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- Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:58 pm
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Crisp air, football, hunting season, CHL.......Ah, life is good.....
- Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:00 am
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Right!sjfcontrol wrote:Only in Texas does it get so hot you have to water your foundation!
We built our house 4 years ago and grass wasn't in the budget until year 2. What was in the budget for year 1 were 3 stations of sprinklers around the house for that very purpose!
- Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:52 pm
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...this thread is still alive going into week #3!
- Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:15 pm
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...you see a lady on the news that got 2nd degree burns on her feet from walking to the store in flip-flops! 
- Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:43 pm
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...you get into a parking lot fight with a coworker over who gets to park beside the shade sapling.
We had window film installed on our glass. Tremendous help, as well.C-dub wrote:Radiant barrier and an extra 18 inches of insulation. Electric bill is still under $300 at around $250. We'll see how the next month goes.Keith B wrote:I put solar screens on the house in August 2009 and replaced both of my AC units last year in April with 16 SEER systems (previous were 10 SEER and poorly installed/matched.) Even with the high heat last month here I only used about 2600 Kwh vs cooler summers in 2008 & 2009 when I was seeing about 4000 Kwh usage. Both of these changes made a HUGE difference.
- Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:38 pm
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...the temperature drops below 95 and you look for your jacket.