Cut Heating Bills This Winter

As the price of heating fuel continues to rise, home owners can take the following steps to lower heating bills. While a few suggestions are more costly and will structurally improve your home, others are easier suggestions to seal your home and keep heat in. A little time spent now can mean dollars off your next heating bill.

Steps

1. Rearrange your furniture to assure all heating vents are clear. Keep seating areas away from outside walls so you do not feel drafts while you relax.
2. Close all vents and doors in unused areas of your home. Heat rises, you may want to close vents on the upper level if it is only used for sleeping.
3. Limit the use of kitchen and bathroom ventilation fans. These are vented to the outside of your house and will also expel heated air from your home.
4. Replace or clean furnace filters on a regular basis. A blocked filter will lower the efficiency of your heater and drive up the cost to heat your home.
5. Install a programmable thermostat. This will allow you to program the temperature lower during the night and also times of the day you are routinely away from home.
6. Make sure your furnace is in optimal working condition. Have your heating system inspected and maintained on a regular basis.
7. Seal all leaks around windows, doors, ducts or pipes. Caulking and new weather stripping is readily available at home improvement stores.
8. Add insulation to unheated areas of your home (i.e. attics and crawlspaces).
9. During sunny days open drapes and window treatments, but during evening hours by keeping windows covered you will slow the loss of heat from the room.
10. Consider installing storm thermal windows. Choose a double paned glass or windows that have a low U-factor. The U-factor is rate of heat transmission through an object. The lower the heat transmission the more efficient the window will be at insulating your home.
11. Consider purchasing an alternative heat source for colder areas of your house. Infrared portable furnaces will provide radiant moist heat to efficiently heat your home.

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References

• http://money.msn.com/saving-money-tips/post.aspx?post=1453ea21-3702-4631-9579-858c5e55897c
• https://www.ezhomeheating.com/blog/tips-to-save-money/

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