Use Safe Energy Today
In the winter your home heating cost may rise almost each year. There are many reasons for this rise in heating costs for all types of heat whether you have electric, gas, or oil heat in your house. There are several things to save money and get ready for the rise of energy costs in your home environment.
Check out these tips to see how you can keep your bills lower this winter:
Make sure your windows are insulated. Examine every room in your house to make sure your windows are sealed well. You can see if there is a leak by lighting a match and producing smoke near a shut window. If there is a leak you can see the smoke go towards that part of the window. You can buy kits to patch up your windows and make them better for the winter.
A ceiling fan can help bring warm air closer to where you, since warm air always goes up the fan can help bring it down. You can get some that will help you out in the summer to keep cool too.
Keep your doors closed when you aren’t in the room. This will help you to keep cold air from escaping to the areas of the house that you use more often. This will also help you save money when you just heat the areas of the room that you are using.
Use curtains and blinds to keep heat in. During the day open your blinds so you get sunlight and then close them when it is dark to keep heat inside. You can really feel the difference when you use the sun’s own safe energy to help you heat the rooms in your house and then close your curtains at night to keep the cold air out.
Make sure that your doors are weather proofed too and make sure you caulk your windows. You don’t to feel a draft if you don’t’ have to. Check the bottoms of doors to make sure that they aren’t drafty. You can use caulk to seal up windows and if the seal is broken on your windows make sure that you fix it wherever it is damaged.
You can realign your doors because they can begin to sag and lose shape. You should do this before winter so you can have them fitting snuggly to keep you warm.
Make sure your furnace is in prime working order. You can hire someone to help you with this project and make sure that you are saving money by getting the most out of your furnace. When it is running poorly you will be losing money and you can have real issues with safety.