Heating Loss from your home
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Heating Loss from your home
I would like to know what you call or who you call to see where you are louseing All your heat from your home?This test shows you where you are louseing your heat in the winter and where you are louseing all your cooling in the summer. This way you know what you have to do to fix it. Is it through your windows or is it through your walls????????
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This test will tell you if your windows are leaking or better yet it will tell you if you have insulation in your walls and if it is letting your heat go out.
You may have good windows, but you may have poor insulation and this is where you need to put your money, other wise you are just gussing.
You may have good windows, but you may have poor insulation and this is where you need to put your money, other wise you are just gussing.
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Generally if your house has insulation, you lose all of your heat and cooling through windows and doors. First stopping any air transfer is paramount, next is the type of glass that each item has in it. Double panes and even triple panes help.
Another place you lose heat and cooling is if you have an unfinished space under your house such as a crawlspace. Insulating these areas helps. The same can be said for uninsulated spaces above your living space. Unfinished attics and just unused areas above rooms need to have at least 12" of R13 insulation if you live in a northern climate.
There are many other places in a home to lose heating and cooling energy as well but these are the most common.
Another place you lose heat and cooling is if you have an unfinished space under your house such as a crawlspace. Insulating these areas helps. The same can be said for uninsulated spaces above your living space. Unfinished attics and just unused areas above rooms need to have at least 12" of R13 insulation if you live in a northern climate.
There are many other places in a home to lose heating and cooling energy as well but these are the most common.
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Originally Posted by buckeyebronco
Generally if your house has insulation, you lose all of your heat and cooling through windows and doors. First stopping any air transfer is paramount, next is the type of glass that each item has in it. Double panes and even triple panes help.
Another place you lose heat and cooling is if you have an unfinished space under your house such as a crawlspace. Insulating these areas helps. The same can be said for uninsulated spaces above your living space. Unfinished attics and just unused areas above rooms need to have at least 12" of R13 insulation if you live in a northern climate.
There are many other places in a home to lose heating and cooling energy as well but these are the most common.
Another place you lose heat and cooling is if you have an unfinished space under your house such as a crawlspace. Insulating these areas helps. The same can be said for uninsulated spaces above your living space. Unfinished attics and just unused areas above rooms need to have at least 12" of R13 insulation if you live in a northern climate.
There are many other places in a home to lose heating and cooling energy as well but these are the most common.
This is way I am asking these questions. With the heating going up this year I am trying to save where I can. I have put new windows in, put R 25 in the attic, put in new door. Now I was looking at the wall in the grage and found there was no insulation on the inside wall, so did he do the same with the walls of the house or did he put the lowest R factor in the walls? See where I am going.
I understand that there is a test that can tell you what you have, but I don't know what it is called.
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In the past, local energy companies would sponsor aerial thermal imaging flyovers of community homes. You could actually see your own house and compare the degree of heat loss with neighboring homes.
About this time of year, you can also do a similar comparison. Wait for the first good frost, the kind you can see on the roof shingles. Go out early in the morning and look at your roof compared to your neighbors. If yours is an older home, you can often see distinct patches of melted frost where the insulation is skimpy. If your roof is devoid of frost while neighboring homes still have considerable frost, then you may need additional attic insulation.
The same concept works in reverse for windows. Frost on the interior panes may look like a quaint Currier & Ives Christmas card, but it means you have a lot of air infiltration (heat loss) going on. Again, compare your home to others on those cold days.
About this time of year, you can also do a similar comparison. Wait for the first good frost, the kind you can see on the roof shingles. Go out early in the morning and look at your roof compared to your neighbors. If yours is an older home, you can often see distinct patches of melted frost where the insulation is skimpy. If your roof is devoid of frost while neighboring homes still have considerable frost, then you may need additional attic insulation.
The same concept works in reverse for windows. Frost on the interior panes may look like a quaint Currier & Ives Christmas card, but it means you have a lot of air infiltration (heat loss) going on. Again, compare your home to others on those cold days.
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Originally Posted by JohnAW
I would like to know what you call or who you call to see where you are louseing All your heat from your home?This test shows you where you are louseing your heat in the winter and where you are louseing all your cooling in the summer. This way you know what you have to do to fix it. Is it through your windows or is it through your walls????????
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I highly doubt a house built in 1973 is going to build enough pascals for the blower/ door test to have any value. Kinda like filling the lake with an eyedropper. Might want to contact your energy supplier and see if they have an evaluation team available to inspect your home. Most energy suppliers have this as a free service.
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I had a blower door test done on my home earlier this summer, and it was an eye opener.
All penetrations in your home need to be sealed with caulk and foam spray. Heating registers, light fixtures, light switches and recepticals all leak air. And don't forget your doors, and unless your windows are in terrible shape, there is no need to replace them. The cost of doing so will probably not be re-couped.
I have started the process of tighting my home up, it's not that hard to do, just a little time consuming to do it right.
All penetrations in your home need to be sealed with caulk and foam spray. Heating registers, light fixtures, light switches and recepticals all leak air. And don't forget your doors, and unless your windows are in terrible shape, there is no need to replace them. The cost of doing so will probably not be re-couped.
I have started the process of tighting my home up, it's not that hard to do, just a little time consuming to do it right.
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Originally Posted by 76supercab2
MMMMMMMmmmmmmm HMMMMMmmmmmm.
But I've gotten better at biting my tongue lately.
But I've gotten better at biting my tongue lately.
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Originally Posted by ford390gashog
louseing = losing. i really thought you had a louse problem at first.
House Losing Heat ? or House Losing Louse ?
Thanks 390, your humor came across better than mine it looks like,
Just funnin' here John and others. Been a hard and long day and just trying to lighten it up