Since this tutorial is on easy home winterizing, we won't get into the importance of insulating your home. You already know that. But there are some areas you can easily insulate to help prepare for winter.
Insulating Tips
- Insulate your hot water tank with an insulating blanket you can buy at the hardware store.
- Insulate exterior outlets and switch plates with inexpensive foam sealing gasket.
- If you don't use your fireplace often and it leaks air, you can cut a piece of fiberglass insulation and stuff it into the fireplace behind your glass doors to block the cold air coming down the chimney. Of course you remove this when you make a fire...
