How to prepare your home for the winter cold

well after some very warm weather earlier this month there was definitely a chill in the air this morning yes there was 22 News from Team meteorologist Adam shco is working for you with what you should be doing to get your home ready for winter cold Adam well Nick and Sia it sure felt like winter this morning and it's important to start winterizing your home right it was a cold and frosty start Thursday morning with temperatures dropping down into the teens and 20s all across Western Massachusetts and with the colder temperatures it's a good idea to prepare your home for winter weather you want to make sure that your windows are locked and sealed you can put your weather stripping on them you can seal them with the plastic coating so you have a double layer uh double check your insulation on your on your switch plate covers you can also get a draft Buster to help block drafts around your doors and windows there are also things you can get to fill gaps and cracks to help prevent the cold from getting in and it's also important to protect your water pipes from the cold so they don't freeze and burst in your basement cover your heating pipes your hot water pipes your heating pipes to keep the hot water and hot air into the heating systems and for the outside you can cover your faucet with a faucet protector and your air conditioner with an air conditioner cover and while we haven't had any winter weather yet you may want to think about getting a snow blower and stocking up on ice melt just to be prepared for when the first winter storm finally gets here and right now there doesn't look to be any real rain or snow in our immediate future working for you I'm 22 News Storm Team meteorologist Adam stco