what is a good way or ways to keep the heat in my house?

Answer 1

Make sure you have double, or triple pane windows with good locks that keep them tight to the frame. Shutters outside the windows can help a little, as can nice lace curtains inside the frame with thicker velvety curtains behind them.

Doors should be solid core, or metal-wrapped hollow core, with good weather stripping attached to the outside of the door frame. Good door locks help a little, and draft stoppers can be put down at the bottom for additional help.

Hopefully the insulation in your walls is good. If there are any cracks you can seal them up with silicone, grout, stucco, or wood putty. If that doesn't satisfy you, another layer of drywall can help insulate, and lots of bushes on the windward side of your house can cut down the wind chill factor a bit.

Your attic is also a major space for loosing heat. Make sure all the cieling fixtures in your home are properly sealed. Usually the roof is insulated, but the attic is not, if that is the case, you can insulate the attic, and that will make a world of difference. It will also make it easier to finish the attic if you want.

On slab-constructed homes, thicker carpet is a must, and if you have unused rooms, you can put some weather stripping and draft stoppers around those doors to help things out.

If you have a fire place, make sure the flue is closed, and draw whatever curtains, windows, and fire screens you have to keep the draft out. Setting a fire in the fire place can also help, since kindling is a pretty good insulator, and the random wood bits will help to break up any drafts that do get through.

That's the major stuff. If you're still not satisfied, incandescent lights make more heat than fluorescent, and aquariums, or other large containers of water keep lots of heat energy. The porcelain and water in your toilets also draws out a bit of heat, so getting toilet seat covers, and throw rugs that fit around them can help a little.

In the category of "hardly worth mentioning," hot lights near windows, and decorating outside walls with quilts and book shelves sometimes help a little.

Answer 2

Don't leave doors open, even for a few moments. Occasionally check to see no one has opened a window, even a crack. Feel around closed doors to detect incoming cold air. A good thing to do in place a rolled up towel at the base of the door when it is closed. Be sure they are in place when you go to bed. Check the chimney flu in your fireplace and be sure it is closed and not leaking heat up the chute. You can do this with a smoking piece of paper or a cigarette. Hold it near the fireplace and see if it ''migrates'' into the chimney.

Answer 3

Good window coverings and fully functional weather stripping are pretty good ways. A room with lots of windows will lose the heat much quicker than normal, as well as doors to the outside or garage that have gaps underneath, they will let the warm air dissipate very rapidly.

Answer 4

I've built some small wooden frames and covered them with plastic to put over on the inside of my windows in the winter, then take them back down in the summer. I use those little butterfly wing things to hold them in. This way the plastic last for a few years, and you can use them over and over again. Also get some weather stripping and put it around on the inside frame of your doors. They also make foam pads for around your outlets, lots of cold comes in from these also.

Answer 5

Insulated windows and doors, weather stripping around the edges. Insulate the attic and electrical outlets outlets.

Answer 6

Make sure that all your windows and doors have very good insulation around the edges and that no cold air gets in.

Answer 7

insulation around your windows
in your attic

Answer 8

insulate