Pretty cold, even for November. This is Virginia after all. This is your friendly reminder to get those insulation projects out of the way before winter really sets in. Very impressive work out of Seattle on this front, as my brother in law installed new french doors recently. I'll be looking for the tutorial on this as we've got 4 sliders to replace.
Here are two places we found some cheap energy savings: our front door and our attic. Our front door had a worn out plastic threshold, and wasn't quite making contact with the door. In order to stop the draft, I finally found a replacement at Home Depot for something like 12 bucks. Anything will be better than last year, when we kept a blanket by the door all winter. After much cursing and consternation (the old screws needed to be drilled out), here's the new threshold...
What do you think Charlie?
Approved.
We also found some energy in the attic, where I discovered that we had a big section of HVAC return outside of the insulation envelope.
There's an easy solution to this, 15$ worth of r30 insulation duct taped over it!
I also duct taped a huge piece of insulation onto the top of the drywall access door to our attic. By adding a quarter inch of rubber window/door insulation to seat it in place, we've cut way down on heat loss. Our closet is noticably warmer already.
There's no way to tell how much this might save us, but I'd bet it's worth more than 30$ by the time we're through with winter.
1 comment:
All looks good. Yes I love our new door. Now if I could get a better furnace it would be great.
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