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We are back from vacation. We left the house at 59 degrees while we were gone. Since we rent this house from our in-laws we talked to them about the insulation while we were with them. They are willing to pay to have the heat pump inspected and any insulation we might need. Which is good!

Another thing to ponder- we have a crawl space and that is where our hot water heater is located. I can't get to the heater easily enough to turn it on and off. We have a water heater blanket around it, but should there be insulation around the entire crawl space? I'm thinking at least on the ceiling there should be. It would certainly help keep our entire floor (all wood floors through out the entire downstairs) much warmer!

I'll be calling the power company tomorrow and asking about budget billing. I know they do not give cheaper rates during the evening because it's on a meter- they just read the numbers and calculate it based on amount used. Make sense?

Thank you all for your advice, I'll see whatelse we can work on for saving money around here. And currently our thermostat is now set on 66.