Can you imagine keeping your windows open all winter long? Learn the tips to save drafts, money and improve your home. The heat loss, cold drafts and all that money spent on wasted energy would be staggering. But if your home has folding pull-down attic stairs, a whole-house fan, a fireplace or clothes dryer, you may be doing the equivalent of leaving the windows open every day.
Drafts from these often-overlooked spaces waste energy and cost you big in the form of higher energy bills. They are also the largest source of heating and cooling loss in the home.
Most homeowners are well aware of the benefits that caulk and weatherstripping provide to minimize energy loss and drafts. But what can you do about drafts from the four largest energy leaks in your home – the folding attic stairs, the whole house fan, the fireplace, and the clothes dryer? Here are some tips and techniques that can easily, quickly and inexpensively seal and insulate these areas.
The shutter seal can also be used to seal and insulate air conditioning vents and is easily removed when desired.
Even if the damper is shut, it’s not air-tight, and glass doors don’t stop the drafts either. Your chimney is an opening that leads directly outdoors – just like an open window and like a giant straw sucking your expensive heated or air-conditioned air right out of your house!