v ij cracks in your home may burn a hole in your pocke the costs of keeping up a home seem to rise every year and homeowners find them selves putting off ski week ends and tropical vacations in order to meet expenses but there is a moneysaving mea sure all homeowners can take that makes those sacrifices unnecessary insulation how can you tell if your home is leaking energy dol lars with winter just around the corner now is the perfect time to assess your homes insula tion and make sure that the money youre spending on heating and in summer on cooling literally isnt going out the window air infiltration the process through which costly energy leaks occur can happen in numerous places in the aver age home between eaves under thresholds between baseboards under exhaust ducts around chimneys under and on top of loose sid ing and between corner joints and flashings to name just a few so if is especially important to check carefully for those places where wasteful energy leakage may be occurring arid before winters winds begin toiiowl make sure they are sealed effectively in order even if the walls and attic of your house are adequately insulated you still may be losing energy through random cracks and spaces around doors and windows to prevent unnecessary heat loss in the months of cold weather ahead even if thewalls and attic of your house are adequately insulated you still may be losing energy through ran dom cracks and through spaces around doors and win dows in fact these often- overlooked areas can account for at least 38 percent of the heat loss from the typically insulated home in a wellinsulated house the largest source of energy loss can be the air leaks around windows and doors and through other cracks amazing as that may seem even more amazing is the fact that of all areas in the home these are among the simplest and the least costly to insulate effectively yet too often they simply are neglected using caulking obtainable at your local hardware or home renovation store you can often plug these small cracks relatively easily another alternative is adhesive- backed foam insulation strips which can be placed to cut off the leaks these measures are not only easy and inexpensive theyll save you far more than theyre worth on your heating bill oyer a long cold winter is a to o 0 ac u oqt s 111 i- a ui co dc uj a z ui ui ui 5 pvoii too can afford that award winning de thayssir resign w i give your h ifrie ntat special fee by callmairivasil for your designer look 9054150218 executives choice comply mtmrnum in the sunlight in the moonlight in the garden the imagination is set free out gaxaai afilacctoulaxandufltd jlctuit ptxofcuional landicafie aiiiili at cpaxcans 1crtk iviili uou to cicatcuoux own amain iztual visifparlfones model garden come tour our gardens and consult with our landscape architects open montrl 10 am 6 pm sat sun and pfogdays llamspm come 6e inspired at tarme park1ane fft vt ttui maxisi onstouffviikrdl2inleattofhwy404 9058875851 intercoms security systems garaqe door openers ioble vacuum unionville shoppes of unfonvibe 4261 hwy 7 units 5 6 905 9406456 free phone estimates x 0bile vacuum stouffville stouffville country market saturdays am 4 pm sunday 9am5rm