What To Do If Your Home Is Heating Unevenly

10 January 2018
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Uneven heating can drive up your energy bills as you crank up the thermostat to feel more comfortable in a chilly room. Here's what you can do to heat your home more evenly so you can turn the thermostat down and still be comfortable.

Check for Drafts

One of the most common causes of uneven heating is drafty windows or doors. In these cases, enough heat is getting into the room, but too much cold air is also being allowed in.

If you feel cold air coming through your windows or doors, replace the weatherstripping and caulk any gaps. If the cold is radiating through the windows, use thick curtains as additional insulation and consider replacing your windows with more energy efficient double paned glass.

Check Your Ducts

If you use a forced air heating system and one room isn't getting heat, there may be a problem in your ducts. A hole in that part of your ductwork could be allowing heat to escape instead of going into the room, or dirty ducts could be obstructing the airflow.

Because it's hard to do a thorough inspection in tight attic spaces, you may want to have a professional perform the inspection. They have special tools they can use to avoid having to crawl every inch of your attic and potentially tearing up insulation that's blocking an inspection of your ducts.

Find Out if Your Home's Been Renovated

If your home has been renovated to add rooms or windows, the heating system may no longer be optimized for its layout. Even if the new room isn't the cold room, the added heating load could be another room is getting shorted.

You have two options in this situation. One is an entirely new heating system, and the other is installing a secondary heating system in the cold areas of your home.

Turn Your Fans On

This may seem counterintuitive since people often think of fans for cooling, but better air circulation can help spread the heat around. Thermostats are often in a protected interior hallway while people spend more time in rooms with windows. This makes the temperature at the thermostat higher than the temperature in the most used rooms.

Instead of cranking the thermostat up, turn fans on to help air circulate throughout your home so the warm air in the interior is pushed out towards the colder areas near windows.

To learn more or to schedule maintenance, contact a local heating system contractor today or visit a website like http://www.smedleyservice.com


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