Page 12 November 29, 2012 TORRANCE TRIBUNE Button-Up Your Home for Winter Contractors’ slow season makes snow-covered trees and lawns while avoiding The roof is often the site of leaks in homes; attachment points.” fall a great time to embark on home the brisk winter air; however, they can also however, by installing a new roof and taking the Other ways to improve the seal of your improvement projects be the site of the biggest energy efficiency proper precautions, leaks won’t be a problem, home to prevent moisture damage, drafts and (BPT) - As the leaves turn and fall to offender,” says David Harrison, chief especially with Champion’s Comfort 365 Roof improve energy efficiency include: the ground, it’s time to start thinking about marketing officer of Champion Windows, one System, which uses a flexible, self-healing * Sealing leaks “buttoning up” your home for winter to keep of the nation’s leading home improvement barrier in all leak vulnerable areas and is * Adding insulation you and your family healthy and comfortable, companies. “By installing our Comfort 365 guaranteed with a limited lifetime warranty. * Sealing ducts your belongings safe and high energy costs Windows, homeowners can watch their heating “Your home will settle and shift over time “Now is the perfect time to make these at bay. bills drop and rid their homes of cold drafts.” and extreme weather can be an issue,” says improvements,” says Harrison. “Since it’s Heating accounts for 34 percent of all Additionally, old or improperly installed Harrison. “It is important to have barriers the offseason, homeowners can find great annual utility usage, according the U.S. siding can also be the cause of drafts. to provide protection against leaks caused deals and attractive financing to ‘button up’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). One However, by installing new, energy-efficient by roof setting and extreme weather. Unlike your home for winter.” of the most cost-effective ways to improve vinyl siding and underlayment, homeowners many companies who only use this on the For more energy saving window, door, siding the energy efficiency and comfort of your can increase a homes’ R-Value, a measure north side of a home or treat it as an upgrade, and roof tips, check out the U.S. Department home is to seal and insulate the “envelope”- of insulation’s ability to resist heat traveling Champion uses a flexible, self-healing barrier of Energy’s website or Champion Window’s outer walls, windows, doors and roof. By through it. anywhere your home’s roof joins and at all site www.ChampionFactoryDirect.com. • doing so, ENERGY STAR estimates that “Installing energy-efficient siding can help a homeowner can save up to 20 percent on insulate your home against the cold, reduce heating and cooling costs, the equivalent to the amount of air flow into your house, lowering up to 10 percent of total energy and make it easier to keep warm air in the costs for the year. winter,” says Harrison. Here are a few ways to keep you and your However, even the best windows, doors family healthy, your belongings safe and help and siding can be drafty, if they are poorly lower your heating bill: installed. So it’s important to make sure PreVentinG the draft your home improvement is completed by Old, drafty windows and doors can account a quality contractor who has a long history for home energy loss of up to 30 percent, of being in the business so you can be sure according to the EPA, which means paying they will be around if you have any issues more in the winter to heat your home. By down the road. replacing non-performing windows and PreVent moisture doors, homeowners can drastically reduce Water leakage from snow, ice and rain can heating costs. A typical home that replaces cause damage to the exterior and interior its single-paned, clear glass windows with of your home. 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