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You might assume that making your home energy efficient requires a lot of time and money, but generally that’s not the case. Often small fixes can have a big impact on your heating, cooling, and other utility bills. Team Ken Richter has some easy things you can do to make your home more efficient right now:

Tip #1: Don’t turn that dial Keep your thermostat set at one temperature and leave it! Avoiding constant adjustments will keep your energy bills stable.

Tip #2: Stop the drip-drips Leaky showerheads and faucets are hard-to-miss energy wasters. Toilets that run can also cost you on your water bill. The majority of required repairs are covered in the most basic do-it-yourself handbook.

Tip #3: Go fluorescent While compact fluorescent light bulbs…

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Indoor Preparations

The most obvious items to address as the winter months approach center largely around ensuring that your home remains warm. Regardless of your heat source there are preventative measures that should be taken to ensure that you remain warm and safe inside your home. Some of the most important areas to assess include:

Furnaces: Regular annual furnace inspections will help keep your furnace in good repair. Cleaning or replacing furnace filters monthly during the operating months will also keep your furnace operating efficiently.

Oil Heaters: Like furnaces, oil heaters require annual inspections and maintenance. Annual inspections should include: inspecting the chimney, cleaning the pipes to remove soot build up, replacing the air…

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Do you have a stain in your stainless steel kitchen sink that won’t come off no matter how diligently you wash and rinse? Try this remedy for getting the sparkle back. Shake some ordinary baking soda onto the stain; let it sit for two minutes, then wipe with a soaking wet, non-abrasive cloth. Ta-da! 

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