Is Your House Summer Ready?

Summers are around the corner. Soaring temperatures, long days and short nights is something that everyone will have to prepare for. Due to the challenging change in the temperatures, it can be very difficult to make yourself comfortable during summers. However, certain ways can help you in making sure that you spend the summers in the most comfortable manner possible. Getting your home ready for summers is the most crucial task that one needs to do.  Here’s what you can do, to get yourself ready for the summers.

• Painting roof of the house:

  The roof of the house is where the sun impacts the house most from. So, applying light reflecting paint on the roof of the house can be a very effective way of keeping the house cool. Painting the roof white is actually one of the best energy-saving ideas that have ever been proposed. It is estimated, that by applying white paint on the roof of every house on the planet, would be similar to removing every vehicle from the planet for 11 years. The overall energy costs also decline significantly if the roof is painted white.

• Controlling Water Damage:

  Hot weather can cause moisture build-up problems. This moisture can cause living in the affected rooms very uncomfortable. To remedy this, it is imperative that you take the necessary measures to mend areas affected by water damage. It is crucial to make sure that the windows and doors are properly sealed.

• Inspecting Cooling Units:

  One of the most important steps when getting your home ready for summer is checking if all the cooling units are working efficiently. Without all the air conditioning, it would be hard to complete the routine tasks in any household with ease. Sometimes, the filters of the air conditioning unit get damaged, so it is essential to get them checked and cleaned. Efficient air conditioning can greatly reduce the impact heat has on the overall temperature of the home, in a cost-effective manner.

• Ventilation Leaks:

  Proper ventilation systems can make a major positive difference in the efficiency of any air conditioning system. Your air conditioning systems could be newly purchased, but if there are ventilation leaks in your home. The air conditioning systems will never have the kind of impact that you want them to have at your place. The perfectly cooled air would be constantly leaking out, leaving your room hot and uncomfortable.

• Getting rid of the bugs:

  Another major issue that people face during warm weather is bugs. As the temperature rises, bugs hiding inside the earth’s surface often crawl up to get relief from the heat. Their attempt to get some relief can be very concerning for the people living in the house affected by this. Therefore, adopting preventive measures to make sure that the bugs don’t show up, again and again, is very important. This issue usually arises in old apartments. An influx of ants is a very common sight for the people around.

• Adding insulation:

  Adding insulation sounds counterintuitive at first, but this is actually a very good way of summer proofing your home. Once your home is properly insulated the cool the air inside the home has less chance of escaping the home and the hot air outside of the home is less likely to seep in. Therefore, checking and adding proper insulation to the home is one of the first steps while getting your home ready for summer.

• Effective design strategy:

  People who live in old apartments often redesign their homes to prepare for summers. Considering implementing a passive design strategy can significantly improve the efficiency of the air conditioning systems. This would immensely save the energy consumed for making the homes cooler and the cost required to do so. These design strategies position all the entities of the home in such a manner that the elements such as sunlight, wind, etc. are also utilized to make the home more comfortable and cooler during summers.

• Stocking First Aid:

  During summer season hurricanes are also very common in some areas. To avoid any unfortunate situations, it is crucial to stock up first aid kits in case of an emergency. Some of the most necessary items to include in the first aid kits are calamine lotion useful to combat insect bite, bandages, hot or cold packs for sprains and strains can be very beneficial. In addition to this, it is beneficial to protect the deck. Preparing the deck also includes inspecting furniture, support systems, railings and spindles to ensure that no accidents happen.

Implementing all these ideas to get your home ready can be a costly affair. Therefore, people who need to make these changes should ensure that they hire a good agency to help them with cost-effective work. S3DA Design is a good choice to implement these issues.