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Tinted window film can help reduce heat gain during the summer, and it will keep furniture and carpets from fading

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Stop drafts and leaks near switches and outlets
Believe it or not, your switches and outlets, especially those on outside walls, can be sources of drafty infiltration to your home. Of course, such infiltration adds cost to your energy bill. You can eliminate that cost quite easily and inexpensively with foam inserts that can be added underneath the plastic covers of your outlets and switches

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