5 Tips to Prepare Your Home for Winter Season

Cold season has set upon us! Don’t frown upon those heating bills mate! Its gonna escalate with time.

Moreover, the cool breezes can make you even more cranky. But hey, you can slash those heating bills by prepping your home for the winter season.

In this article, we will walk you through 5 tips to make your home winter ready. Let’s explore them below -

1. Install weatherstripping

For cold air leaks, inspect your home’s exterior doors from inside.

To identify the leaks, you can move a burning candle around the door frame. If there is a draft, the flame will blow near you.

Thereafter, you can install foam or felt weatherstripping insider the door frame. This action comes under winterization.

You can also take help from the hardware store for installation guidance.

2. Seal attic openings

An attic seal opening could leak around 30% of hot or cool air. Therefore, find the leaks and openings in the attic and seal them right away.

Also seal cutouts in drywall made for electrical fixtures, pipes, fans, and outlets. Also, examine wiring, flues, vents, ducts, chimneys and seal them.

3. Close the damper

If you leave the fireplace damper open, the cool or hot air might escape quickly through the chimney.

Therefore, always make sure to shut the flue post-fire in the fireplace.

4. Insulate the attic

Insulation prevents escaping of the warm and cool air from the house. However, it should be remembered that insulating an attic requires professional help.

Always, hire a contractor to insulate the attic or any other component of your home.

5. Install programmable thermostat

Do you know a programmable thermostat could save up to $180 on fuel costs? You can save lots of money by adjusting the temperature using the thermostat.

Therefore, install a programmable thermostat at your home.