Heating Tips for Winter that a Coquitlam Plumber Might Recommend

Most, if not all, homes in North Vancouver rely on their HVAC systems to keep the indoor air warm, especially during winter months. As a result, these households have to sustain higher heating bills during winter, which can put a dent in their tight budgets. One way to solve this is by reducing electrical consumption at home.

This is achieved by clamping down on excessive use of air conditioning systems. However, doing so may leave a household with members frozen to death from the lack of adequate air conditioning. Thus, many a Coquitlam plumber recommends that the next best thing is to keep the cold out of your home as much as possible without relying heavily on electric appliances to make it warm. Here are some tricks to do just that.

Cut down on your addiction to appliances by lowering the thermostat temperature level, even for a degree or two. You may be surprised at how much you can save by this simple adjustment. If you are feeling cold after doing this, you could remedy this by layering up and sleeping underneath large wool blankets that could keep even a slew of hibernating bears warm throughout winter.

This leads to the next trick: wear thick clothes all the time. You may not notice it at first, but one major reason you are feeling cold despite cranking up the thermostat at home to its highest setting may be that you insist on walking around the house practically in your birthday suit. Wear something thick enough to provide adequate insulation from the cold.

In addition, wearing dark thick socks helps, as icy toes are the leading cause of feeling cold. The bulk of what shows up in your North Vancouver heating bills can be blamed on the electrical drawing power of the thermostat. Thus, invest in a programmable thermostat that turns itself off at regular intervals when no one's home. This, alone, can help you save up to 15% of your heating bill.

If I's too much trouble for you to head to the store to buy a programmable thermostat or if you do not want to go through the hassle of hiring someone to install it in your house, then you could settle for manually turning down your thermostat as needed.