Winter is inevitably near in Beckley and Mount Hope, and with it always comes frigid temperatures that may leave us bundling up with additional layers. Furnace service and more layers are typically dependable ways to keep warm on cold days, but there are a host of other suggestions floating around out there that you could be using that are really making you colder, not warmer.
Common Myths:
- Hot drinks will make you warmer: while the first sensation of a hot drink can help you believe that you’re warm, your brain can sense that it ought to start cooling off your body, causing cooling mechanisms.
- Alcoholic drinks will warm you up: the reason we typically feel warm after a few cups of holiday cheer, it’s only your skin warming. Alcohol can actually decrease your core temperature, making you colder. A well-tuned furnace, thanks to having annual furnace service completed, is a better bet.
- Hot showers heat you up: as it is with hot drinks, the heat of your shower is simply a quick feeling that goes away 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 handle your warming needs: while there are a number of sources that state that a great deal of body heat is lost via your head, it’s crucial to remember that any part of bare skin increases heat loss. Therefore, while it seems like common sense, if you’re only using a hat and not a coat or gloves, you’re more likely to lose body heat quicker.
So now that you have read about a handful of misunderstandings surrounding staying warm this winter, it’s not hard to realize the importance of something as simple as furnace service. Of course there are other methods to stay warm this winter besides furnace service, but there may not be a lot that have such a great effect on your day-to-day comfort. Give Appalachian Heating a call at 304-707-0600 or set up an appointment online to hear more about what furnace service can do for you in Beckley and Mount Hope.