My apartment's heat bill dropped by $40 last month after I tried a simple window trick

Last week, I finally got around to sealing my drafty windows with that removable rope caulk you can get at any hardware store. I live in an old building in Chicago, and you could feel the cold air coming in. It took me about an hour to do all five windows in my place. I was shocked when I got my heating bill and it was so much lower. It made me realize how much energy I was wasting just from those small gaps. What other low cost fixes have you all done to cut down on energy use at home?

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marymorgan29d ago

Wait, are drafty windows really that big of a deal? My place gets a little chilly but I just put on a sweater.

the_fiona28d ago

Oh man, the sweater strategy only gets you so far. My old apartment had windows that basically functioned as a free air conditioning unit all winter. My heating bill looked like a phone number from a different country. Ended up wearing so many layers indoors I started to resemble a sad, lumpy couch cushion. It's less about the chill and more about the wallet screaming in pain every month.