How To Keep Your Home Warm Or Cool

Our home is made up of layers of wood, cement etc

. They make up what you can call as the skin of your home. The skin protects our homes from the different outside forces that can damage it. Doors and windows combined are the second largest area of your home's exterior.

This means that the temperature of your home is affected largely by the spaces that are found in between the door and the walls. Air is able to come in through these tiny gaps and this affects the temperature of the home. This is why you should consider getting energy efficient doors and proper insulation for your home.

Insulation is needed all throughout the home. To reduce the air that comes in and out of the home outside walls must be sealed from the foundation to the roof peak. There are many ways to do this for the inside of your home, specifically for doors and windows.

You can also wrap all accessible plumbing that carries hot water, to reduce heat loss to reduce the amount of fuel being burned to deliver hot water to your home for heat and/or hot water. There are insulating blankets to wrap your hot water heater and many different kinds of foil and foam insulating tape.

When a basement or attic is unfinished, you can add insulation to the floor/ceiling that butts up to heated space.You should also insulate the door used to access the attic, both the door panel and use a kit with instructions for sealing the gaps around the door where lots of heated/cooled air can flow easily.

Hot air systems can also be insulated as their air ducts can be sealed to avoid heat loss. Insulating blankets, different kinds of foil and foam insulating tape can be used to reduce heat loss around the home. Doors used to access your attic should also be properly insulated.

Below are home products that minimize the loss of heat in homes:

* One is bulk insulation, this includes batts, rolls, blow-in fibers, rigid boards, expanding spray, pour-in-place or spray foam in a can

* Home sealing products like weather stripping and house wrap

* Roofing products that follow Energy Star qualifications for solar reflectance can be used as well. This is accomplished with pigmented coatings, cooling granules and new technology.

* Energy efficient doors and windows that meet Energy star qualifications. These can be French, patio and storm doors. When purchasing these products it is usually a good idea to have a professional install them.

by: Tina Gleisner

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