saving on utility bills

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Share your tips and tricks to save on your water, electricity, gas bills.

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We have one simple rule for water usage in the home : dont keep the tap open unnecessarily when doing the dishes or brushing teeth for example ... if you feel like having a longer shower during summers, fill some water up in the tub instead and have a bath ... Similarly I do laundry once a week , ensuring none of the taps are dripping ...

Electricity - Keeping chargers off after use , Switching TV off every night, I cook every alternate day to save on energy , I try to iron clothes faster , not only does the task get done quicker but also saves on electricity ...

Gas - in our home its just the boiler thats on Gas .. we try not to turn on the heating all the time ... Lowering the heat by a few points also helps..

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Hey, good point. Never thought of that.

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Yeah and I have got another tip as well .. when i got newly married I saw hubby putting a shirt on top of another and then ironing it … and I asked him what that was … he said aik ko iron karo dossra shirt khudi ho jati hai :omg:

I always saw my mum , use bedsheets as the base , she would iron the clothes on top of the bedsheets and that automatically ironed the bedsheets…

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wow…surely this is the first time i’ve heard this. Must try it :k:

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man you guys are killer ..

:k:

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Blueangle, Dont try the shirt on top of shirt trick .. Its only good for lazy bachelors :cb: …

But the bedsheet trick defo works well … I dont iron my bedsheets separately now … I just layer it into four and spread it as the base and iron all the clothes on top … works well for me …

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:snooty: we sort of like being kanjoos :cb:

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  1. use your hands for cutlery and tree leafs for plates for eating your food, to save on water bill.
  2. Why do you need to iron that T shirt , shirt , pant , shalwar kameez , sleeping suit which you wear around the house ?
  3. Do not change your clothes at least for one week to save on water and electricity bill.
  4. Use laltain and mombatti to save on electricity bill.
  5. Use miswak instead of toothpaste and tooth brush to save on water.
  6. Take shower jumay k jumay , there are some cheaper ways to keep yourself smelling good , ask an Arab for the tips.

+More later.

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don't have a bath, have a quick shower instead.

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^ Oh I have a great water saving tip for couples but alas this is a family forum/

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turn on AC 24*7 and set temperature at 78 F . keep checking your windows and door and apply filling if you find any leakage. keep changing your air filter every three month. it will really help to reduce electricity bill.

if you have electric stove, then replace it with gas.

it is always a good idea to run sprinkler in night. will help to reduce evaporation and plant will grow in small amount of water.

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Keep crying in front of begum about how high are the bills and how hard you have to work to pay all the bills…she will do the rest :chai:

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yes,she ll ask u to stop smoking, buyig coffee from starbucks twice a day n buying expensive clothes

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:rotfl:

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Mujhey PM kerdoyour water saving tip for couples :chai:

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you can open separate thread in life 1.

:khumar:

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stay in one room...all the time.

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kanjoos log hi toh hamesha kamyaab hotay hai :smiley: cb… i do all the thinks that you mentioned above, to be honest didnt so much

bother when was at my parents home but soon after marriage it all changed :bummer:

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Experts do not want you to turn on sprinklers in the night because that promote fungal diseases for your plants and grass.