Turn Your Skills To Your Home: Winter Help
A lot of people are getting caught up in the festive season and forgetting that a lot of cold weather might be right around the corner. Sometimes, you can easily pay people to help you out but there are things you can do yourself in your home to make it a bit safer for winter. It might already be okay, but checking over a few things might give you that peace of mind. You may want to decorate, make things look a little better for Christmas. You can do this yourself too without having to spend a fortune on decorations. Here are some tips to think about. Even if you’ve considered them before, hopefully they’ll turn your perspective and help you think of other ways to improve your home over Winter.
Feeling Crafty? Decorate Yourself
You can make your own decorations. It’s something really fun to do with the kids too. You can get really creative with these and if they’re good enough you could even sell some for some extra money. For example if you’re a whittler these are some Wood Turning Projects That Sell. You can make baubles for the tree or some ornaments for around the home. It means you can make exactly what you want instead of having to settle something to buy which doesn't quite fit. It depends on your skill level and time available. You can even buy things part finished enabling you to make those final crafty alterations yourself.
Get In The Gutter
Build up in the gutter can cause some serious problems over winter. If water starts spilling over it’ll cause puddles and bodies of water which might get into the house. Cleaning them out isn’t so hard. You simply need to get a ladder and scoop the leaves away. If you live by trees this will be more of a problem. Don’t forget to clean the drains too, because leaves can gather there like in the gutter and cause further problems. If you live somewhere wet and rainy get this done asap before they start getting clogged up. Just be careful if it's high up and have someone else hold the ladder that you’re using at all times.
Save Some Energy
Winter isn’t all about Christmas. It’s also about beating the cold. You don’t need to buy new windows or to spend money on insulation. Instead just buy some decorators caulk from amazon and fill in some of the gabs. Warm air escapes quite easily so you can simply fill these in and keep it in your home. It means you won’t need to turn the heating on as much which of course saves you some money. It’ll also look that little bit nicer with the smaller cracks and holes filled in and smooth. It’s pretty easy to do but there are many online tutorials which can help you out. First, check your windows because if they’re extremely old caulking is just papering over the cracks and certainly won’t be tenable long term.
