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It’s winter time and the home must convert from coolness conserving breeze promoting airways to warmth catching pockets of warmth. Cold and flu season means lost productivity from in the home shivering. Make sure your home passes the heat test. Make some simple changes to make heat the most favored guest in your winter home.
1. Cut a Rug
Hardwood smooth floors are for summer. Ever seen a tropical heat home lined with fluffy rugs? No? That’s because they preserve and conserve heat. Toasty rugs stop drafts before they travel through the home, killing heat and giving residents a chill.
2. Don’t Do Windows…Bare.
Line windows or sew prepared liners for evening chill. Deep sills can mean fabrc covered styrofoam or sponge liners attached with Velcro at night. These can save a fortune in heating bills and keep the home toasty on half the heater action. Use tapes around curtain rods if velcro strips don’t work.
3. Pull the wool over your eyes
Mohair and wool on sofas and chairs can make a warmer home retain heat. Line duvets with mohair and watch warmth skyrocket at night. Use wool lined or covered doorstops and draft catchers at floor and ceilings of doors to trap cold and stop it dead from drafting in.
4. Pick the Warm Space
Pick one place in your home to be the winter heart. Find a low ceiling palce for a foot heater, warm rugs, and the fewest windows possible. Enhance the insulation in this space with hung rugs on the wall and exterior siding is possible. A closed in sofa and body warmth retaining recliner can save heating turnups and chills while relaxing in the evening.
5. Don’t take a Bath
Change your winter bathing schedule to after or before dinner when the house is warmest from cooking and oven heat. Blow dryers will work faster and dry time can happen in the warm kitchen. Body temperature after eating will rise to overcome any slight chills, and grooming time will be reduced and you’ll be motivated not to linger.
If you must take a bath, use warming ovens or stoves to heat large bowls or tubs of water to supplement heated tap water.
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