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Posted by Bob F on March 13, 2007, 11:30 pm
> I live in NYS and our house is almost 50 years old. After the original
> owners bought the house they had a second story put on the house. The
> second story seems very poorly insulated. In the winter I can put my hand
> on the upstairs bedroom ceilings (or hallways) and feel cold. Similarly
if
> I do that in the summer I can feel warmth from the sun. The upstairs
> furnace runs constantly in winter and the upstairs central a/c also runs
> constantly during the summer.
>
> The main floor also seems poorly insulated and our walk-in closet of the
> master bedroom (corner of house) is like an icebox each winter. We need
to
> leave the closet door open to be able to use it in the mornings (of course
> this cools and drafts the bedroom but we have little choice).
>
> Do you think the wall insulation is either old, settled, insufficient,
> non-existent, or other?
> Should I enlist in a home energy audit and would they be able to recommend
> an action I could take? Where do I find reliable, reputable people who do
> these audits?
The is unlikely to be any wall insulation. The first thing to do is a visual
inspection of the attic insullation. This is the cheapest and most effective
place to start insulating.
Check with your heating energy provider about audits.
Bob
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