What Are the Best Ways to Prep Your Home for Winter?
11/22/16 • -1 min
There are a variety of precautions you can take to prepare your home for winter. Today we’ll go over the most important ones.
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What can you do to get your home ready for winter?
Let’s starts with the outdoors. Any outdoor water hoses need to be drained and shut off. AC unit lines should also be drained and shut off at the valve. Your whole AC unit, in fact, should be blanketed with a waterproof cover. As for your furnace, replace the filter and have it fully serviced by a professional so that you aren’t worrying about it breaking down in the middle of a blizzard.
What about the inside? Start by considering installing a programmable thermostat. This will allow you to reduce your energy costs by programming the home for a lower temperature while you’re away and then normalizing it before you get back home so you can walk into a toasty interior.
There are a variety of precautions you can take to prepare your home for winter. Today we’ll go over the most important ones.
Want to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report
Want to buy a home? Search all homes for sale
What can you do to get your home ready for winter?
Let’s starts with the outdoors. Any outdoor water hoses need to be drained and shut off. AC unit lines should also be drained and shut off at the valve. Your whole AC unit, in fact, should be blanketed with a waterproof cover. As for your furnace, replace the filter and have it fully serviced by a professional so that you aren’t worrying about it breaking down in the middle of a blizzard.
What about the inside? Start by considering installing a programmable thermostat. This will allow you to reduce your energy costs by programming the home for a lower temperature while you’re away and then normalizing it before you get back home so you can walk into a toasty interior.
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