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August 5, 2020September 27, 2023cats Pets

How to Groom a Long-Haired Cat: 3 Helpful Tips

How to Groom a Long-Haired Cat: 6 Helpful Tips

Have you recently gotten a cat with long hair and you’re trying to bond with it? Maybe you’ve just noticed that your longhaired cat is dirty and you want to help them out a little …

Image Credit: Pexels, Free to Use License. Insulation provides a thermal barrier between the outside and the inside of your home. Keeping hot air in, and the cold air out during the winter months, and helping to keep your home fresh during the summer when the temperature outside begins to rise. Aside from improving the energy efficiency rating of your home, which can help its resale value, insulation can also save you significant money on your energy bills. So here are six of the most important areas to insulate within your home. The attic 25% of all heat produced by your boiler will be lost through your roof without insulation. Hot air naturally rises, and so the attic of your home needs to be properly insulated to slow down the transfer of energy through your roof and into the surrounding air. Loft insulation also helps stop pests such as mice from entering your home and can help control damp. The walls As the single largest source of heat loss, it is surprising how many people do not think to insulate their walls. The exterior walls of your home are responsible for the loss of 35% of the heat produced by your tank or tankless heater. This heat loss can be prevented by installing cavity wall insulation into cavity walls and internal or external insulation on solid walls. The floor Floor insulation has two main functions. Firstly, it helps to slow down the transfer of heat from the ground floor of your home to the upstairs and inevitably into your attic and out of the roof. Secondly, it stops heat from dissipating into the ground through the ground floor. Approximately 25% of the heat produced by your boiler disappears through the floor - that’s the same as through the roof! Crawl spaces Crawl spaces beneath your home not only allow hot air to escape into the ground, but they are also susceptible to damp and mold, which can rot floor joists and damage structural integrity and can let in cold drafts. Insulating your crawl spaces may seem like a fiddly job, but it can dramatically reduce the amount of heat lost through your floor and will protect your home from damp. Learn more about crawl space insulation. Pipes As the hot water from your boiler travels through the pipework in your home, a lot of its heat is lost before it reaches its final destination. Insulating your pipework can help to stop energy loss and will also protect you against frozen pipes, which can burst, causing major leaks and damage. Windows Last but not least, we come to the windows of your home. Windows allow approximately 10% of your home’s heat to dissipate into the outside and let in cold drafts. Double-glazing is the best way to insulate your windows, but it can also be beneficial to invest in heavy set curtains, which also provide an insulative barrier. So there you have it - six of the most important areas of your home to insulate, do you know if your home is properly insulated?

August 4, 2020February 23, 2025Installation

The Six Most Important Areas Of Your Home To Insulate

Insulation provides a thermal barrier between the outside and the inside of your home. Keeping hot air in, and the cold air out during the winter months, and helping to keep your home fresh during …

August 4, 2020September 27, 2023Dental Care

What to Expect When Getting Dental Veneers

A dental veneer is a thin layer of porcelain that is used to cover the front surface of the tooth after prior damage due to tooth decay or discoloration. Sometimes, other materials can be used …

August 4, 2020September 27, 2023Chronic Pain

Compassionate Regenerative Medicine Specialists in New Jersey

Pain, either chronic or acute, can affect your mobility and affect your daily activities. Pain can be quite debilitating, and often, we want fast relief from that injury or muscle wear and tear. But, not …

August 4, 2020September 27, 2023Gardening

Five Ways You Can Enjoy Your Garden All Year Round

Those of us who live in urban spaces need greenery in our lives. If you are fortunate enough to have your own back yard, then you must take advantage of this space. Leaving it as …

August 4, 2020September 27, 2023Travel

How Do I Find Luggage Storage Near Me in California?

Tourism is a large part of every country. In America, several states are popular to travel, and California is among the top. Travelers spend over $150 billion each year just to visit the Golden State. …

August 2, 2020September 27, 2023Home Restorations

What to Do After a Storm: 5 Top Tips for Disaster Repair

Do you know what to do after a storm hits? During a storm, your first priority is to stay safe. But after the wind and rain stop, you need to check out the damage and …

August 2, 2020September 27, 2023Addiction

Stay Sober Forever: Your Guide to Drug Relapse Prevention

In 2017, there were 19.7 million adults in America that struggled with substance abuse issues. If you’re one of the people who’ve had to deal with addiction and start the road to recovery, you know just …

How to Create a Software in 7 Simple Steps

August 1, 2020December 2, 2025Software

How to Create a Software in 4 Simple Steps

Did you know that roughly 75 percent of all software projects fail? If you’re looking to develop some software, you may not know how to create a software project that will be successful. Do you need …

August 1, 2020September 27, 2023Babies

Baby on the Move? An Easy Guide to Babyproofing Your Home

On average, a baby will crawl adeptly around 9 months of age, but they’ll start trying around the 6-month mark. This means that if you’ve just given birth, you have around half a year to get on babyproofing …

August 1, 2020June 3, 2024Vacation

The Top 12 Things to Take to the Beach

When the sun is out, what better way to enjoy it than with a day trip to the beach? Making the most of your time there means bringing some things to take on a trip …