Weather-proofing your home

With the cold days we’ve had lately, weather-proofing your home is critical to helping you save lots of money.  When temperatures drop below freezing, the risk increases that your water pipes may freeze or worse, burst.  This can be very costly to repair depending on how bad the damage is.  To help prevent your pipes from freezing, make sure the heat is on in your home.  For those homes with basements and crawl spaces, it’s also a good idea to keep your faucents dripping overnight so water is constantly running through the pipes.

To help keep your home warm, be sure that your windows and doors are sealed throughout the house.  You can simply close them and feel around them to see if any air is coming through.  If so you can buy weather stripping from your local hardware store that is easy to install and relatively inexpensive.  Additionally, you may want to make sure you have proper insulation in your attick and walls.  Although this can be more costly to install, the long term savings on your heating bill could be tremendous.

If your like me, you can never be too warm.  In this case, you can use an electric heater for certain rooms that you spend a lot of time in.  Just be careful not to leave them on when you leave the house or when you’re sleeping.  They need to be attended to whenever in use.

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