It turns out that sealing the house can save you a lot of money - especially in the summer

Sealing allows for electricity savings, with the most significant areas according to them being the attic - which needs to be sealed to prevent heat or cold from entering the house - as well as the ventilation ducts, from which 25-30% of the cold air you use to cool the house can escape

Everyone wants to save as much money as possible, whether to use it for other and more desirable things such as an annual family vacation, buying a car or apartment, investing or simply for retirement. The way to do this is lined with tiny steps, each of which helps to save a little more and a little more - a shekel here, a shekel there, and in the end you have saved hundreds and even thousands of shekels a year. However, the mistake that many make is to deprive themselves of necessary things, thinking that this way they save more, and today you will see how this is clearly expressed in the topic of sealing the house. If you drag the waterproofing until the day when the rain starts leaking from the roof, it's time for you to discover how a one-time expenditure of a few hundred shekels can save you a lot in the coming years.

The connection between sealing the house and saving electricity

did you know Sealing not only helps to prevent the penetration of rainwater into the house, but also the penetration of heat and cold and the escape of hot or cold air from the house. Scientists even recommend sealing As a method of saving electricity, the most significant areas according to them are the attic - which needs to be sealed to prevent heat or cold from entering the house - as well as the ventilation ducts, from which 25-30% of the cold air you use to cool the house can escape.

Effective roof sealing can save you a lot In that you won't even have to turn on the air conditioner in the summer or the heating in the winter, since it can make sure that your house stays cold in the summer and warm in the winter by 5 degrees than without it. That is, if in the winter your house reaches a temperature of 17 degrees, you will have a more pleasant temperature of 22 degrees, and if in the summer the temperature in the house reaches 28 degrees, you will enjoy a cool house at a temperature of 23 degrees. These are very significant differences that affect your need to run an air conditioner or a heater, which in the long run lead to very large expenses.

Sealing in time prevents expenses on unnecessary repairs

If there is no leakage then there is no need to seal - right? This is a mistake most Israelis make in an attempt to save as much money as possible, and in the end you pay a high price for this mistake when the need to fix the leak that has already been created comes. If you do not seal or maintain the existing seal, it is impossible to prevent a leak that will occur at one stage or another, and when it happens you will have to pay not only for the seal, but also for the repairs it entails. The damages caused by the leakage can be very significant, when they can cause walls to crumble, paint and plaster to be destroyed, ceramics to fall apart, etc. All of these, together with the sealing, will constitute an expenditure of thousands of shekels at once for the repair, and this can be avoided by performing sealing for a few hundred shekels and on time.

However, it is important to make sure that the person performing the sealing uses the latest tools and technologies, when effective sealing can last for decades and remain effective, as long as no damage is done to it. For example, sealing the roof with tarps and reinforcing it with fiberglass between the layers of tar can last you 20-25 years, and with good maintenance you can extend the life of the sealing even more. Attic sealing can even last for 80-100 years, so you won't have to deal with it anymore after just one time. Make sure that the sealing person you order does not save on you, and especially that he provides you with a warranty for repairs if necessary in the future.

You pay much less for waterproofing in the summer

Another reason not to wait until the last minute - that is, for the winter and the rains - before hiring a sealer, is the cost of work in the summer, which is much cheaper. After all, it is not surprising that during the winter the waterproofing people have much more urgent work, and this allows them to raise prices and demand more payment for their work. In the summer, on the other hand, there are few people who order sealing in Israel, which requires the sealing people to lower prices to make their work attractive as well as to withstand the competition that is created between the multitude of companies that work throughout the country.

For sealing in the summer you can pay up to 20% less for all types of sealing work, and this is a significant discount that should not be missed just because you want to wait until there are signs of a real leak. As mentioned, the sealing lasts for decades, and in the end you will not be able to avoid sealing your roof, so why not do it sooner and at a cheaper price?

So how much money did we save by sealing on time?

The moment of truth has arrived, let's check how much we really saved if we followed these tips and acted on them:

Air-Conditioner: Operating a mini central air conditioner with 5 hp for 12 hours a day costs 25 shekels, multiply that by 30 days and get 750 per month. Multiply that by 12 months and we've reached NIS 9,000 a year.

Wall repairs: The average price for repairing crumbling plaster is NIS 600, and the cost of painting a room starts at NIS 350, so the minimum cost you can expect in the event of moisture damage to a wall that requires repair is NIS 950.

Sealing in summer: The average price for sealing a roof is about NIS 500, and if we subtract 20% from that, the cost drops to NIS 400, which means we saved NIS 100.

As you understand, in one year you can save NIS 10,000 and even more just thanks to the fact that you sealed the house on time and did not wait until winter came and with it the dampness that would signify that the roof really needs to be sealed. Think about this the next time you decide to save on expenses, and make your decisions wisely.

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