1. Socket seals: It may sound crazy, but a lot of cold air can seep into your home through your electrical outlets and light switch plates. When I unscrewed that first electrical outlet cover in my son’s bedroom, I was floored by how much cold air was coming in around the wiring in the wall. The socket seals fit right over those gaps and were quickly sealed over with the outlet cover. I installed socket seals along all of my outside walls to keep that cold weather OUT! |
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2. Rope caulk: As I inspected my living room in the dead of last winter in an effort to discover where a pesky draft was coming in, I noticed there was a gigantic gap between the baseboard and the hardwood floors along my two outside walls. A stream of chilly air was coming in through that gap, so I knew it had be covered up.
Last winter, I covered the gap with all of my spare blankets (but then I didn’t have an extra blankets to cover up with when I got cold in the middle of the night!) This year, I was going to buy a caulk gun and some caulk, but then I happened upon this handy little trick. |
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A lot of cold air gets in under your outside doors, so put a stop to it by closing that gap! The only drawback I’ve found to these handy-dandy “things” is that my cat hates them. I don’t know why, but she spent all last winter trying to destroy mine. Maybe she thought she could finally sneak out through the crack under the door if only she could get rid of that… THING!!
SO, what do these three simple heat and money saving tricks have in common? They all close gaps! That’s right! Closing the gaps that allow cold air into your home (and heat to escape) should be your number one focus when winter proofing your home this winter. So, go figure out where the cold air is seeping in, and close those gaps!