Preparing Your Home for Winter

Essential Fall Home Repairs
Fall home repairs in preparation of winter heating months ahead.

Frugal Home Winterization
A few conventional (and unconventional) ways to prepare your home for winter.

Winterizing an Apartment
What can you do to cut heating costs when you don't own the place?

Heat Loss
Reduce heating bills by 30% with better insulation and proper sealing.

Furnace Maintenance
Money savvy consumers are realizing the benefits of an annual furnace preventative plan.

Air Pockets Reduce Heating Bills
Air can provide inexpensive insulation. Here are some tips for creating an insulator between windows.

Dollars Out the Window
How much of your money is actually leaking out those windows?

Wood and Gas Fireplace Heating

Firewood Facts
Get a good deal on your firewood this winter.

Homemade Fireplace Logs
Could you recycle your old newspapers into needed heat this winter?

Burning Wood
Take it upon yourself to supply the fuel you need to stay warm without spending cash.

Energy-Saving Gas Fireplaces
Gas fireplaces are cost efficient, safe, clean burning and economical.

Cleaning a Gas Fireplace
What's special about cleaning a gas fireplace?

Fireplace Safety Tips
Before you light a fire, here are some tips to consider.

Lowering Your Heating Bill

How to Reduce Heating Bills
The best tips from our readers for reducing your home heating bill.

Saving on Your Heating Bill
Ten tips that are cheap, easy, and quick to implement.

How to Freeze Soaring Home-Heating Bills
Want to keep warm this winter without burning stacks of money? Start by taking a look around the house.

Lowering Your Natural Gas Bill
Shop around for natural gas rates. You might find a much better deal than you are currently getting.

Winter Warmth
More winter warmth tips from our readers.

Reducing Heating Costs
Should you shut off unused rooms or not?

Alternative Heat Sources

Simple Cheap Heat
Taking advantage of free sunshine during the winter and using better insulation and window coverings can lower heating bills.

Choosing a Space Heater
Have one room in the house that always seems colder than the others? Try a space heater.

A Coal Stove for Savings
In these days of rising fuel costs, you can save money during the cold winter by using alternative heating sources.

Burning Corn to Heat Your Home
A corn stove can cut your expenses, keep you comfortable and it's good for the environment.

Gas vs. Electric Heat
How to compare heat generated from gas or electric so you can determine the most economical heating source for your home.

Quartz Infrared Heaters
How well do they warm a room and how economical are they?