Boise Home Cleaning Tip 1 Clean or replace air filters on your air conditioning unit at least once a month. This will help your homes freshness in the Northwest weather.
Boise Home Cleaning Tip 2. If you have central air conditioning, do not close vents in unused rooms. Most residents of Clark County and Washington State miss this tip because it seems odd. A clean home in Boise can almost pay for itself with this one tip.
Boise Home Cleaning Tip 3. Lower the thermostat on your water heater to 120 in the Northwest.
Boise Home Cleaning Tip 4. Wrap your water heater in an insulated blanket. It gets cold enough in Boise by Oct to have this tip make a cost savings difference.
Boise Home Cleaning Tip 5. Turn down or shut off your water heater when you will be away for extended periods.
Boise Home Cleaning Tip 6. Turn off unneeded lights even when leaving a room for a short time.
Boise Home Cleaning Tip 7. Set your refrigerator temperature at 36 to 38 and your freezer at 0 to 5 .
Boise Home Cleaning Tip 8. When using an oven, minimize door opening while it is in use; it reduces oven temperature by 25 to 30 every time you open the door.
Boise Home Cleaning Tip 9. Clean the lint filter in your dryer after every load so that it uses less energy.
Boise Home Cleaning Tip 10. Unplug seldom used appliances.
Boise Home Cleaning Tip 11. U se a microwave whenever you can instead of a conventional oven or stove.
Boise Home Cleaning Tip 12. Wash clothes with warm or cold water instead of hot.
Boise Home Cleaning Tip 13. Reverse your indoor ceiling fans for summer and winter operations as recommended.
Boise Home Cleaning Tip 14. Turn off lights, computers and other appliances when not in use.
Boise Home Cleaning Tip 15. Purchase appliances and office equipment with the Energy Star Label; old refrigerators, for example, use up to 50 times more electricity than newer models.
