What would you do if your heating bill was more than your income?

Question

What would you do if your heating bill was more than your income?

Answer 1

1) Turn down the thermostat.

2) Put on more clothes.

3) Buy space heater.

4) Look into moving to a warmer climate.

5) Call heating company and see if I could pay off balance over time.

Answer 2

get heating assistance

Answer 3

You may want to check to see if you can get some kind of energy audit done in your home to better determine how the energy is being used and to offer some suggestions. Contact the company where you are paying your energy bill.

Answer 4

buying small electric heaters. efficiant and worth the 50 bucks.

Answer 5

Start a fire?

Answer 6

Get a higher paying job and/or  ask for energy assistance.

Answer 7

Wear a Jacket, Install Insulation, Roof Specialy Check for drafts and fill with expanding foam. then play the heating companies off agains each other tell them the other is way cheaper and what deal can they give you.

Answer 8

LOL freeze....my heat bill is almost the same amount of my mortgage in the wintertime....sucks havin a big house with crappy windows.

Answer 9

Either your home insulation is worthless or the bill is entirely exorbitant. Of course you have the option of moving out at the end of your lease. Take it and move to  a nicer place.

Answer 10

find a cheaper way to heat is what we did

Answer 11

Get a second job or cut back on the heat.

Answer 12

buy a humidifier it cuts your heating bill in half

Answer 13

don't use so much heat and pay it

Answer 14

insulate the house as much as possible. Stay in one room all the time to keep the heat in one place. Wear lots of jumpers. And look at changing to a cheaper company. Oh, and eat lots of soups and hot drinks to keep warm.

Answer 15

find a cheaper company or new energy saving appliances?

Answer 16

turn it off and invest in some space heaters and carry it around the house with me!

Answer 17

Look around for better jobs, cut down to the bare minimum on heating and air conditioning, like resorting to natural air conditioning by shutting off your air conditioner and opening a window. Whatever you do, try not to take out a loan!

Answer 18

Depending on where you live there may be a program that will help pay your energy bills.

I'm so sorry finances are so tight right now. Update your resume' and see if you can get something that pays a bit more.

Answer 19

either get a better job, or sit in the cold...

Answer 20

find a cheaper heating company to go with!

Answer 21

find a cheaper heating company .dont have the heat on all the time .switch it off in on

Answer 22

Sell some stuff

Answer 23

Then you will get enough "heat" for the coming days.

Answer 24

Get a real job that pays more.  Turn the heat OFF and wear a jacket.  Use electric blankets and space heaters - less expensive.