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So what does it take to properly insulate a home? The best place to start is in the places that we open and close more frequently than we know: the windows and doors. For most homes, the windows and doors pose the greater issues when it comes to insulation for the very reason that we open them so often. The edges can be thin particularly in older windows. Installing new windows and doors can be expensive and not always necessary; the use of self adhesive weather strips, which can be found at any hardware store, stick easily to drafty edges and are easy to peel away and replace.

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The next place to check is the attic. In older homes, the attic was mainly used as a storage facility and didn’t really require any heating or cooling at any time of the year. Naturally, with that in mind, the insulation of the attic could have been overlooked. As science tells us, warm air rises and can easily rise up and out of that drafty attic. For a quick fix of an uninsulated attic would be to staple up some pink fiberglass insulation, but don’t forget to wear gloves and a mask while installing it.

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Getting the most out of our central heating systems is more important now than ever before. We’re all trying to be more environmentally aware about the impacts of wasted energy, as well as the financial impacts. Insulating our homes properly is a great first step to saving energy, money, and the environment as well as getting everything we can from a central heating system this year.

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