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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

safeinOhio

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2. Here is something to try.

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Wed Dec 31, 2014, 03:30 PM

Dec 2014

Wait for a real cold, very windy day. Get a stick of incense and walk around the house with it lit. Hold it near doors, windows and all outlets. If the smoke stops going straight up and goes sideways, you need to calk around that area. Where cold leaks in, heat leaks out.

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