Save Money on Your Energy Costs This Heating Season

Winter has arrived but it’s not too late to make your home energy efficient. Here are some useful tips that will keep heating bills low and you feeling cozy in your home all winter long.

      Apply Caulk and Weather Strip Doorways – Cold drafts that seep through your home’s foundation, doors, walls and window can cause your heating bills to skyrocket. Seal cracks with caulk and add weather stripping in doorways and windows to keep cold drafts from entering your home and warm air from escaping.

      Insulate Your Attic, Walls and Flooring – Insulation retains heat inside your home, keeping floors, walls and your attic thoroughly heated while preventing cold air from entering. A thoroughly insulated structure will keep your entire home warm, ensuring your furnace or heater isn’t working harder than necessary to maintain a comfortable temperature, reducing energy costs.

      Inspect Your Furnace – If you have a furnace make sure it’s functioning properly. Have an HVAC professional inspect all its parts before the season. Also, monitor its heating performance as the season progresses and note if it’s diminishing in heat output. If so it might need its filter replaced.

      Seal Your Fireplace – When not in use, make sure the damper on your fireplace is tightly closed to prevent cold drafts from coming down your chimney.

      Seal Outlets – Cold air has a habit of finding its way into your home through any crack or opening; electrical outlets for example can let in cool air. Seal off electrical outlets that aren’t in use with plastic safety inserts. 

      Reverse Your Fans – Turning on ceiling fans during winter seems counter intuitive, but reversing their spin cycle can cause warm air to be drawn up into your fan’s blades and dispersed throughout the room, warming it much faster, enhancing your comfort and decreasing energy bills.

Although most of the aforementioned tips can be completed on your own, you can save time and ensure they’re performed properly by having Alpine Construction’s professionals do it for you. At Alpine Construction we maintain more than 40 years of successful experience in residential and commercial remodeling, new home construction and much more.

Our experts can properly install new insulation for you, apply caulk, install weather stripping and even inspect your furnace and fireplaces to ensure they’re working efficiently. We can inspect your home and provide useful tips unique to your home’s current condition on how you can increase its energy efficiency. Contact Alpine Construction today to receive an energy efficiency consultation, start slashing those energy bills in half and feel warm and snug in your home throughout winter.