Here are some quick and easy ways you can get ready for the upcoming winter season.
- Check for drafts
- Fireplace flues should be inspected for safety and for air leakage
- Weather stripping around doors and windows should be tight
- Blocked vents
- If you have any floor or low-wall vents for your heating and air system, make sure they aren’t being blocked by furniture
- Furnace
- Make sure your furnace has been safety checked and also for maximum efficiency before the heating season
- Cooking and baking
- If you use the oven, once the oven is turned OFF, keep the door cracked open to let the heat out and help warm the kitchen
- Ceiling fans
- Reverse the direction of your ceiling fans for winter to clockwise
- Sunlight as a heating and lighting source
- Open shades in the daytime to allow the sun to naturally warm the space and use less artificial lighting
- Close shades at night to hold the heat in
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