With the winter season comes cold temperatures and snow, and you want to ensure that your house is properly insulated. Comfort during the cold weather is important as well as keeping your heating bill to a minimum. Insulating your house during the winter, whether by weatherstripping your entryways or curing drafty windows, can do wonders to keep your house and family warm. Let’s look at some of the ways to insulate your house during the cold, frosty winter season.
Maintain Your HVAC System
To ensure that your furnace and HVAC system functions properly during the winter, perform regular maintenance on the system. Changing your HVAC filters on a monthly basis will help to keep air quality at an optimum level, and your system will run more efficiently. Preventative maintenance of your HVAC system is beneficial in keeping your energy bill low, lowering the chance of a catastrophic breakdown, increasing system longevity, and allows safer equipment operation as well as requires less repair.
Install a Gas of Oil Furnace
A furnace is one of the most effective methods of keeping your house insulated. You can choose between a gas furnace or an oil furnace, both of which have their own pros and cons. Gas furnaces are more efficient than oil furnaces, while oil furnace heat is stronger, but the system is much more expensive. You can add insulation to your home with either type of furnace, and if made up of the right insulation materials, you could have one of the most efficient furnaces in your house.
Seal Your Doorways and Windows
Cold air and moisture can enter your home through uninsulated spaces, which can raise your heating bill. During the winter, you want to keep the warm air in. You can draft-proof your windows and doors by using a number of methods. You can replace old door sweeps with new ones, or apply foam weatherstripping around the inside of your door, creating a seal and prevent air exchange. You can also use a door snake to help block out the unwanted chill.
Install Thick Curtains
Winter requires the types of curtain that keep the warm in and the cold out, especially if your windows are drafty. Investing in some long, thick and heavy curtains will help dramatically. Curtains with a thermal back for an extra layer of protection against the cold are a good choice.
Comfort during the cold winter months should be a must. You can prepare your home for the winter chill by ensuring that it is properly insulated. Check your HVAC system, seal drafty windows and doors, install thick curtains and consider getting a gas or oil furnace.
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