Air Drafts

You are probably paying more than necessary to heat your home. The problem? You’re heating the great outdoors too! Drafts around windows, doors, air vents, and electrical outlets can account for 25% of your total annual heating costs.

If your annual heating costs are $1,500, you may be able to reduce them by as much as $400 a year by taking a few simple steps like:

• adding weather-stripping
• caulking around windows, doors, and dryer vents
• buying insulated plates for outlets.

Best of all, these energy-saving steps use inexpensive material which you may be able to quickly recoup based on the energy you save.