There are a couple of reasons for learning about natural heating. The most important reason is that you can heat your home more efficiently and thus save money on your energy bill by employing these heating methods. The second reason is that you might have to endure a power loss — perhaps during a bad ice storm when power lines break and you, with a largely electric home, find yourself without heating. Some of these natural heating methods can contribute to keeping you warmer during a power outage.
Let's have a look at some of the natural heating methods that can come in handy in your Broken Arrow home.
Let the sunshine in. Letting the sun in can help warm up the house. Open drapes, blinds, and shades in the morning on sunny days. This can help augment your heating efforts, warming your house so you don't have to turn up the thermostat. Close window treatments in the evening to keep the cold out. There are motorized window treatments that you can program to open and close automatically.
Add rugs and carpeting. Rugs and carpeting can absorb warmth. Wherever possible, install carpeting or add rugs to create more warmth in your house.
Use outdoor plants strategically to increase warmth in your home. Outdoor plants can help warm up the home. Plant evergreen trees in a row on the north side so that they block harsh winter winds. Also, plant shrubs and trees about a foot from the outer wall of the house so they act as an insulator.
Air-seal the home. Through the years, a home with even the tightest construction will settle and create minute cracks that let the cold air in and the warm air out. You can keep the cold air out and the warm air in by sealing up those cracks. Use weatherstripping, caulk, and insulation around windows and doors, on baseboards, on electric plugs in exterior walls, and in holes for wires, pipes, and cables in exterior walls.
For more on natural heating, contact Air Assurance, serving Broken Arrow and the surrounding area.