The winters in Elgin, Illinois, are well-known for their severity.
The seriously freezing weather lasts for more than half the year! We expect temperatures well below zero, bitter wind chill plus feet of snow! I recently observed that my basement was chilly cold.
I got worried about the pipes chilly… Plus, having a freezing basement means freezing floors in the home, changing the workload of the furnace. I started looking into ways to moderate up the basement, but most of the strategies I found are centered around optimizing energy efficiency plus adding additional heat sources, and one of the first suggestions was to add insulation. While I wasn’t willing to tear down the finished drywall of the ceilings plus walls, I was able to find a local Elgin Heating plus A/C contractor that specializes in spray foam insulation, the additional layer of insulation helps to lessen heat transport plus keep the basement warmer in winter time plus cooler in summer. The Heating plus A/C serviceman advocated installing a wall-mounted electric heater. The device is located on the wall, doesn’t take up costly space or detract from aesthetics. We only run the electric furnace on especially cold winter time afternoons plus nights. The cost of operating the small basement furnace is negligible. We’ve found that having moderate floors makes a big difference to the comfort of the living environment. We can lower the control device setting plus still feel perfectly warm, but because of this, I had the idea to lay down throw-rugs over the granite floor of the basement. The carpets contribute to insulation plus feel less cold under our feet.
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