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- For little to no money you can cut your electric bill. Here's some things I did to our home. Oh, I forgot to say in this video that we also weatherstripped all our doors.
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Thanks for watching - I love all you folks!!
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Put the R Matte boards on my windows on the west and east side of the house. Cost me about $50 for 5 boards. First month I had them was this month (June 2014) I saved 30% on my energy cost (compared to last June) which was $72!!! They work!
after watching a number of your video's I have concluded that you are filled with common sense, a little knowledge, and the generosity to share your solutions with us, thanks Jan.
I just went to the "dollar" store, and bought up several automobile foil windshield shades. Then, I measure my home's window. I cut the shades to fit the windows, (one doesn't do the job, so I have to adapt two or more shades to fit) and use white duct tape (looks nicer) to tape the sections together to fit the window. The shade is attached using self-stick "Velcro", attaching the "fuzzy" side to the window frame, and the "scratchy" side to the shade. Then, when you want to remove it, just (carefully) pull it off.
I also did this in several of my kitchen cupboards that heated up in the afternoon sun. I just put one or two "Velcro" tabs at the top, back of the cupboards, and pressed the shade against the back. It keeps my cupboard contents cooler. (Once, during a really hot Summer, before using the shade, I had several cans of food explode inside the cupboards - what a mess!)
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I am continually amazed at the number of idiots these days that have never even read a novel
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When I lived in Phoenix I planted a hedge around the house, up against the house, to shield the block house from the sun. The first summer I lived there the walls would be warm to touch. The couple summers later when the hedge was over 6 feet tall, the walls were room temperature and the a/c worked less to cool the house from the miserable 6 month summers.
Paint one side black an holes top an bottom an flip them for the season for passive solar heating in winter an the shiny side for summer
Love that poster tip for the window blocks. thanks Gregg
Haha you are an absolute doll!
Thanks
we live in AZ and my house faces west! this was the best idea ever!!! just did our bedroom and it was always so damn hot! now it's the coolest part of the house. We will be doing the kids rooms next and look forward to see the savings on my bill! Thank you so much!! ps this is the only video I found that uses this type of insulation foam board.
My house is like an oven in the summer time. My ac runs all day (it's sitting in the sun) an I have a picture window. It doesn't help that my next door neighbor (to the west of me) cut down ALL of his trees. So now my home gets full sun at the hottest time of the day. I appreciate your tips I am going to give them a try. You are awesome, thank you!
I live in Southeast Texas. It is 100 degrees out right now. I have reflective window film on all my windows and blackout curtains on most of the windows that face everywhere but the north side of the house. The house is dark, but I have no doubt I am saving energy by not having to run the a/c full blast. I keep my a/c on 80 all summer.
Great tips. I've had the AC guys out here I don't know how many times with our Central AC unit and no one ever suggested shading the unit. And yep our unit sits directly in the Sun.
@Cryssichi We also use these panels in winter, like right now. We take out the ones that let in sunlight during the day to help heat the house, but leave the ones in that are on the shaded side of the house, to keep heat in. When the sun starts to go down, we slip all the panels back in for the night, to keep heat in. Hope that helps.
Love your advice and humour. I bet you're awesome to hang with. Thanks!
@FredBruyns I use these panels in winter too, like right now. We take out the panels in the daytime where the sun beats in and helps heat the house, but leave the ones in where it's shaded to keep the heat inside. Works great. Glad it's helping you too! Cheers!
BEAUTIFUL!!! Such great and easy ideas.........LOVE it! TY!!
There are several AC misting devices that use about a gallon of water a day to help sustain longer life of your AC unit. They also cut down run time of unit trying to cool themselves. Lots of TH-cam videos on that
So true. However, our water had a lot of minerals in it that would crud up the cooling fins. Thank you.
You're quite welcome. Many years ago I had a condo with sliding doors that baked in the sun and I used that reflective film on them, the same stuff used to tint car windows. That worked better in that case because I wanted the light but wanted to reflect off the sun's heat. Just another idea for ya. Cheers!
