Your home is often a lifelong investment. Keeping it protected from winter weather is an effort to maintain that investment as well as provide energy efficiency and warmth to your family. Here are several ways to ensure your home is winter weather protected.
INSULATION
Your home probably already has a layer of insulation in the floors, walls, and ceilings, but during winter, it doesn’t hurt to reinforce it. Adding insulation around pipes, especially those near exterior walls and unheated basements minimizes the chance of busted water pipes. Insulating your attic and caulking around door frames and windows further adds to your protection from the cold.
TEMPERATURE
Install a programmable thermostat to keep your home’s temperature at your desired degrees. Setting the temperature no lower than the mid 60’s can keep pipes from freezing, maintain energy efficiency, and save you money on your heating bills. Turning down the temperature of your water heater, even slightly, lowers your energy usage, saving you money as well.
APPLIANCES
Using energy efficient appliances saves you money on your utility bills. Updating your furnace not only saves you money on your energy bill, but a new one will provide heated air with less dust, less noise, and some even have eco-friendly functions.
REDUCE DRAFTS
Cold air infiltrating into your home under doors causes your furnace to work harder, costs you more money, and creates heat loss. Rolling up a towel or small blanket to place at the base of a door or replacing the weather stripping around doors and windows can greatly reduce this issue.
GENERATORS
Having a backup generator allows you to continue to power your home, keep your family warm, heat your water, and keep your food fresh in the event of a power outage.
At Shrock Restoration, we know that damage happens. In the unfortunate event that a winter storm damages your home, or business, you can rest assured that you will receive a local family of companies who strive for integrity, honesty, and superior craftsmanship. Give us a call today to see how we can help you restore better than before.
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