Does it have to be so hot in here? Why is this such a common question in the winter time? I think it’s because people just simply over compensate when they turn up the heat in their homes. Someone gets too cold in the house and turns the heat up. This shouldn’t be necessary but [...]
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Older houses are full of of drafts and in colder months can seriously affect your heating costs. There are many different types of products available that you can use to seal these drafts such as fiberglass or lava rock insulation, styrofoam, cellophane (around windows), tuck tape, etc… One of the best products you can use [...] If you have a forced air furnace as most of us do then you will have vents for circulating heat and air conditioning. These vents may also be on your floor, walls and even ceiling depending on how your houses heating ducts were installed. Drafty windows can be a problem in older homes especially when they are old single pane windows. Basement windows can be the worst in the winter time too. Windows are some of the most easiest areas for heat to escape the home and let cold air enter. I have very drafty old basement windows and [...] Operating an oil or gas forced air furnace as we know can get quite expensive especially in extreme cold spells. This can be even worse in older homes with little or no insulation. Many people have more than one source of heat in their homes these days such as wood stoves to compliment [...] When searching for an alternative source of heat for your home one of the first and most common solutions is a wood burning stove. They provide a vast amount of heat from a fairly inexpensive fuel. Wood stoves have been used for hundreds of years and the conventional wood stove uses a simple [...] |
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