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WEATHERIZING YOUR HOME SAVING TIPS (CONTINUED)
4. Caulk and weather strip to prevent air leaks.
a. Make sure there are no cracks, holes or gaps around window and door frames. Caulk as necessary, on both the outside and inside, to stop air flow.
b. Check weather stripping on all windows and doors. Add or replace to stop air
flow. Tighten or replace window and door locks to ensure they clamp the windows
and doors tight on the weather stripping. Do not forget weather stripping on the
attic entrance or whole-
c. Caulk around any places where pipes, wires, can lights and vents go through exterior walls, floors or ceilings and there is a visible space. This includes pipes under sinks, vent pipes for oven and dryer exhaust, electrical wires, etc. Make sure to look in the attic floor for pipes, exhaust fans and can lights coming through your ceiling. It will be necessary to roll back the insulation to find many of these and install proper caulking or weather stripping. However, do not place insulation around can lights and other electrical fixtures that protrude into the attic floor, unless they are approved to come in contact with insulation.
d. Insulate your outlets and switches with insulating pads behind the switch plates.
e. Insulate around chimneys.
f. Check to see if vents for the stove and dryer have louvers or covers (usually mounted on the outside wall of the house) that close when not in use. Sometimes these get stuck or become detached allowing cold air to rush into your house.
g. Remove window air conditioning units during the cooler months to eliminate heat escaping from your house.
5. Ensure proper attic ventilation to reduce heat and moisture buildup, as well as proper crawl space ventilation to make sure excess moisture does not build up.
a. Make sure your attic is properly ventilated to reduce air conditioning costs. Proper vents need to be installed in the roof or eaves. Also, soffit vents under the roof overhang need to be adequate and unobstructed by attic insulation, paint or other debris. Unobstructed roof and soffit vents allow cool air to be drawn into your attic.
b. If you require even better air flow in your attic, consider installing an attic fan to pull air up through the soffit vents and out of the attic.
6. Make sure your windows are saving you energy. If you have storm windows use
them to save on both heating and cooling. If you do not have storm windows and you
have single pane windows, consider getting storm windows installed, or consider installing
double-
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