Insulation Revisited
If you live in an area that receives some frost, here is an easy way for you to see just how well your home is insulated.
Check the top of your roof for frost in the morning, and compare it to the houses in your area. If there is frost on the lawn, there should be frost on the roof too. However, a badly insulated ceiling will let a lot of heat through from your house, and this will unfreeze your roof.
So if your roof is nice and white with frost on frosty mornings, the chances are you have a well insulated ceiling space and all the heat is staying inside your house.
If your roof is clear of frost on frosty mornings it means your heat is escaping from the house into the roof and heating up the tiles enough for the frost to disappear. In that case, it’s time to call the insulating people.
But that is not the end of the story. Even if your house is well insulated, you can look for patches on your roof where there is no frost. This will indicate where you have a heat leak. Typically, this will be right above a trapdoor. By sealing up those leaks, you can get your house to be a lot warmer without blowing the bank.
And of course if you have air conditioning, this winter exercise will save you a load of cash when summer comes along and your new insulating stops the cold air from escaping from your house.
I hope this helps you to have a cosy and warm winter inside.
And there are lots more tips available on my website at http://www.sahometalk.com/index.php
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