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4 Tips To Winterproof Your Home

4 Tips To Winterproof Your Home

<p dir&equals;"ltr" id&equals;"docs-internal-guid-45abcbe1-1385-6a03-4cbf-433e8209065b" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">No one ever wants to be sat at home with his or her teeth chattering after a long day at work&period; Winter-proofing your house can also save you money and with the rising costs of energy bills&comma; it makes sense for any financially conscious person to get ahead of the curb and make changes now&period; Here are four great ways to winter-proof your house so you and your family can have a comfortable and most importantly&comma; warm&comma; winter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9183" alt&equals;"4 Tips To Winterproof Your Home" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;11&sol;4-Tips-To-Winterproof-Your-Home&period;jpg" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"400" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;&Tab;<H3><&sol;p>&NewLine;<li><strong>Check Your Pipes<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&sol;H3><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Water pipes can be vulnerable to freezing when it gets cold&comma; your first point of call should be familiarize yourself with where the pipes are located in your house and which ones are more liable to freeze during cold weather&period; An easy way to protect them is buy pre-formed tubular insulating material&comma; which you can wrap around the pipes and is easily available from DIY stores&period; If you are going away in the winter it’s a good idea to leave your central heating on very low to prevent pipes from bursting&comma; whilst it sounds counter intuitive to leave the heating on&comma; a burst pipe will set you back a lot more then a big bill&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;" start&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;<H3><&sol;p>&NewLine;<li><strong>Heating Bills<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&sol;H3><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Keeping the inside of your house warm can be incredibly expensive&period; Inevitably&comma; you will have to turn the heating on&comma; however this doesn’t have to cost you earth&period;  An astounding amount of people have never changed their tariff with their energy company who should be trying their hardest to help their customers&period; Sites like Energy Helpline can help you compare heating providers so you see which company will give you the best deal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;" start&equals;"3">&NewLine;&Tab;<H3><&sol;p>&NewLine;<li><strong>Insulate Your House<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&sol;H3><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Make sure that your loft or attic space has adequate insulation&semi; a lot of homes haven’t checked their insulation before winter and are surprised to find that they are losing heat this way&period; Even having draught excluders in your home will help save money and keep your house warm&period; Homeowners overlook this solution but it’s incredibly cheap to implement and could knock off £25 on your next energy bill&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;" start&equals;"4">&NewLine;&Tab;<H3><&sol;p>&NewLine;<li><strong>Energy Efficient Windows<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&sol;H3><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Before winter arrives&comma; you’ll want to make sure that your windows can actually block out some of the cold&period; If your windows are old it’s likely that they won’t be anything more then single glazed and it may be that the frames are letting cold air into your house&period; There is no point turning on your heating if it’s just escaping to the outside&period; Installing energy efficient windows in your house may seem like a big step and will cost you some money&comma; but in the long run the savings to your bills will be worth it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Winter doesn&&num;8217&semi;t have to mean shivering in your house and debating whether to turn the heating because it will cost you money&comma; make sure your home is winter-proof and you may not even need to turn the heating on at all&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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