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Wall insulation is an excellent way to lower your heating bills. You typically have 3 types of insulation materials to choose from – polyurethane foam insulation, urea formaldehyde foam, and blown mineral fiber. Prices will vary depending on the part of the country where you live.

You can potentially save hundreds of dollars a year by using cavity wall insulation. For example, the typical home owner can slash their costs by up to 35%. They will recover their cost within two years – possibly one. As a bonus, with this type of insulation, you get the benefit of sound proofing your home from outside noises and disturbances.

In addition to cavity wall insulation, it is also useful to seal window cracks in windows, doors, and the foundation with caulk and other forms of weather stripping.

What’s the first place you should Insulate? Either your loft or attic. Heat rises, so it is not a surprise that most of the heat loss in homes with lofts or attics, takes place there. The simplest method of insulating your attic is to lay insulation materials over the attic floor, between the joists, as well as over the joists if they are visible. For the best insulation material, use one with an R-38 rating or better.

If your boiler or furnace is old, thing seriously of replacing it with one of the new energy efficient ones or even one of the solar hot water panels. If these applicances are near the end of their life span, replacing them with an energy efficient unit can repay its installed cost in three years. The important feature to look for is one with an AFUE (Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency) rating of at least 85%. The higher the AFUE rating the more fuel efficient it is.

These are just some of the simple steps you can make to your home to improve your energy use and cut your energy costs.

Individually, we can’t resolve the energy crisis. But we can all do our part by taking smaller measures to reduce our individual energy consumption.

See pool solar panel or solar panels for electricity for more energy saving tips.

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