Usually winter only brings a slight chill but lately, the drop in temperature in winter can be uncomfortable at the very least. Especially if your house has a habit of feeling like a drafty tent.
However, there’s no need to freeze now that the weather is cooling down and winter is on its way. Rather than freezing your socks off or spending a fortune on heating, take a look at our top tips to keep your home warm this winter. Keep reading or give us a call on 1300 655 310 for further information.
Windows are one of the main culprits when it comes to letting cool air into your home and allowing warm air to escape. Unless you have some serious window insulation going on, you’ll want to ensure that you’re doing everything you can to minimise the effects of your windows.
Heavy-duty curtains will go a long way to helping keep your home warm in winter. Heavy, thick curtains are a great way to add a layer of insulation to your windows.
If you have any wood or hard floors in your house, lay rugs down if you can. This will add a layer of insulation to your floors which will help to conserve heat.
Any additional layers that you can place between yourself and the cold floors will do you a world of good when it comes to staying warm in your house.
It goes without saying that a drafty home is a cold home. Spend some time filling in and sealing up any cracks throughout your house as well as in the outside brickwork. Cracks in the structure of your home allow warm air to escape and cold air to seep in, ruining any attempt you are making at keeping your home warm and snuggly.
Also, consider sealing off the bottoms of doors and drafty windows with door snakes to temporarily keep cold air out.
There’s no doubt that heating your home in winter can be expensive. Especially if you have that hard-won warm air escaping from lots of different places. Do yourself and your power bill a favour and consider closing off any rooms you aren’t using.
Not only will this make your home a lot easier to heat and keep warm, but it will make your power bills substantially cheaper. There’s no point in heating a room if you aren’t using it.
Rather than accepting that winter means your home is going to be freezing, get creative about how you can keep the winter chill out. If you need a hand preparing your home for the coming cooler months, get in touch and give us a
call today.
Our Sunshine Coast-based team can help you out with a range of great advice and even handier
products
to ensure that you and your home are ready for the cooler months.