How to reduce heat loss at home?Ways to save
In winter, heating bills can be the largest expense in your home budget.Often "the weakest link", which determines how much heat escape from the building are old, leaky windows and external doors.How to deal with this?An effective and long -term solution is to replace them with new products with high thermal parameters, along with good assembly.
Electricity, gas, coal - all these energy carriers have recently become strongly, which is why we are looking for effective ways to save.The basic action we should take is to minimize heat losses to a minimum.So if we deal with leaky doors and windows in the house or apartment, then it is an immediate solution to insulate them, e.g..using seals.In the long run, the replacement of old window and door joinery with energy-saving products will work.The culmination of such an investment should always be good assembly - the available assembly systems allow you to eliminate the risk of thermal bridges.
"Warm" windows and doors well mounted
When installing windows and external doors.To prevent the moisture and breathable of cool air from the outside, it should be properly protected all over the surface.The use of only mounting foam itself may not be enough.- If the foam moists, it will lose its thermal insulation properties.Therefore, the optimal solution is to use layered assembly using tapes.Internal (vapor -tight) tape protects against penetration to connect water vapor, which is formed, for example.As a result of cooking or using a shower.The outer tape (vapor -permeable), however, protects against rainwater and wind.Together with the central layer, i.e. mounting foam, they form a complete sealing system - says Dr. Inż.Karol Kożuch from AIB, a Polish manufacturer of high quality insulation solutions.
For the installation of windows and exterior doors in a way that ensures their tightness for many years allows the use of Integra AIB system.It consists of a number of tapes that can be adapted to the construction of a given window or door opening.The tapes are easy to install, but the replacement of joinery is best entrusted with a professional assembly team that has appropriate qualifications and experience.Thanks to this, we will avoid difficult to repair errors and related additional costs.
Practical ways to energy efficiency
In addition to replacing the windows and external doors, to reduce heating bills, it is also worth taking care of the house insulation.For both of these activities, we can obtain funding, e.g..from the "Clean Air" program or local initiatives supporting investments in improving the energy efficiency of construction.
However, the sum of smaller activities will also bring a noticeable effect, we must only remember that regularity is needed here.So we can screw the radiators in the bedroom before bedtime, because the optimal sleeping temperature is ok.18˚C.Also, the other rooms do not need to be overheated, it is worth adjusting the temperature in them to the degree of interior use.In the autumn and winter we often use artificial lighting at home, so if the bulbs require replacement, let's focus on economical light sources, e.g..LED.Let's also disconnect unused chargers and devices in standby mode (stand-by)-these are small "electricity eaters".If only possible, let's cook the dishes under cover, so we can save up to 30% of energy.
We need some time to develop this type of habits (as the research indicates, the average period necessary to assimilate new behavior is 66 days), but then "saving will enter our blood", for the benefit of our portfolio, as well as environmentnatural.For larger investments, such as replacing leaky windows and external doors, we can add smaller, daily steps on the way to energy efficiency - we will quickly find out that this is nothing difficult.
