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Reduce Your Heating Bill: 5 Eco-Friendly Home Projects To Consider

by Wallace Simmons

Keeping your home comfortable during the fall and winter can be challenging if you're concerned about the costs involved with heating. While replacing the central heating in your home or wearing warmer clothes are always options, there are many projects to consider that can help reduce your heating bill quite significantly without costing a fortune.

Check the Sealing on Your Windows

Drafty windows can be a major source of heat loss, making it a good idea to check the caulking on the windows throughout your house. If you find any windows allow in a draft, you'll want to add weather stripping, caulking, or consider replacing the windows altogether.

Cover Bare Flooring

Bare flooring such as tile, laminate, and hardwood can look beautiful in a home, but they can also lead to the space being colder than you may like. In order to warm up your home, lay down some thick rugs to provide some much-needed insulation. Not only will this simple fix make the flooring warmer on your feet, it can also help with heat retention.

Close Doors to Unoccupied Rooms

If you have any rooms in your home that aren't used much, such as a guest room or laundry room, it's helpful to keep the doors closed most of the time. By leaving the doors closed during chilly days, your heater won't need to perform any harder than necessary to keep the rooms you do use warm.

Keep Up with Filter Replacements

Dirty filters in your heater can be responsible for a major lack in performance. Simply taking out and replacing the filters regularly can ensure that your heater is able to produce as much heat as possible. The intervals of when to change the filters depends greatly on your particular heater, making it helpful to look into this and write it down on a calendar so that you can keep up with the replacements.

Upgrade to a Programmable Thermostat

Running your heater at a high temperature all day can keep your home cozy, but it will also raise your energy bill significantly. A great solution to this is getting a programmable thermostat that allows you to set it around 70 degrees during the day and night, keeping your home comfortable and helping you to save on heating costs.

A warm home can be one of the best things to enjoy during a chilly day, but it can be expensive to keep your heater working hard all day. With the above tips, you can ensure that your home is comfortable and that your heating bills aren't too high. For more information, contact a local heating company, like Summers & Smith Cooling & Heating


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Hi, I'm Lenora. One of my favorite things is traveling. And when I travel, I especially love to see the various architecture around the world. Ever since I built a house (well, you know, hired a contractor to help me design it and then build it for me), I have been fascinated with the construction process. I love looking at international architecture like Saint Basil's Cathedral in Russia or Angkor Wat in Cambodia. How were they made? It is just so interesting to me, from the foundation's support to all the intricate details such as paving or roofing. I started this blog to talk about all the parts of construction. I hope you enjoy it!

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