Follow these tips to keep cold air out, make your home tight, and save energy and money!- Caulk and weather-strip around drafty doors and windows to save on heating costs.
- Caulk and seal air leaks where plumbing, ducting, or electrical wiring penetrates through walls, floors, ceilings, and soffits over cabinets.
- Install foam gaskets behind outlet and switch plates on walls.
- Install new door bottoms and thresholds that have pliable sealing gaskets to eliminate conditioned air leaking out from underneath the doors.
- When the fireplace is not in use, keep the flue damper tightly closed. A chimney is designed specifically for smoke to escape, so until you close it, warm air escapes 24 hours a day.
- Use foam sealant around larger gaps around windows, baseboards, and other places where warm air may be leaking out.
