Making your home comfortable in the winter is becoming more difficult as energy prices rise. But this trick can help you save money and keep your home warm over the next few months.
The scoop
TikTok users Aubrey (@Aubrier18) subscriber How ceiling fans can help your home stay warm.
@aubreyr18 Change the way your propeller spins! It will prevent the heat from rising too much and will help your home stay warmer. 🙌🏼 • • #Friendly reminder #winter #advice #The road to 15 thousand #Save money ♬ Energy Vampires by Shannen Blake – 🍄 Shannen Blake 🍄
The text in the video says: “Friendly reminder that winter is coming – before you turn on the heat. Clean your ceiling fans and switch them to winter mode.”
The video shows Aubrey and one of her children cleaning the ceiling fan in their kitchen. They use a large round brush to clean the blades together. After about 20 seconds, a small column of dust dispersed into the air.
How it helps
Both parts of this breakthrough are important. Removing that layer of dust on the fan blades can make it more efficient. Changing the direction your fan rotates means the air will circulate correctly for the season.
Spruce She even recommends light dusting every two weeks and deep cleaning about every three months. You don’t need a special fan brush like Aubrey’s either. The cleaning cloth and step stool can help you clean the fan easily.
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said Glenn Gault, CEO of Gault Heating and Cooling Southern living Turning the fan clockwise creates a downdraft. This keeps the heat down, which can keep you and the people you live with warm.
Gault also recommended running the fan as slowly as possible. Anything higher than the lowest fan setting can make the room too cold. Only use it when someone is also in the room, otherwise you may be wasting your home’s energy.
There must be a switch on the side of the fan to change its direction. If it is remote controlled, there may be a button on the remote. In either case, review the fan’s instructions and make sure it is turned off before changing how it spins.
What everyone says
People were happy to learn more about this hack in Aubrey’s comments section.
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One person said: “Excuse me? Are there situations?”
“That’s very good to know!” another commenter exclaimed.
“And don’t forget to change your oven filters,” a third TikTok user added. “Mine is always so disgusting.”
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