If Your House is leaking air

 

 

 

It is very easy for your house to leak air. Windows play a very important role in insulating your house in the right way. Insulation is rated by R-value. The "R" refers to it resistance to winter heat loss or summer heat gain.


 

Text Box: You have to utilize working shutters, interior or exterior, to control heat gain or loss from windows.  Insulating can reduce your bills up to 10%. Excess soot or badly adjusted burners can increase fuel bills for an oil furnace by 25%.  "Weatherizing" your windows can be done in many ways. There are many R windows to chose from.

                                                                   

Text Box: The bigger R value you have, the more thermal resistance you will have inside the house that rebound inside, there conserving more heat. Each R value has a different amount of thickness. A single glazed window has a resistance of one (R-1) and a double-glazed window is R-2. A six-inch thick batt of fiberglass is rated R-19.                                                                                                                                                                                            

   

                                                                                                                                                                                      

                               

                                                                                                                                        

Text Box: Go to Previous Page Go to Home Page                                                                                  Text Box: The windows of your house need to be adapted to save energy during both cold and hot weathers. During cold climates, keep drapes and shades open in sunny windows, and  close them at night. During hot climates, deflect daytime sun with awnings on windows or draw draperies and pull shades on sunny windows. GofPrdfgfgsfgdfgsfgfgf