Thanks for posting this video! What a great idea. We have suffered with the sun beating down on our west facing windows since we bought our house 5 years ago. This spring while waiting for our central a/c to be repaired, I couldn't bear it any longer. We ran to our local lowes and found the exact insulation board you spoke of. We bought a cheap roll of duct tape and tidied up the seams right there in the store, after they cut the pieces to our measurements. We could feel the difference as soon as we slid the pieces into our windows!!! Thanks again for saving us a 6th year of sweltering in the blazing Georgia sun. We anticipate seeing a nice reduction in our electric bill as well - but even if we didn't, the $50 we put out for this, is TOTALLY worth the cooler temperatures we feel inside our home.
+Kim Arakas So glad this helped you Kim. Stay frosty ;-)
i did this, and i put them in all of our window and doors.. glad I did that... its very effective...
'and I go around and say a small blessing' hehehehe Awesome video, I live in UK and we are having a 'heatwave', although, I am from Australia so I am used to extreme temperatures. In the UK the temp may be lower, but the air is still and humid. I have aluminium foiled my windows, looks like a crack den from the outside but it's much more bearable. Thank you costco for your industrial rolls of baking foil! Love, love, LOVE your video BTW - OUTSTANDING!
@bmeyer44 Great tip, thanks. Of course, adding another air conditioner would raise the electric bill, not lower it. In the summer, I'm always wracking my brain trying to think of more ways to keep the heat out before it ever gets in. Few years back, I contacted every solar company in the area and our electric coop and asked if they would like to build a solar farm on our land and all we'd take from it is free electricity for our home. Alas, no takers.
Works good keeping the heat in or cold out in the winter thanks for posting
R mat plus 3 more like GOOD BYE HEAT. Seriously , this helped me a lot. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
@truckpipe Sure thing. Thanks for taking time to watch and write.
Great video, essentially when you answered a question I was wondering, but a piece of drape on the reflective material...gonna try it with my new home.
Hi Steeljan. Thank you for your tips. I loves the ideas. Why haven't I thought of that? Wow! I am sure gonna try this. One of the thing I was stuck on my searching was how to check for cracks. Your's is so easy to do on checking for cracks at the Windows.
And once again a video of yours brighten up my otherwise gloomy day. Thanks alot!
hi rob from England here we use heavy curtains in the winter , those on a tight budget can indeed buy from "fleah market" or boot sales as we call it.
i am a guy and i use my sewing machine to measure and made to fit.
this saves a lot of energy and it great fun making it too.
love your video keep up the good work!
a keen recycler
funny and informative love the almost not there giggle at the end ☺am going to to do the window covers next summer.
you can also use reflective tinted glass and you can still see from inside out.
Like your idea about the foamboard. We will try it.
Talk about charisma! You've got plenty of it. God Bless YOU!
For the windows that you need the light to shine just use one way mirror tint, it will reflect most of the sun and you can still see out.
Great idea, Andy! Thank you for taking the time to share it.
Thank you. You're cool. Smart lady and you share your knowledge:)
My kinda girl!!! Duct tape and insulation board . . . exactly what I used! Love it! Yeah it works too - I also put the 8 x 4 insul boards just propped against French doors to the deck outside - reflected all light away from doors and room was cool! Now I'm taping alum foil to windows - another thing was 'Shams' 15x50 wrapped around the porch cutting down 60% UV - worth the investment and allows enough moisture for plants shaded by it. Thanks SteelJan!
Hey Steel Jan, thank you soo much. your representation is superb. This information really helped me a lot. Thank you once again.
wELL I LOVE YOURE IDEA'S.
With the money prob's people have been having lately this should definitely help
Those are great in winter too.
Great idea!
@ourrepurposedlives Don't know about that. These are not supposed to be flammable, but you might be violating some code or something if you add thickness to that panel on the inside. If you are putting it on the outside however, just might not look so good unless you painted it. And you wouldn't want to cover up your water heater vents. Interesting idea though.
Some great ideas, thanks for sharing.
Hi Jan,
Good video. Just one correction. Air conditions are not designed to move air into or out of your home. They are designed to recirculate the air in your house. Cooling the air will lower its pressure so you may get a little influx of outside air due to that, but mostly, if you are seeing a draft around your windows, it is probably due to just leaks elsewhere in your home. Regardless, you still want to reduce that outside air coming in like you said.
