Typical use here is 400-500 gallons of oil per unit by the way.

So I am rehabbing some of my units in my apartment building.I am using 5 gallon off white for cost flat to get them painted using a sprayer.The painter mentioned that for the bathroom and the kitchen to use a semi-gloss.The reason being in the bathroom the semi-gloss instead of the flat paint won't absorb moisture into the wall.With the kitchen the walls would be easier to clean for grease etc.I guess it made sense to me since I remember from my cars if the paint was flat anything that stuck was really hard to get off but if you had the gloss coating nothing got in and was easy to get off.I can still get semi-gloss 5 gallon for cheap.Just getting input form the paint experts.He is starting tomorrow.I am getting a smoking deal at 70 bucks labor per unit to paint 1,200 sq ft.He doesn't have any work right now and needs the money and is a professional contractor painter.He says he can clear one a day.

I calculated that the sump pump I put in was discharging 3-6 gallons of water every minute and a half/ 24 hours a day/everyday.

I have seen on CNN that national average is $3.70 / gallon ( I think ).

Drive 75 miles to save 3 cents on gasoline----"smart" way to save money when your car gets 16 miles to the gallon!

It costs you 1,200 gallons per year, let's say, in heating oil.

there is lots of great advise on here. there are tone of more experienced people on here.Some ideas;Sherwin Williams has great prices on contractor grade carpeting and they install.Sherwin Wiliiams has great paint too - ProMar 200 has great hiding characteristics - retail is $22 per gallon.

They are in good shape so no immediate expenses there.As a side note, I have a single family home that I rent out now where we paid for 1000 gallons worth of oil as an enticement to get it rented (oil prices were high and this is a 4000 sq ft, 200 year old home).

The tenant at $730 will be bumped to $950 unheated and may not stay.When I did the home inspection the heat in one of the units was set obnoxiously high, 80+ and I called the oil company who told me in the last year they provided over 3,000 gallons to the house.

DIY with a gallon of fast patch roofing tar from HD is the quickest, cheapest, and best solution apart from a new roof.I have never done a deck that I didn't do myself so not much help there.