So my girlfriend and I decided to rip up the carpet in my house. The dog had peed one too many times, and it was an ugly desert sand color anyways. We appreciate modern design, therefore we plan on simply sealing the concrete to give it the “wet look”. Sure we could stain it, but eh, concrete stain is stinky and you have to use another stinky sealer on top of the stain. A company called Jasco makes a simple concrete sealer that sells for $12 a gallon and will coat 400+ sq. ft. if applied with a roller.

I really don’t understand why more folks in AZ don’t appreciate concrete and/or tiled floors. As soon as we had the carpet out, I noticed the whole house felt a bit cooler, and therefore set the digital thermostat a degree warmer. It will be interesting to see the difference it makes in cooling and heating bills. It really shouldn’t affect the heating bills too much as I prefer cold weather. You can always put more clothes on, but you can only take so much off before you’re naked and still hot.

I recently had a brand new 12 SEER heat pump installed on my roof, and my summer AC bill went down $100+ dollars! On top of that, this summer has definitely been hotter than last summer, so it sure was money well spent.

Now if I could only find a job…. but that’s a whole other blog :)