Home Tips For Winter – 15 Tips You Can Do Right Now!
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Right now is the perfect time to get your home ready for winter! Grab the checklist with home tips for winter. Plus tips for winterizing your home.
The little tasks you do now (and during the fall) can make a big difference in your heating bills and overall readiness for winter weather’s effects on your home. Nobody’s got time for freezing pipes, leaky roofs, clogged rain gutters, or excessive heating bills…
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To help you get started be sure to scroll down and see how to enter the #WinterPrepWithHomeDepot giveaway for a chance to win a $250 Home Depot e-gift card! There will be 4 winners.
Get Your Home Ready For Winter
See the checklist to use and help you prepare your home ready for winter.
My home honey-do list includes
- Tranistioning from running the air conditioner or just before beginning to heat your home again a good rule of thumb is to change the air filters in your home.
- Testing and replacing old or damaged fire dectectors and adding or replacing carbon monoxide detectors.
- Finishing the bathroom remodel. Painting (inspo + tips) our bathroom and bathroom cabinets. We already installed
the new tub, shower tile and floor tile. (I can’t wait to share it with you when it’s complete).
Home Tips For Winter – Checklist
- Prepare for cold weather by not letting cold air seep into the home. Install door seals/door sweeps and for the windows installing weatherstripping and window installation kits.
- Wrap water heaters. By using a water heater blanket, it will help maintain heat and keep consistent water temperature.
- Seal gaps and cracks around window casings with chaulking.
- Add or replace damaged insulation to the home, if needed. (Mice, rats, squirrels and other rodents can damage insulation).
- Wrap outdoor pipes to keep them from freezing!
- Get and install a programmable thermostat. Save on energy bills up to 12% heating (and saves 15% on cooling).
- Change the air filters in your home.
- Test and replacing old or damaged fire dectectors and adding or replacing carbon monoxide detectors.
- Get a generator for powe routages.
- Have one non electrical heat source for power outages such as a this best selling indoor kerosene heater.
- Check your outdoor lighting. Update or replace outdoor lighting.
- Get up on the roof or call someone to check for damaged or warped roof shingles before you get a leak.
- Clean out your rain gutters. As the leaves fall, keep up on keeping your rain gutters free of debris.
- Salt walkways and/or porches as needed before freezing temps.
- Prepare or buy an emergency kit.
Print the Winter Home Tips Checklist.
#WinterPrepWithHomeDepot
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- Monday, September 13th at 12:00 AM PT to Thursday, September 16th at 11:59 PM PT.
- Four (4) winners will receive a $250 e-gift card from The Home Depot.
- Users enter the giveaway by heading to The Home Depot merchant page on Savings.com and submitting their email address on the form on the page.
- The winners will be chosen through a lottery drawing and notified on Friday, September 17th via the email address they used to enter.
- See complete Official Rules for entry instructions, full prize descriptions, restrictions and other important details.
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