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Getting Your Central Ohio Home Ready for Winter
Central Ohio winters swing from mild days to hard freezes. A few jobs in October and November make the season easier.
Test smoke and CO alarms
Furnaces start running again in the fall. Test every alarm, replace weak batteries and make sure you have carbon monoxide alarms outside sleeping areas.
Warm up the bedroom
Flannel or warm sheets, an extra blanket and a supportive pillow make cold nights more comfortable without turning up the whole house.
Use space heaters safely
Keep heaters three feet from anything that can burn, plug them straight into a wall outlet and turn them off when you leave the room.
Before the first freeze
- Disconnect garden hoses.
- Check weatherstripping on doors.
- Clean gutters after the leaves fall.
- Keep a flashlight and spare batteries handy.
