Laura asks…
Can someone recommend a good home water delivery service?
I cant stand my tap water anymore, it tastes like flat pooh, even with a brita – my dog wont even drink it
I’m looking for a flexible company that gives me a good range of options. Please help!
water maker answers:
Look around you neighborhood see if you have a water store. There water taste much better than tap water or delivery services and it’s much cheaper. All you need to buy are a dispenser about $20.00 a couple of bottles. Your in business. It’s worth the hassle. Beside you don’t say where you live.
Donna asks…
Should you tip your water delivery person at Christmas?
I am getting all my Christmas tips in order and it just occurred to me that we began getting water cooler service in our home this year to cut down on the environmental impact of individual water bottles. And I was wondering if anyone knows what the etiquette for tipping your water delivery person? I feel like I should tip him. He goes above and beyond the call of duty and is a wonderful person.
water maker answers:
Give him one of those Hillshire Farms (or whatever) gift packages that include the cheese log. Everybody loves those.
Michael asks…
AVG electric and gas cost of 14X65 mobile home?
I’m moving into a 14X65 1983 mobile home with my fiance for our first home. Water and trash services are included in our rent, but I was wondering maybe how much electric an gas would cost a month for 2 people? We will be mostly cooking and eating at home, if that makes much of a difference. I was thinking maybe about $350 a month for gas and electric? Am I way off, or is this reasonable? Any help appreciated! Thank you.
water maker answers:
Better tell us where you are.Your climate will have a lot to do with how much you spend on heat or air conditioning. And utility rates are different everywhere. I’m in a similar mobile, a bit newer, in British Columbia. No gas, everything is electric, and my bill averages about $90 a month all year. But there’s just one of me, I’m economical with power usage, and I believe that BC has some of the lowest electricity charges in North America. You can call the utilities involved and they might be able to tell you what last year’s bill was for that address.
John asks…
Have you tried the magicJack home phone service and how do you like it?
I’m searching for a home phone service and I saw a commercial for magicJack and was intrigued. If you’ve used it, how does it work and is it really as inexpensive as they say?
water maker answers:
One day I came home to find that my mom no longer had her home phone bundled with cox. She explained magicjack to me and it seemed like a great deal. It worked fine, but always having to type the area code was a hassled (even if your calling a number in your area code, you still have to type your area code or the call doesnt go through). It was all fine and good until the first time it got all crackly and broken up. I figured out that it was everything I was downloading using the same internet connection as magic jack. Later on I found out that you don’t have to be downloading much to make it break up. Simply loading youtube videos or quickly downloading something will make it sound horrible until the internet connection is completely clear. Another thing about it is that it has to have the magicjack program running on the computer in order for it to work. So for me, it didn’t work out. Between the router randomly shutting off, and the internet being used as the same time as magicjack, there were just too many times that it would not be functioning, or sound to broken up.
Overall, I say go for it IF you have a good computer and do not use your internet heavily. If you live alone, or are the only computer user in your house, and you have a decent computer, its a great deal, but if you have a big family with a router and a bunch of people who use the internet, then steer clear of it. Its like showering and having to worry about other people use water. If you live alone its not an issue, but if theres other people using water/internet then your going to get the unexpected freezing sensation of not being to make out what the other person is saying.
Charles asks…
Is propane for home heating more or less expensive than natural gas?
I recently looked at buying a home a little bit outside of town. Homes in this area are out of the service area of our natural gas provider, so the homes have a 1,000 gallon propane tank buried in the yard. The propane tank gets topped up monthly as part of a service. My question is…. Is propane for home hot water and heating (and cooking) much more expensive…. roughly about the same…..or much less expensive…than natural gas. I am unfamiliar with propane used this way; should I be concerned?
water maker answers:
Nicor Inc., a large natural gas supplier, published their August 2007 energy source comparison numbers that show that Natural Gas costs $7/MMbtu, #2 Fuel Oil costs $20.71/MMbtu and Propane costs $22.14/MMbtu. Electricity varies by the load, but ranges from $25.73/MMbtu to $32.70/MMbtu.
So, based on these numbers, Propane is about 3 times more expensive to heat with than Natural Gas.
Unfortunately, you don’t have much choice when you live rural like you do. If you can burn oil for your heat and hot water then you could save about 10% off your fuel bill, but oil isn’t very popular for cooking. At least you are not relying on electricity!
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