Here’s a scenario that may sound familiar: You find yourself waking up to a cold bedroom more and more frequently in the winter, so you turn up the heat to compensate. This, however, only results in making your living room excessively warm. Somehow you can’t seem to achieve the perfect temperature in your home.
It’s not always easy to determine what’s compromising your indoor comfort. Inconsistent indoor temperatures may be caused by a variety of issues, including air leakage, gaps in insulation, or inefficient HVAC equipment. Here is a brief look at how you can get to the bottom of your indoor comfort issues and start feeling just right in your home.
Get Answers with a Comprehensive Home Energy Evaluation
Scheduling a comprehensive home energy evaluation is the first step toward a more comfortable and energy efficient home. During your evaluation, a home performance expert will complete a variety of tests to locate problems such as air leaks, missing insulation, or inefficient HVAC equipment. After the audit, you’ll receive a comprehensive energy savings analysis of your home, along with a list of solutions for greater efficiency and indoor comfort.
Eliminate Drafts with Air Sealing
Air sealing is often at the top of the list of home improvements. Without you knowing it, your house could contain air leaks in the attic, around the windows, and elsewhere, allowing valuable conditioned air to escape and air from outside to seep in. Air sealing closes up these leaks, reducing drafts and air movement between the interior and exterior of your home.
Stabilize Indoor Temperatures with Insulation
Replacing old insulation with new, high-performance insulation such as spray foam or loose fill cellulose will create a thermal barrier around your living spaces, stabilizing indoor temperatures year-round. You’ll enjoy a warmer home in the winter and a cooler home in the summer, without having to rely on constantly running HVAC equipment.
Boost Home Comfort with an HVAC Upgrade
It’s important to make sure your heating and cooling systems are optimized to provide maximum home comfort and efficiency. If you’re still relying on old and inefficient equipment to control indoor temperatures, now might be the time to consider an HVAC upgrade. A new ductless mini-split heat pump could keep the inside of your home more comfortable, without having to run as long or as often.
If you want to make your house more comfortable year-round, it’s important to find a home performance expert who can diagnose your home comfort issues and provide long-lasting, effective solutions. At Healthy Home™, we provide all of these energy efficiency services and more, so you can always feel cozy inside your northern Westchester or Putnam County area home.
Feel just right at home with the right improvements from Healthy Home™. Call (914) 242-9733 or contact us to schedule a consultation!