Shut up Brian, no one wants your negativity.
your AC has its own ghillie suit! *Thank You* for all these tips
Good information, thank you so much, brief, to the point, simple instructions, I'm going to try some of these.
Love the simplicity....I live in Arizona and have several windows (in bedrooms) we never use because they get direct sunlight. I bet this would save us a small fortune in the summer! Thanks for the idea...
wow! thank you for this, I never really knew such little tips can help so much
I really enjoyed watching. Fun and helpful.
I have never heard of this before glad I watch this hope they have this at home dept
Nice to hear from u
Worked like a champ. Great solution for the not so rich and famous! Sure beats $300 electric bills....
Wow, I love this woman..It is nice to here the truth and you cut right thru the bull sh*t..So true about the insulation.
Loved this. You have a great personality. Thanks for all the tips. I wish you would show your cover for your outside AC unit. I'm sure no one cares if it's messy. Just would love to see how you did it because we need to also. We live in a single wide Mobile home in Florida. Our electric bill this month was over $300!!!! Granted it's an older unit but I think that's way too high, even for living in FL. Again, thanks so much 🤗
Love this video I'm having this issue here during the summer how our room is getting blasted with heat I'm going to take this idea and let you know the results thanks
It honestly helped out a lot I kept them on my Windows ever since
Absolutely loved this video.Good tips.
you are so sweet, thank you for the information ❤️ I actually came here (from norway) to learn how to increase heat in my home from the windows 😅. Still, I learned some interesting information for the summer
Hmm, this seems like a great idea. I have a slide door in my room, that faces directly East, so my room basically gets baked in the South Fla sun during the day. I just measured my door out, and they are exactly 4 ft wide each, so it would fit perfectly. I think I'll go to Home Depot tomorrow, and buy some. Thank for the great tip.
Just making it to this video in 2022. Love your vibes ❤️
Hi Jan thanks for the board idea l put up some a foil bag yesterday l was in a hurry just wanted to cool down the house 90+ for the last few days + more to come l used the big ice cooler bag because you can cut the bottom out and use them over + over l like your idea of making boards good job🤔
You are just too cool ~ You never cease to amaze me SteelJan! :) :) I think you are simply awesome.
OMG, you are so funny! Thoroughly enjoyed your video (and your personality). Great tips too. I'm thinking of trying your reflective foam core panels idea on the upper portion of one of my street-facing windows but of course, I don't want it to look like what it actually is from the street view. I have an idea and would like your opinion on whether it would work or not. I have a few leftover white sheer curtain panels that I'm going to pleat and staple onto the foam core panels that face the outdoors, so it will match the sheers I have hanging on that window. Do you think this will work?
"I also say a small blessing" lol, great video Jan.
@targetbuttmonkey Yep, I tried this first on just one window that is in full sun and no matter how thick our curtains was, it was always still warm. Bingo, as soon as I put the insulation panel in, it was cool, no heat getting in at all. I immediately ran down to the hardware store and got enough of it to cover all the windows. So easy and cheap to do. Cheers!
Wow... love you channel, and you :D you so adorebal! Thanks for sharings all of you knowledge, need people like you, thank you. Hugs and peace from Norway (sorry about my English gramma) 😁
Window A/C units draw the air in from the vents on the top/sides and blow it out the fins on the front - make sure you have one that picks up the water thats in the tray and flings it around the motor and coils on the outside of the unit - if the pan is bone dry pour water into it - it's not going to hurt anything on the outside of the unit since it's made to get wet if your unit does that the paddles that flip the water up onto the coils make sure that the pan is full - if not fill it
Thank you so much. I've been using the Alum foil for years and it helps save a lot of money. especially when you have as many windows as we have. The incense trick COOL BEANS I am going to try that one. I have subscribed to your videos and I am so glad I found you. Great movie poster lol
Cool, you are welcome!
