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Siding
Caulk for Siding: Everything You Need to Know
Caulk is a homeowner’s secret weapon for home improvement projects. This flexible acrylic fills gaps and cracks, preventing air or moisture from entering your home. While using caulk on exterior siding is straightforward, there are a few things to consider before you start. This guide covers siding caulk basics, including when to use it, when…
Windows
Reducing the amount of air leakage in your home is a cost-effective way to decrease heating and cooling costs, improve durability, increase comfort, and create a healthier indoor environment. To prevent air leakage, homeowners can explore window caulking. Use caulk to seal, or reseal, windows from the outside elements. Caulk is an affordable, flexible substance…
Solar
The major appliances in your home need on-going care and upkeep to ensure they are operating to the best of their ability, and solar panels are no different. Any debris— including dust, dirt, pollen, and even bird droppings— can decrease the efficiency of your solar panels. Depending on your environment and weather, you may need…
Windows
Weatherize Your Windows: Tips to Keep Your Home Warm This Winter
Winter is coming! Read on to explore how to stay warm and save money by weatherizing windows with caulk and foam tape. This prevents drafts that can lower your home’s temperature, forcing you to crank up the heat and driving your energy bills up. Here’s how you can get better heating performance — all with…
HVAC
How to Save on Your Electric Bill
When the temperature rises, utility bills tend to do the same. Fortunately, there are plenty of simple changes you can make that will reduce your monthly bills without sacrificing comfort. Here are our top energy-efficient tips for how to save on your electric bill and other utility bills this summer. 1. Use a Programmable Thermostat…
HVAC
How to Change the Oil Filter on Your Home Furnace
When it comes to heating repairs, some jobs are definitely better left to the pros. Is your HVAC unit smoking? It’s probably best call in a contractor for that one. But minor maintenance tasks, like changing and cleaning the filter on your oil-burning furnace, can be accomplished by almost anyone with a wrench and a…
Other Home Projects
Your garage may be your sanctuary when you need to get away from it all, but if it’s cold and dreary outside, it’s not fit for even the toughest constitutions. That’s when a little supplemental heat from a portable space heater can really make all the difference, especially for outdoor spaces that only get used occasionally. Unfortunately, space…
Other Home Projects
How to Increase the Energy Efficiency of a Fireplace
How to Increase the Energy Efficiency of Your Fireplace Fireplaces generate a lot of heat — when you’re standing right in front of them. Unfortunately, when the fire is out, they can suck warm air from the room and send it up the chimney, which wastes energy and leaves the room feeling cold. But with…