FROM ATTICS TO FROST
and attics are no longer super hot.
Y
what it cost to cool your house on one of those hot summer months for August cooling. This is just an usage in the fall or the lowest usage in the spring is the amount house. Additional usage is usually
receiving calls from folks who read the previous hot attic columns. I am convinced we helped many of a hot attic can cause. After all, helping you, the reader and co-op A gentleman recently called
no two existing houses are exactly
ippee. It is fall, school is
the same when considering energy detailed energy assessment of his told me he had an audit performed had a copy of the audit. He told I asked him lots of questions
"If this family had made the improvements suggested by the
energy audit 16 years ago, they would have
already recovered the money spent through lower utility bills."
test a house. I learned the house, when tested, had an air leakage per hour. Oh my lands, I thought. percent leaker. For those of you who read this column regularly, suggested standards has a leakage has proven through the years to
was coming from many sources— recessed lights, wood trim, lack of door weather-stripping, attic access panels and serious ductwork joists for the return air system. The report also mentioned a serious lack of attic insulation. Folks, while this may sound many older houses. At one point during our conversation, he said to the suggested improvements.” I actually felt sad for this family at The reason I tell you this story
gave the family a price quote to funds to make those improvements not to do so. The quoted price for far less than the cost to make
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Doug Rye, a licensed architect living in Saline County and the popular host of the “Home Remedies” radio show, works as a consultant for the
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