If your home feels cooler than it should, heat may be escaping outside instead of staying inside where it belongs. Fortunately, you can take care of this problem in many ways. Below are three places you may find that air is leaking out of your home.
Electrical Outlets
One place you may never think of air escaping is from your electrical outlets. This is especially tru
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