The cold weather and you got heaters? We'll tell you how to keep the heat in the apartment and the house before the heating season, and how to save money when the battery will be hot.
Money loves account, and heat - saving. Before the heating season still need to wait for now is a good time to think about the additional insulation of your home.
Where heat escapes?
The most common heat loss occurs through windows, doors, floors and roof. These losses can not be removed until the end, but it is possible to minimize. There are others, such as losses due to failure of the air conditioning installation or small cracks in the wall. Unfortunately, they can only be seen with a thermal imaging expert. But they are easy to remove.
Maintain the temperature in the apartment
that minimal use heaterbefore heatingseason, keep the natural heat in the apartment:
- Spread on the floor carpet, so you reduce the leakage through it.
- Open all the blinds to daylight got into the apartment, and warmed the room.
- Minimize heat loss through windows. Seal of good old foam.
- Release the battery from furniture, curtains or grille.
- For the battery, lay down a special foil. Thus it will heat the room, rather than the wall.
- Adjust the balcony doors. Cracks in them can give a serious leak.
- Close the interior doors. So you will not let heat escape.
Global conservation measures on the heat in the house
- Insulate the facade of the apartment. The lion's share of your money literally flies on the wind through the wall.
- Replace old windows with new metal and plastic.
- In a private house, pay close attention to the roof and the foundation. They need to be on a par with the warm walls.
- Change the interior doors to more dense.
- Install new batteries. Old cast iron with a thick layer of paint is heated bad.
How to save money on heating costs?
The new apartments, set the heat meter. In older homes, unfortunately, it is not always possible to do this because of the specific design of the heating system. Then out - to set the counter to heat the house. So you will not be able to "cheat" excess heat.
In a private house gas boiler is better to change to combined heating system: gas, wood or coal. So you will save on accounts for the blue fuel.
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