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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Help Keep Energy from Walking Out the Front Door

22 February 2010, by Isabella

Therma Tru Doors – Therma – TRU, the nation’s leading manufacturer of Fiberglass and Steel Entry Doors systems, announced that they have taken care of homeowners by complying with Strict New Energy Standards set by the government through the ENERGY STAR program for the Door, Window and Skylight category. The company also promised that it will continue to improve energy-efficient consumer products available on the market today.

The company has homeowners covered when it comes to meeting the new criteria of the Energy Star program that became effective on January 4, 2010. The Energy Star program has changed their criteria for the Door, Window and skylight category to continue to raise the bar for energy efficient consumer products available on the market today,” said Steve Jasperson, code and regulatory compliance manager for Therma-Tru. “Even with the new criteria, almost all of Therma-Tru’s fiberglass and steel entry door systems meet these strict ENERGY STAR guidelines and are also National Fenestration Rating Council® (NFRC) Certified.”

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