Winterize Your Home
Not only does winterizing your home help prevent large repairs in the future, but it can also help save in heating costs. At Home Solutions, we can help you find prescreened professionals to:
- Seal leaks around doors and windows which can cut your heating bills up to 10 % and keep water from getting into your house.
- Seal leaks around entry points for your pipes and ducts that go through an exterior wall and add insulation behind electrical plugs that are on a wall with an exterior side which can save you another 1-3% on heating costs.
- Check and/or upgrade your home’s insulation which can cut heating costs up to 25%.
Competent contractors can also:
- Install a programmable thermostat
- Install or check your carbon monoxide detector
- Change your furnace filter
- Turn off and drain garden hose spigots
- Trim trees and shrubs away from house
- Keep your gutter and downspouts ice-free
