How to Trap the Heat in Your Room

Now that winter is approaching these latitudes, we would like to give you a few ideas to keep the heat inside your house with home decor and spend as little as possible heating.

To start should be made clear that although we love, it is not possible to get comfort in winter without any heating. Although the sunniest winter days will receive a good extra energy from the sun to heat our house it will normally be necessary to have an alternative source of heating that allows us to maintain comfort temperature (around 20C) in the coldest days with your fluffy electric hand warmer.

The first question we must answer is where do we are generating heat escapes? As we know, the doors and windows are the main escapes routes, so isolating them get properly maintain that temperature with minimal expense. A well-insulated house can reduce between 20 and 40% the cost of heating.

Doors:

Especially outdoors. To avoid unpleasant currents will be critical to isolate the edges with weatherstripping and place systems to prevent the passage of air through the bottom of the door with mosquito window mesh.

Windows:

In these months we must ensure that the windows are closed. However, to avoid humidities and get adequate air exchange simply opens them about 10 minutes a day. We try to ventilate in the morning, before restarting the heating.

If you plan to change the windows of the house it is highly recommended to install double glazed with reinforced thermal insulation. This system incorporates a chamber dry air and special treatment on the inner side of the glass that slows the output of heat by conduction through the glass. Although they may be more expensive, there are subsidies for renewal and amortized savings of up to 70% energy.

It is also important to note the frame material. It is shown that woodworks or PVC are far more effective in reducing other more conductive materials such as aluminum thermal bridges.

Curtains and blinds:

In many houses it is common to use a curtain to fall and winter and one for spring and summer. Winter curtain must be thicker and, if possible, be made of some type of insulating material. On sunny days should open the curtains to maximize light and heat of the sun. Instead, at night and on cloudy days is more advisable to close the blinds and draw the curtains to prevent heat loss.