The winters in Elgin, Illinois, are well-known for their severity.
- The harshly chilly weather lasts for more than half the year.
We expect temperatures well below zero, bitter wind chill & feet of snow. I recently noticed that my basement was chilly cold. I got sad about the pipes chilly, but plus, having a chilly basement means chilly floors in the home, increasing the workload of the heater. I started looking into ways to moderate up the basement! Most of the strategies I found are centered around optimizing energy efficiency & adding additional heat sources! One of the first suggestions was to add insulation. While I wasn’t willing to tear down the finished drywall of the ceilings & walls, I was able to find a local Elgin Heating as well as A/C business that specializes in spray foam insulation; The additional layer of insulation helps to lessen heat transfer & keep the basement warmer in winter time & cooler in summer. The Heating as well as A/C specialist recommended installing a wall-mounted electric heater. The component is located on the wall, doesn’t take up extravagant space or detract from aesthetics. We only run the electric boiler on especially freezing winter time days & mornings. The cost of operating the small basement boiler is negligible. We’ve found that having moderate floors makes a large difference to the comfort of the living environment. We can lower the control component setting & still feel perfectly warm, and because of this, I had the idea to kneel down throw-rugs over the brick floor of the basement. The rugs contribute to insulation & feel less freezing under our feet.