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Why Is Your Household Truly Terrible At Saving Energy?

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">You could possibly ask this question in an even more stark tone – how much money do you fritter away&quest; The answers to the first question can help make the second much less relevant&period; Obviously&comma; you can spend valuable time in considering gas and electricity prices&comma; then compare energy suppliers and perhaps examine a dual-fuel comparison&period; All these can help you make sure that you have the cost of your energy full examined&comma; but that’s really only one part of the story&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">Now&comma; let’s take a few minutes to walk around your home and look at some ways that you can be using more energy than is necessary or are allowing heat&comma; and cash to escape&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify"><strong>Examining your Insulation<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">Depending on the age of your home&comma; consider the possibility of adding new insulation in the roof space or attic floor&comma; and in any walls or basement areas&period; Next&comma; form the family into an &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;air-leak-hunt” team&period; Look for gaps around both window frames&comma; and connecting to garage&comma; or outside&comma; doors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">Take time to examine any plumbing work&comma; satellite lead holes&comma; spaces around ceiling fittings&period; Where you do find a gap&comma; look to seal it with spray foam insulation&comma; or another product of your choice&period; In outside walls&comma; you can also find that roof corners have been knocked away by birds to allow them to build nests in the eaves&comma; if you are kind-hearted&comma; do wait until this year’s breeding season is over and the fledglings have flown&period; Incidentally&comma; if&comma; when the wind blows&comma; your windows rattle&comma; it may be time to replace them&period; These are a range of actions that help you improve heat retention&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-241" alt&equals;"Why Is Your Household Truly Terrible At Saving Energy" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;incrediblemag&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;05&sol;Why-Is-Your-Household-Truly-Terrible-At-Saving-Energy1&period;jpg" width&equals;"550" height&equals;"363" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify"><strong>Controlling the Heat<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">A simple action&comma; such as turning the central heating thermostat down a degree or two as spring days warm up&comma; sounds obvious&period; Many folk simply forget to do so&comma; and then even open a window to let the heat out&excl; It’s also wise to make use of the timing facility&comma; keeping the house at a cool but acceptable level at night and then making sure the heat is available when the inhabitants actually need it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">Make use of the sun in the early months of the year&period; Many folk leave blinds shut&comma; yet&comma; even in winter&comma; the low sun blazing into a room for an hour or two does add a little to the heat&period; Then&comma; close the blinds when it dies away to retain that extra warmth for a short while&comma; after all every little helps&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify"><strong>Appliance of Science<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">Does your old fan oven cough roughly and then wheeze reluctantly into life&quest; Has your freezer been around long enough to actually experience a genuine ice age&quest; Is that your aged washer-drier dancing across the floor as it fails to really dry anything&quest; Upgrading such appliances can seem like a costly outlay&comma; but modern models are much more energy-efficient&period; It is worth considering the statistics and work out how long it would be before you are actually in profit from such purchases&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">A lot to think about&comma; as well as making sure you are making the best choice in your gas and electricity suppliers&period; The possible financial savings available make the effort worthwhile&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">Sam Travers is an eco-warrior of sorts&period; He works for a green charity and blogs regularly with help and advice for those looking to make the planet a better place&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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