Bartlett Heating and Air Has Home Winterizing Tips

The fall is here and its slowly getting colder by the day. Soon enough the winter will be here and it will be even colder! Now is a good time to start preparing your home for the winter cold. Winterizing your home helps keep the cold out, the warm in, and can also save you money on your energy bills. Here are some tips on how to winterize your home. Check for air leaks throughout your home. Air typically leaks around electrical outlets on outside walls, windows, doors, and cracks in the outside walls. Walk through your home with a piece of tissue to helps see if air is flowing into the home in certain areas since it will cause the tissue to blow around. The way you take care of these cracks is to use silicone sealant. The windows and doors are typically the places that leak the air the most. You can have these sealed with silicone and specially made door sealants. If you have storms windows for your home you can put those on too. Fall is the time to do your yearly furnace clean and checks to make sure your furnace is working correctly. Bartlett Heating and Air does a 28 point inspection that includes the carbon monoxide leak test. This is the most important part of your home winterizing. Carbon monoxide leaks can be deadly if not caught and fixed early. Getting your furnace cleaned and maintained each year will save you money and stress in the winter to come. This is also the time to buy carbon monoxide and smoke detectors for each level of your home. If you already have them, be sure to check them and change their batteries too. This is also a good time to winterize your equipment such as snow blowers, leaf blowers ect. Drain the gas out of lawn mowers and other things you wont be using until winter is over because gas can go bad if it sits all winter. These are some simple, easy tips to go by to make sure your home is safe and ready for the coming winter. Call Bartlett Heating and Air today to schedule your furnace clean and check!