big project after the one I’m on now is to do some major organization. Sad and ironic that I had just finally gotten our old house totally organized when we moved.

Good luck with everything!

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