HOW WEATHERPROOFING CAN HELP YOU TO REDUCE HOME DAMAGE, AND SAVE YOU FROM SUMMER HEAT

Why Weather proofing is needed

Winter and Summer are two main seasons in India. You don’t have to spend a small fortune on your winter energy bills or on weatherization projects. Also, with Summer taking its pace slowly and gradually, it implies it is going to be hotter and if you haven’t weatherproofed your house for summer, it’s time to start thinking about that.

with warather proofing there are many precautions to be taken to keep home in best possible condition

Here are some of our favorite – and inexpensive – ways to weatherproof your home.

1. FILL UP THE GAPS AROUND THE DOORS & WINDOWS

The small gaps and cracks around your windows and doors could be giving valuable cool air a chance to get away from your home – and shooting the hot warmth in. First of all. On a breezy day, do a DIY air spill test by holding a burning incense stick close to the entryway or window outline you think has a hole. Check whether there is air getting away.

Simply snatch yourself a hole filler, ensure the area you're filling is spotless, dry and clean. At that point press the lever to apply the item along the hole, cover up with a wet spatula to evacuate any abundance item for a flawless finish.

• DO THE WEATHER STRIPPING

After you get done with fixing holes, take a gander at the weather stripping on the base of your entryways and along your sliding windows. On the off chance that it is worn out , supplant it. It's a basic repair that promptly makes your home more productive. Just rub off the old weather stripping with a putty blade and paste on another strip. Ensure each strip is flush with the entryway or window outline so that it doesn't prevent the entryway or window from opening.

• GET THE FURNISHINGS RIGHT

Warmth pick up in summer on account of an un - shaded window can be up to 100 times more noteworthy than through a similar territory of a protected insulated wall. An open and un-insulated window gives way to absorbing more and more heat compared to a furnished window. On the off chance that you can't stand the prospect of obstructing all the light from your home after a long winter, sheer drapes or curtains can help carry out the activity. You can also purchase prefabricated window awnings, installed on the outside to stop the sun from coming in

• TAKE CARE OF THE VENTILATION

On the off chance that your ventilation framework isn't working legitimately, your home won't have the capacity to shed the hot air from within. Ensure every one of the vents driving out of your storage room are free of trash, all around. Additionally, check the vents associated with your HVAC framework and ensure they're spotless. Blockages can trap warm air in and can make your cooling framework run less productively.

• PAINT YOUR ROOF WHITE

One of the greatest and best energy sparing thoughts was to paint each rooftop white. It was evaluated that doing as such would be like expelling vehicles from the planet for a long time. On an individual level, you can anticipate that your energy expenses will plunge when you paint your rooftop white, since light hues, for example, white basically bounce back sun light and heat again into space, keeping your home cool and saving you the expenses of installing high budget ACs.

While you make changes to help weatherproof your home, remember to track your repairs as well as copies of your electricity bill to know how weatherproofing helped.