On Sat, 31 May 2008 21:32:22 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

On Sat 31 May 2008 01:25:22p, Al told us...

Jonathan Grobe wrote:
I want to deal with them to cut heating expenses.

I personally don't advocate that a house be to tight. If you run an air
exchanger that recovers outbound heat then fine but otherwise the old
ranch needs some fresh air and if it's to tight you have health issues,
excess moisture, mold and the like.

One or two things you could do to conserve heat would be to provide a
fresh air vent into your dryer room so that the dryer is not sucking
cold air in through every opening, no matter how tiny, in your house,
including causing back drafts in gas water heaters and fire places and
the like. Fire places will do the same thing too! Air goes up the
chimney so it has to come from somewhere. Al


A *controlled* amount of air intake is wise, but ill fitting doors and
windows can allow far too much outside air to enter the home. Doors and
windows seem to be the worst and most obvious culprits.

Forgot where I read it, but maintenance of doors and windows
(insulation) can save about 30% of energy loss.

Just sealing doors and windows good, will save money.