If you spent some time thinking about the way your home is used during the summer, you may be surprised at how different it is compared to other months of the year.
Just take one system in your home as an example – your plumbing. During the summer months, the weather is a lot hotter and the sun is a lot brighter, meaning your lawn will need a lot more watering. With kids having time off from school, they’re spending more time at your house, maybe inviting friends over. How many more flushes, brushes, and washes are happening every single day? On the flip side of that coin, what if you spend a lot of time away from your home in the summer months? Are there things you could do to save money, like turning off your water heater, so that it doesn’t just keep reheating the same unused water?