I have not yet try the window tint. Maybe I will use this method first. I think for windows you can use woods to build something like window awning and staple on top roofing materials to limit the noise when it rain. Then paint the inside of the awning. Make it look nice to enhance your property value. I think my idea cost money but compare to the electric bill is worth the investment and the time to build it. Your idea is great for Winter season. I can't use any of your idea but I am going to use for my sister's home. My parents and I are living in a rented property so we are not permitted to do any changes on the exterior or interior of the building. Remember folks if you are using the awning idea you have to secure it very well to the building for storms reason. For the bottom part of the window you can use hanging potted plants that can withstand the heat. Like the desert plants. Not the pricking type.
I have one huge south faceing window that heats up my living room. Im going to buy that installation board and cover it in white sheets i already have for the outside appearance, and inside too! I've been foiling it ever summer, it looks awful! Thanks for this awesome video!
I’ve been asking my husband to do something like this for years for the heat in the house now you’ve made it so simple I don’t have to ask anymore and I can just do it and pictures I can put bears in fish and deer and all that stuff so he’s not gonna bitch about it thanks so much for the information
Great tips
Thank you for the tips. Lucky I'm watching this in Feb. ahead of the heat wave. Going to share it as well. Better than aluminum foil because it looks better and easily removed.
lol, you're so cool!
Excelent ideas 😄😄😄thankyou
Nice! I bought some of this last month for a different project, but I'm looking at my receipt, and was just confirming the price. I got it at Lowe's for $12.98 for the exact same size. 0.5" x 4' x 8'. There is a thinner one for like $9 or $10. Great vid!
Awesome video ❤️ I made some panels with aluminum foil and cardboard. I love that they block out SO much light!
That's was very helpful, thanks
Thanks for the tip great video, you are hilarous :)
thanks for the tips
I should try this. I don't know where to get insulation foam with foil in my country. But i can put cardboard lined with aluminium foil. Now i won't get roasted while studying at my desk next to the window.
THANK YOU STEELJAN! :^) wish I watched this video sooner.
@bmeyer44 Yeah, maybe that's what I'll tell people, that we're disguising it so one one takes it. Everyone chuckles at our diy air conditioner shader. Hey, I'd forgotten about that reflectix, next time we have our shingles replaced, I'll see about having that put down underneath them. Thanks!
So I installed it to our windows cost me $20 at Home Depot the only issue was it was huge to fit in my car so lucky what I did was cut it in 4s and it was able to fit in my car the great news was even after installing two pieces to my window I still have two extra large pieces left that I'm going to install on some of my living room windows I will have to wait tomorrow to see it's effectiveness it was really easy to do took me about 20 min
lol, great video, great tips... so true about the tax deductions... drives me crazy that we can't itemize, but so goes life... anyway, again, great tips. i think i will do that with our windows, every little bit helps.. Thanks...
great video. i live in a trailer home in Massachusetts and i will be utilizing this information to save on my electric bill. thank you
@steeljan I'm in Canada, and yep, we have had a few hot days here. And my a/c unit is in full afternoon sun. I will have to think about that!!
Put an awning on the window. In the summer no sun shines into the window and in the winter the sun comes in to warm the house. Plant a tree that loses it's leaves in the winter.
a flowering tree near the ac unit..def more attractive than camo netting :)
Love the videos Jan........
You are a legend thank you, that looks a lot better than just the foil
thank you,. good video
Here in South Texas and it's hot! Ty for the tips
You are great! Love your excitement and helpful information! Thank you!
Thanks so much for sharing your info on this! I was about to cover cardboard with aluminum foil but this was so much easier and insulates better. I just purchased some r-tech panels for $30 and that was enough to cover all my offending windows. In one day I can already feel the difference inside my house! For once I'm looking forward to seeing my next electric bill to see the savings. These Scottsdale summers are brutal!
Loved your video! Thanks for posting :)
Well put, excellent ideas!
Glad I came across your video. Throughly, enjoyed watching you. Ty.
as always great video!
liked incense idea, remember worker testing for air leaks with candle caught nuclear power plant on fire years ago
I like the incense stick to check for windows that need to be caulked. Good idea for me to use. I don't have incense, but I can find a place to buy it.
Lora LS I am having the same problem! Did you find something else?
Actually, Vermont... LED bulbs put off a load of heat, that's why they have the heat sink etc.. heat is the killer of LED bulbs too.
That was a really good video. Very informative and entertaining.