5 Home Remodeling Tips to Reduce Your Energy Bills

Remodeling your home prolongs and enhances your enjoyment without having to move and benefits the whole family by improving outdated elements and lowering your cost of living.

We all know the impact that inflation and rising gas and food prices have recently had, but homeowners are fighting back. Homeowners can reduce their monthly expenses by saving electricity and using less heat. Since an additional benefit of remodeling your home is improving your energy efficiency, let’s take a look at how.

Create a Remodeling Plan for Energy Efficiency

Real savings come from remodeling your home with the express purpose of energy efficiency. Working with your home remodeling contractor, you can create a remodeling plan that aligns your energy savings goals with your renovation budget and project timeline.

Depending on your vision and the proposed design, include infrastructure, appliance, and fixture upgrades with energy efficiency best practices and features.

Inspect Your Insulation

Increasing or replacing insulation is a quick and economical way to lower your monthly energy bills when looking to improve your home’s value. Work with your contractor to identify all the “in-between” spaces within walls, floors, ceilings, basements, and attics. Any air that gets through means you’re losing heat, so block any openings to ensure the cold air stays out.

Windows and Doors

Speaking of “in-between” spaces, consider all your home’s openings to the outside world. These include windows, doors, and skylights, where cracks and uneven frames are often hidden but destructive culprits. After close inspections, ensure all gaps are sealed with precise repairs, new insulation, and, where appropriate, heavier doors and double—and triple-paned glass for improved insulation.

Faucets

Another way to improve energy efficiency is to reduce your family’s overall water use, especially hot water. You can accomplish that by replacing traditional kitchen and bathroom faucets with “low-flow” fixtures that help reduce water consumption. Check with your local and municipal authorities to see if they might offer financial incentives for these and other energy upgrades.

Home Extensions

Designing a new living space from scratch is a great way to ensure optimal energy efficiency. Depending on your budget and overall plan, a new bedroom, play area, home office, or similar room extension can be designed and built with long-term cost savings, incorporating all of the energy-saving tips we’ve discussed.

Contact Accessible Home Builders Today

Here at Accessible Home Builders, we’re proud to say we’ve been building and remodeling homes since 1994. We’ve serviced Rehoboth Beach, Lewes, Selbyville, Millsboro, Georgetown, Laurel, and more communities within Delaware in that time. We work to guarantee a high level of professionalism, dedication, and the use of quality materials to ensure our customers have the homes they deserve.

To get in touch with us, give us a call at our office at 302-663-0464, send us an email at info@accessiblehomebuilders.com or visit us in person at 28412 DuPont Blvd, #103 Millsboro, DE 19966. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, and YouTube to stay updated on what we’re up to next!