subject: Ac Detroit Heating Hvac Contractors & Air Conditioning Detroit [print this page] Top 7 Detroit Heating Tips For Winter Savings
by Jim Dalyle
In order to winterize a home, a homeowner should follow a few simple steps and save a lot of money on their utility bill in the process. These are the top 7 Detroit heating tips for winter in order to save money on electric and gas bills. The things to do are pretty straightforward and easy for everyone to do. They include adjusting the thermostat and water heater temperatures, opening the curtains to allow the sunlight to heat a room and several other things that will make a house more energy efficient when it comes to winterizing and saving money.
In order to bring down an energy bill to an affordable amount, a homeowner could insulate their home. Just check with your local HVAC Detroit contractor to find out more. It is a simple and fairly inexpensive way to make sure the heat stays in the house. Begin in the attic and use either the blown in insulation or the roll out style. This will prevent warm air from escaping out the top of the house. The basement is another place, if it is unfinished, that is a good option to place the roll out style insulation on the walls.
Another easy way to help lower energy bills is to weatherize a home. An individual could purchase weather-stripping in order to seal up doors and windows that allow air to seep out. This is a fairly easy process and could end up saving the homeowner up to 10 percent of their Detroit air conditioning and heating costs. Sealing the gaps along the baseboards that one could feel air escaping or coming in is also a good idea. Along with this type of weatherization is opening up the curtains during the day to allow the sun to warm a room.
Another almost painless tip is to set the thermostat to a lower number, about 68 degrees and wear a sweater if one gets cold. This could save a household in the neighborhood of about $72 each year. By lowering the thermostat just another five degrees when the family is not home or at night, they will save even more money. By spending a little money on a programmable thermostat, available from your Detroit HVAC contractor, the house will automatically be able to cool itself when no one is home and during the late evening hours.
Another place to save money is with the hot water heater. By setting it to 120 degrees, the family will still have hot enough water for showers and baths, but not hot enough to scold someone and the savings will be about $10 a year. Investing in a hot water heater blanket, which sells for under $12, will help to keep the water in the tank warmer longer and save energy as well.
There are several small things a homeowner could do to bring about big change and savings for their utility bills. Replacing regular light bulbs with CFL energy efficient bulbs would save a homeowner about $40 per bulb over the lifetime of a single light bulb and each of these newer energy efficient light bulbs last for several years. A great furnace Detroit tip is to change your furnace filter every month, especially if the household contains pets. These Detroit furnace filters are magnets for dust, dirt and hair and the cleaner they are, the better the machine will work and the warmer the home will be without having to turn the thermostat up.
Purchasing all energy efficient appliances that are up to code when it comes to Detroit HVAC, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, is yet another way to help lower utility bills and keep a house warm in the winter months and cool in the summer months. Replacing old appliances may seem extreme or sound costly, but in the long run, the old appliances are what is costing more money and draining a home of most of its energy consumption. Switching to highly energy efficient rated appliances such as hot water heaters, Detroit furnaces and air conditioners would be ideal to lower energy consumption and save money.
These are just seven of the top Detroit heating tips to save a homeowner money on their utility bills during winter. Simple common sense like turning off the lights when not in the room, turning off the water when brushing ones teeth and perhaps having an electronic-free evening in which the family plays board games instead of their electronic devices or watches television are just a few ideas they could implement. There are many places around a house that may need winterization; a homeowner simply needs to look closely and have a AC Detroit Heating Contractor they trust.
