Winter can be costly for your monthly energy bill. As the temperatures drop, most homeowners raise the heat in their house to compensate, and if your home isn’t well insulated, you can wind up with hundreds of dollars a month in heating. This winter, your heating contractor from Superior Residential Services in High Point, North Carolina, wants to help heat your home naturally to save you money and frozen hands.

Here are some suggestions for keeping your home warmer:

• Curtains: Did you know that hanging curtains on all of your windows and closing them at night can help keep your home warmer all winter long? Single-glazed and even double-paned windows can get frigid, but by closing your curtains, you can help block the chill from reaching the rest of your house.
• Wall Art: Adding pictures, mirrors, and decorations to your walls may seem like an aesthetically pleasing idea, but it can also help you keep in heat. Even adding a simple poster to your wall can raise the internal temperature in your house and cut your energy cost.
• Door Covers: Your front and back doors can leak a lot of hot air and let in cool breezes. If you’re really concerned about the cold, the heating contractors from Superior Residential Services recommend hanging curtains across your doors to block the draft.
• Screens: If you live in an open-plan, drafty house, keeping out the cold might be impossible. But you can keep yourself warm by using room screens to section off small areas where you typically live. For example, when you’re watching TV at night, add a wall screen between your family room and your kitchen, to keep heat in a single area.
• Furniture: Every room has cold areas and warm areas. Find where the heat emanates and position your furniture in those areas. For example, don’t place your desk near a window so you can look outside; instead move it to a more central location that will allow you to keep extra warmth during the winter.

Superior Residential Services wants you to stay warm all winter long. And if you need heat pump repair or HVAC installation, they’ve got your covered. Call (336) 861-5911 today to learn more, or visit them online.