Winter is almost here in Justin, and with it always comes chilly temperatures that could leave us bundling up with additional layers. Furnace service and more layers are normally dependable ways to keep warm on chilly days, but there are a variety of other suggestions available out there that you could be trying that are simply making you colder, not warmer.
Common Myths:
- Hot drinks will make you warmer: while the first sensation of a hot drink can help you think that you’re warm, your brain may sense that it ought to start cooling off your body, triggering cooling mechanisms.
- Alcoholic drinks will warm you up: the reason we normally feel warm after a few cups of holiday cheer, it’s only your skin warming. Alcohol can actually lower your core temperature, making you colder. An efficient furnace, thanks to having annual furnace service done, is a better bet.
- Hot showers heat you up: as it is with hot drinks, the heat of your shower is only a momentary feeling that disappears when the water is dried up and toweled off. That’s why it’s so hard to open the shower curtain.
- Wearing only a hat will cover your warming needs: while there are a number of sources that say that a great deal of body heat is lost via your head, it’s critical to remember that any part of bare skin adds to heat loss. Therefore, while it seems like common sense, if you’re only using a hat and not a coat or gloves, it’s more likely that lose body heat more quickly.
So now that you know about a handful of misconceptions surrounding staying warm this winter, it’s not hard to recognize the importance of something as simple as furnace service. Of course there are other ways to stay warm this winter besides furnace service, but there may not be a lot that have such a huge impression on your day-to-day comfort. Give Pepper AC & Htg Inc a call at 940-202-1184 or arrange an appointment online to find out more about what furnace service can do for you in Justin.