Just like humans breathe your home or apartment breathes too. It allows air to pass in and out through any hole it can. We also help this process by opening and shutting exterior doors. To make sure your home is heating and cooling to the best of its ability you need to make sure there is not an excess of air escaping through aging paint or old caulk.
Ok so here is the trick. Painters caulk is very inexpensive and has a vast majority of uses. Go to your local hardware store and purchase a couple tubes of white painters caulk and a caulk gun. It should total to less then $25.00. Then go home and caulk every vertical seam on the outside if your home. Also you should caulk around your windows and doors as well as where your roofline meets the outside of your house. Now inside do the same thing except this time do all your interior trim as well including the tops of all your baseboard. While you are walking around check for small holes in your walls that could be easily patched with a little dab of caulk. Keep in mind I am assuming you understand how to properly apply caulk. For those who do not know YouTube has a lot of videos to show you how. It is a very simple process.
Another important thing to do is to upgrade your thermostat to a digital one, even if it is a cheap one. This is crucial because a mercury thermostat is only accurate plus or minus 10 degrees. A digital thermostat is accurate up to plus or minus 2 degrees. Doing this will make your a/c run a lot less thus saving you money on your power bill.
I will have more content and information to share on how to cut down on your heating and air conditioning in more posts to come. Thank you for reading. Remember keep it local. If you spend your money locally it will stay locally.
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