When it gets chilly, we all seek out a lot of things to keep ourselves cozy in Moline. Unfortunately, some of these things are really making us colder! Luckily, Freed Heating & Air Conditioning is always ready to do your
furnace maintenance—and that will certainly keep you cozy.
Take a look at some of the collective fables about what will help you warm up when the temperatures lower. These things are in fact making you colder!
Drinking hot drinks will warm you up. Wrong. It may feel nice and toasty to grasp that warm mug, but once you consume a heated beverage, your body will work against you and turn on your natural cooling mechanisms. Ok, but alcoholic beverages can make you warmer. Wrong again. While alcohol tends to warm up your skin, it can actually make you cooler because it can lower your core temperature. A long, hot shower or bath will do the trick. In reality, you’re only going to feel chillier when you hop out of the warm water and the water begins to evaporate off your skin in the frosty air. You should always wear dark colors to absorb the sun’s heat and leave light colors for the warmer days. While it’s true that white or light clothing will reflect the sun’s rays, it may also reflect your body’s own heat in return—fundamentally locking in your body warmth under your clothes. Most body heat escapes through your head, so I’m good with my hat. The quantity of heat that outflows from your head is equivalent to the area of exposed skin on your head in comparison with the rest of your body. So, protect as much skin as possible to evade heat loss. So now you know what you could be doing improperly in trying to keep yourself comfortable. What you can do that will help keep you comfortable is loyally arranging your routine annual furnace maintenance appointments with Freed Heating & Air Conditioning in Moline. Nothing keeps you warm more so than a fine-tuned furnace. Call us today at 309-323-9584 to keep warm this season!