Checklist for Winterizing Your Home
13 November 2011, by admin
Sears Home Services has provided the useful checklist below for winterizing your home, if you haven’t already done so. You can visit Sears from this link.
- Maintaining Home Heating Systems
- Reducing Window and Roof Drafts
- Unclogging Gutters to Prevent Future Home Damage
- Prepping Water Heater and Pipes
- Utilizing ENERGY STAR® Qualified Products
- Tuning Up Snow Throwers
Maintaining Home Heating Systems
Now is the time to look at home heating systems—before sub-freezing temperatures become the norm. Clogged and dirty vents force heaters to work harder to warm the home, translating to higher heating bills. Sears customers can have their heating vents cleaned to help with air circulation and ventilation. This simple cleaning service will not only help keep homes warmer, it will also assist in keeping wallets a bit fuller, too.
Heating system preventive maintenance can also help ensure that your home heating system is running efficiently. A 20-point home heating preventive maintenance check prior to winter’s full force descending on homeowners will help safeguard against costly breakdowns in the future and in the midst of a winter storm when they can least repair it.
Additionally, for homeowners with aging heating systems that are 10 years or older, it may be time replace it with a more energy efficient option. To help determine if a new home heating system is needed, Sears customers can request a free in-home design consultation.
Reducing Window and Roof Drafts
An essential step to keeping cozy and saving energy is to
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