10 Easy Ways Winterize Your Home
Edmonton Home Builders - Edmonton Home Builders are your ideal partners to winterize your home. Winter time is fast approaching and there is no better time to winterize your home than the month of November
Edmonton Home Builders - There is an awful lot of money to save when winterizing your home. Invest a little on simple but effective home improvements and immediate effect will be felt in energy bills.
What Is Winterizing A Home?
Every home which lays in a sub zero climate zone needs to be winterized. Winterizing is checking the complete house on items that could cause problems during the sub zero period of the year. Items which can freeze or break because of the cold which might be there for months at a time. All freezing water in and around homes causes a lot of damage to those homes. Damage which often could have been avoided when the home would have been winterized before the winter arrived. Huge savings can be made when items do not freeze till damage occurred.
Water Damage
Water is the main cause to the damage to most houses, town houses, pools, fountains and ponds. The moment the water freezes the ice will expand, and these forces of nature can be extreme. Frozen water can work like a bulldozer and move and crack anything. Winterizing any water elements is a must.
How To Winterize Your Home
1. Check all doors and windows for air
and water leaks
2. Double glass prevents heat loss
3. Turn of outside taps, and remove water
4. Remove shallow well pumps
5. Remove all water from pipes in non heated rooms
6. Drain the washing machine, all pipes and hoses flat on the floor
7. Check the cellar’s low point drain and purge all water
8. Use time thermostat for heating system
9. Seal non opening doors and windows with thick plastic foil
10. Wrap water pipes in isolating foam
Builders in Edmonton are ready to winterize your home this week. Edmonton Home Builders is specialized during this part of the year to winterize any home. Whether the house will be lived in or is for sale over the winter period, winterizing is an important part of saving your home and saving your money. Saving money comes even from another angle as there are tax advantages for home improvements and this can lead to tax credits.
Edmonton Home Builders winterize any type of home luxury homes are often more prone to damage as they have swimming pools, ponds and fountains. Edmonton Home Builders is the ideal partner to winterize homes in the Edmonton area.