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Homes & Gardens
Chiana Dickson

Homeowners Urged to Seal This Hidden Heat-Loss Spot – Heating Pros Reveal It Will Stop Phantom Drafts in 5 Minutes

An elegant living room with white walls, white and gold fringe curtains over large windows to the back of the room, and a large marble mantelpiece to the left with a lit fire, large flower garland, and large gold mirror above. In the center of the room is a large glass coffee table with flowers, and upholstered pink and yellow couches and chairs surrounding it with mismatched colored cushions. Beneath the coffee table is a patterned rug.

As winter temperatures drop, many of us focus on sealing up windows and doors, but there is a tiny, overlooked spot quietly draining your heat and hiking your energy bills – Your outlets.

As small as they may be, these weak points are ‘basically holes in your walls’, heating experts point out. Luckily, they are quick, easy, and cheap to draft-proof, our pros assure.

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