Easy tips to help keep your heating and air conditioning systems in tip-top condition, cut costs and ensure safety in your Muskogee and Sallisaw, Oklahoma area home
You can quickly and easily help keep your heating and cooling systems operating smoothly with a few simple, routine practices.
You should still have yearly maintenance checks, but these tips will help lessen wear and tear, increase safety and reduce costs.
Home heating and cooling tips:
- Inspect filters regularly for buildup that limits airflow. Change or clean dirty filters according to manufacturer instructions. For changeable filters, keep a note of the model number.
- Cool your air conditioner with shade trees or bushes. However, keep it clear of debris.
- Help cool your home by simply closing shades on windows exposed to sunlight. In cold months, let the sun shine in.
- Fireplaces can actually draw in cold air and let warm air escape.
Glass
fireplace doors are more energy efficient, both for retaining heat and limiting the
time your furnace runs. - If you aren’t using a room, shut the door and the vent and stop paying to heat or cool it.
- Consider an automatic thermostat that keeps your home at a low energy-consumption temperature during working weekdays and automatically re-adjusts the temperature before you come home.
- Your local hardware store will have a weatherizing kit that can help prevent drafts at windows and doors.
- If your system is 15 years old, a new, more efficient system may actually pay for itself in energy savings