Top Tips To Make Your Home Warmer

Keeping your home warm in the winter can be a difficult affair. Luckily, there are plenty of small changes that you can make to help keep heat in and banish the icy hand of Jack Frost. Here is a quick list showcasing some of the measures you can take to make your home warmer.

Install Shutters

Companies that offer shutters in Royal Tunbridge Wells regularly install wooden and metal insulating shutters on modern homes. Shutters, however, have been used to keep homes warm and secure for thousands of years. They are still the primary means of keeping windows insulated on the European continent. In France, especially, shutters are a normal feature of most homes. Shutters made of thick wood are remarkably good at insulating spaces and do not differ much from the kind of shutter used many years ago.

When looking to make your home warmer and more inviting, consider the practicality and aesthetics of PVC exterior shutters. These shutters can enhance your home's insulation and curb appeal.

Install Curtains

Much like shutters, curtains can help insulate a room – specifically the windows. Thick curtains or multi-layered curtain arrangements are especially useful for keeping the cold out and the heat in. Special insulating curtains are also available, although they do not necessarily perform much better than conventional thick curtains. A combination of curtains on the inside and shutters on the outside of a window should insulate it very well indeed.

Make Use Of Ground Heat

Several kinds of central heating systems have been popularised, which make use of the natural ground heat that occurs just below the surface of the earth. The earth retains heat incredibly well. Pumping a liquid through the ground in order to transfer heat from the earth to the liquid is a very efficient way of running a central heating system that is continuously in use. Although the installation costs for ground–to–liquid central heating systems is high, the savings that can be made after a few years are equally as significant.

Install Door Sweeps

Not all doors are perfectly fitted. Drafts can quite easily make it through the space underneath a front door – especially in older homes. Installing a door sweep is very simple and can really help keep your house warm during the colder months. Insulating door sweeps use rubber or brushing to insulate the space under a door without compromising its functionality.

Double Glazing

Along with shutters and curtains, double glazing is a very effective way of preventing heat from escaping via glass windows. Glass transfers heat very efficiently. This means that a vast quantity of it escapes your home if you use single-paned windows. Double glazing works by sandwiching a layer of low conductivity gas between two layers of glass. Argon is the gas most commonly used to reduce heat transfer. Double glazing is an extremely popular heat retainment measure. 86.7 Percent of UK homes have double glazing installed, according to statistics collated by Statista. Double glazing is rather expensive to install but keeps heat in very efficiently. Some households in the UK qualify for financial assistance from the government for double glazing installation.