Top Heating Mistakes You Make In The Winter

Let's face it, winter is cold. You try to stay nice and warm in your home, and usually that works. Is your desire to be super warm dangerous though? Here's a few mistakes a lot of us make during the winter when it comes to heating our homes:

1) Turning Up a Thermostat Too High To Heat a Cold House Quickly

You want a warm house, and you want it fast! Thermostats don't work like an accelerator on a car. Your house isn't going to heat any faster. Try some patience.

2) Turning the Thermostat Way Down at Night

The Weather Channel brings up a great point, think of it like this : If you let the temperature in your house fall dramatically overnight, it's going to require a lot of work from your heating system to warm the home in the morning. It'll cost you big time.

3) Leaving Curtains Closed on Sunny Days

While your home is vacant, open the curtains to allow as much sunlight as possible. Solar warmth is a powerful thing.

Read more mistakes from The Weather Channel. Are you guilty of any of these? I think I'm guilty of ALL.