Freaking Entergy Bill

[ShadMan]

Man, I have Entergy here in TX and I consistently run $200/mo for 3000sf with two pool pumps, a 1600sf garage with a couple battery chargers constantly running on cars I store, two hot water heaters, etc. and we've been over 100 every day for what seems like months now. What kwh rate do y'all have over there?

[fishinpox]

I put the tech shield on every house I do .... I don't give them an option I just budget for it , that foil tyvek works great also

[adamsfence]

is that the same stuff that roy o martin makes called eclipse that is what we used on mine. probly the same stuff just osb coverd in foil

[mriguy]

I just choose to not look at the bill, made the mistake of opening it one time, saw it was $500+ and haven't looked since. That was last year. CLECO sucks bad with the fuel surcharges

[Red Devil]

Originally Posted by mriguy

I just choose to not look at the bill, made the mistake of opening it one time, saw it was $500+ and haven't looked since. That was last year. CLECO sucks bad with the fuel surcharges

That's the killer right there. The dang fuel surcharges. Not for those mine, would run about 225 a month.

[samich]

Might want to have your hvac system checked . I work for a local hvac company and your electric heat strips might be on with the air ,I have this problem before just a little insight.

[ScubaLatt]

FALSE ALARM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

The reason my dang bill was so high is that my automatic scheduled payment from July did not post. So, my bill is only around 265 this month. About where it should be. My Bad.

Which brings me to my next rant... Paperless billing. I was urged by my fuel cards to go paperless. Well it sounded good to me but when the reminder was emailed to me it went to my spam box and so i never paid my shell card for june. So, on my credit report -- BAM! 30 day late notice. pulled my score down about 50 points!

[Ray]

Latt, I would still get the a/c checked out.
Just make sure to check/change the filter before someone comes to check it.
As hot as it is right now, you need to make sure it is doing all it can.

[eman]

1400 sf built in 1962 3 ton central air gas water heater . bill is running about $240 during this summer. AC shuts off around midnight for the first time daily

[Ray]

I have a 30 year old ranch style house w/ 2000 square feet and a 10 SEER, 5 ton a/c. The house has the same insulation it was built with.
Bill runs around $120 to $150 in the summer.
I have a programmable thermostat that goes up to 80 deg. at 7 am and starts to bring temp. down slowly starting at 3 pm till it gets to 72 at 10 pm.

[Marshrat]

I am not going to complain any about my bill after seeing what some of you pay. I am all electric and have a wife and daughter that thinks every light in the house needs to be on when they are home. My house is 2380 sq. ft. heated and my bill have never topped $200. When I built my house in '05, I put plywood, insulation, plywood and then sheet rock. I also have 10 inches of blown in insulation in the attic.


Warren

[Dink]

House was built in 54. Center match everything. Newspaper for insulation....just pit a new roof during my addition. Used that fire and ice insulating tar paper stuff cause I did a roof over on most of the house. Pit 2 wurly birds at the highest point. My bill is down to 300 from 400

[ScubaLatt]

Question for the contractors: On a newer brick home, is it standard to put the fiberglass roll insulation in the exterior walls? someone told me that that is not standard practice

Reason for my asking is that when I open up my cabinets they seem to be warm perhaps from the heat of the bricks in the sun all day???

[Marshrat]

Originally Posted by ScubaLatt

Question for the contractors: On a newer brick home, is it standard to put the fiberglass roll insulation in the exterior walls? someone told me that that is not standard practice

Reason for my asking is that when I open up my cabinets they seem to be warm perhaps from the heat of the bricks in the sun all day???

I have the blown in throughout my house and interior and exterior walls. This was my preference not necessarily standard practice, but we keep the thermostat on 80 during the day and about 77 at night and stay very comfortable.


Warren


Warren

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by ScubaLatt

Question for the contractors: On a newer brick home, is it standard to put the fiberglass roll insulation in the exterior walls? someone told me that that is not standard practice

Reason for my asking is that when I open up my cabinets they seem to be warm perhaps from the heat of the bricks in the sun all day???

I don't use batts anywhere except I sound proof all interior walls with it and under catwalks in the attic where it's hard to reach when they blow the attic, most houses we use blown fiberglass, blown cellouse, or blown rockwool. Fiberglass batts are fine IF installed properly but they come in standard widths so when stub cavities exceed that width or need to be trimmed when smaller they get installed wrong. Most contractors don't tape the seams on the home wrap( tyvek) I do it always. I seal around all doors and windows with a rubber flashing tape, foam the cracks . I try to build it as tight as possible , it cost very little more and doesn't take much mire time

[pmckee318]

Brick is a very poor insulator, yes rolled insulation is still standard but what was the R value they used?

Originally Posted by ScubaLatt

Question for the contractors: On a newer brick home, is it standard to put the fiberglass roll insulation in the exterior walls? someone told me that that is not standard practice

Reason for my asking is that when I open up my cabinets they seem to be warm perhaps from the heat of the bricks in the sun all day???

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by pmckee318

Brick is a very poor insulator, yes rolled insulation is still standard but what was the R value they used?

The houses I build I only use roll/ batts for sound proof on interior walls , only tract home builders in my area use batts for insulation

[pmckee318]

That's good quality stuff, but this is a camp house/ weekends only. Every other one if that. Had to cut corners somewhere to come in on budget, after ther wife puts her touches on it.

Originally Posted by fishinpox

The houses I build I only use roll/ batts for sound proof on interior walls , only tract home builders in my area use batts for insulation

[pmckee318]

Now this batt is underneath the camp inclosed in Hardy board.

Originally Posted by fishinpox

The houses I build I only use roll/ batts for sound proof on interior walls , only tract home builders in my area use batts for insulation

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by pmckee318

Now this batt is underneath the camp inclosed in Hardy board.

Don't think I was trying to knock your home if I came off that way I appoligize . No but seriously I'm building a 3500 living area home right now and the blown fiber was not much more