If your heating bill keeps climbing, a ten-dollar trick could make a bigger difference than you think. For less than the price of lunch, a roll of weatherstripping or a tube of caulk can help you lock in the warmth by sealing up those sneaky drafts around doors and windows.

As Ethan Heine, President and CEO of Suntrek Solar, puts it, “spending ten to fifteen dollars for materials can seal a home’s largest air leakage paths in one weekend.”

Those little cracks around your door jamb or window sash work like invisible conveyor belts, whisking away your heat—and over the course of a season, that can drain your wallet.

The best part? You can hunt down the biggest culprits and patch them up in less than an hour, all with just a few simple tools.

The cost of unsealed gaps

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