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skfoto t1_j3id5b1 wrote

$181, same as it is every month.

Get yourself on the budget plan, it evens out the spikes in the bill. We also do it for electric to balance out the surge in the summer from running the air conditioner.

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ammiemarie t1_j3ife1d wrote

Wow, that's wild. Ours is usually about $20-$50/mo between April-November, then $80-$150 in the winter. We have People's Natural Gas.

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skfoto t1_j3im1cj wrote

Poorly insulated 100 year old house FTW.

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eeekennn t1_j3iyxfj wrote

I feel your pain! Called an insulation company to come out about a month ago and 5 minutes in, he said “We can’t insulate this… there’s no inside of the wall to insulate. It’s plaster over brick. You’d have to build bump-outs for every exterior wall.” 😭

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jetsetninjacat t1_j3jr92y wrote

Your only way forward would basically be to put framing up. You'd lose some space but it would help with the insulation and heating.

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AnewENTity t1_j3r2dzk wrote

This is exactly the situation I’m in with a 100 year old double brick house in Carnegie.

I will say…. Things should not be this expensive

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eeekennn t1_j3r41sh wrote

It feels like a cruel joke. Currently sitting in a room on our second floor that’s reading 60 degrees. Meanwhile, our electric bill in the winter averages $600-800 (because of a poorly installed electric heat pump system which we’re in the process of completely replacing 😭). Old house, mannn…

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