Insider tips for winterizing your house like a pro: Via ForbesAdvisor
t are the most important things to think about? We asked our expert for advice about winterizing a home for those of us planning to use our house for shelter this winter. Here’s what he had to say.A: The list gets very long depending on how detailed it is. I like to keep it simple and as inexpensive as possible. This is my actual list, cut and pasted, that I use each year for my house. I’ve added a few notes and changed some words for clarity.
realized later by winterizing, yet again this fall, won’t be enough to justify the money and effort today. Eventually, something bad that could have been prevented, will go wrong.A: Houses today are built to be energy efficient. The 65-degree Fahrenheit rule of years ago has become more lenient. Now, 68 degrees is considered energy-efficient for an occupied home. That said, everyone has different comfort needs.
are designed to be highly energy efficient. If your home comes equipped with these, it’s likely that you can skip applying plastic film insulation to them every year. The energy savings are minimal for new windows. The single most critical step to perform before winter is changing the batteries in, and testing of, your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. Everything else that we’re talking about today can be repaired after a catastrophic event. That’s often not the case if a dead battery renders an alarm inoperable and your safety is sacrificed.
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