Thursday, December 15, 2011

Preparing Your Home for the Winter Season

Here is an excerpt from a new blog post at GreggMarcus.com:
Winter will be here next week, which means now is the ideal time to take the steps needed to winterize your home. You’d be surprised how much money you will save and how much more comfortable you will be by properly preparing your house for the cold weather. In this post, Long Island Insurance Executive, Gregg S. Marcus, lists some ways to prepare your home for the season ahead. Is your home ready for the winter?
Fireplace Draft
A fireplace can be a wonderful place to relax in the winter but it is also an ideal route for cold air to enter your home. You can seal the opening with an insert or you may also find that putting in a fireplace door is more cost-effective and convenient.
Install Energy-Efficient Windows
Single pane windows let out a great deal of heat. Double pane windows absorb the heat from the outside, while keeping the heat from the inside from escaping.
To read this post in it's entirety, click here to visit the Gregg Marcus official website.