As the temperature drops, problems, especially for those who are in wooden houses. Before the snow flies, you need to check the condition of your logs. Make sure you are in the areas of your home, subject to splashing or accumulation of snow.
Take the following advice for the maintenance of comfortable houses and energy - efficiency in winter.
* Can you do your duty maintenance before the winter begins
Check the joints of your houses chinked. Payparticular attention to the seals at the corners and in places that close to the ground, where snow and rain eased from previous winters or weather seal. If the seal is broken, remove it and replace it.
Sometimes it is enough to touch the gaps. In other cases, you may need to remove and replace the sealant. Mai new sealant on the old, loose materials, will join as only the old, so that air and water into the log fileWall.
Spray the walls of the register with a garden hose to determine if the condom is compromised. If the water beads and runs off, they are ok. If the wood darkens and stays wet - or see gray or black spots on the stems - its running time for a new condom.
Submit your gutters to ensure a thorough cleaning and gutters are free to bring water from home. position splash blocks so that water does not reach the logs. Trim bushes and rake leaves, do not forget - haveMoisture like a sponge and create favorable conditions for corruption.
Call a professional to examine the heating system at the bottom. Make sure furnaces, boilers and heat pumps are in good condition and do not forget to replace the filters. Check the fireplace chimney, if there are nesting birds or chipmunks. Install a damper in the chimney.
Inspect, check the seals and the glass of the window, if you take care intact. See if the area between the two - it is clear pane windowsand not cloudy.
* Prevent erosion of creatures your log cabin
Do not sit and wait for the critters. Remember to tell the doctor, it is always important to be safe than sorry? This also applies to our case during the winter season. So get up and look for opening in your roof, you can capture creatures. Be sure to cover the soft-ball - the size of the mesh openings in thickness. Do not use screens, window light, as these are easily chewed through thisnot as friendly creatures. Remember to check the crawl this item squirrels, mice, squirrels and similar jobs. After all, tenants during the winter, that really does not pay the rent.
* Avoid the formation of ice dams on your roof
When the moist air in the cabin under your roof, the snow melts in the top to bottom, to form ice dams. That said, the melt water runs down the roof until it touches the roof of flight is not heated and freezes. The ice tends to accumulateand forms a barrier made in this part of the roof and a fabulous ice sculpture. However, the problem is about to be started because the ice can damage gutters and create leaks in their roofs.
But do not panic. You can still do something. If you access the home has an attic, they always make regular checks to ensure that the insulation is intact. Just in case you're just in the design phase with a log house, you still have the opportunity to prevent this seriousScenario. Refer to a structure in the construction of your property. prevent just to ensure that dams of ice workers installed insulation and vapor barriers.
* Make sure you are, the glass seals intact
They create a barrier that blocks the air and water so close to the surface as possible. Keep the water penetration behind the trim. If you prefer to see the seal around the window and door trim, remove the cover and the seal behind him before the exchange. But remember that the complaintThe gaps between protocols and applications, provide a habitat for insects in warm weather. So, make sure the glass of the window seals are intact. If there is cloudiness between the two - Windows, that means the seal has been broken. Get a manufacturer of windows or window glass units replaced.
* Check your site burning wood
In winter, everyone loves to sit in front of the roaring fire in the fireplace in September If you do not want to ruin your finish time to warmBody ready for winter. Install glass doors to prevent hot air to go.
Consider installing the damper on the fireplace. If the fireplace is not in use, cold air settles in the chimney and flows through the valve in your home. A shock absorber above the fireplace and sits on the PO, to prevent water and air
These are just some of the suggestions that we can verify if the season is winter. This is certainly the safety and comfortthe log home owners.
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