On Sat, 31 May 2008 22:38:44 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

On Sat 31 May 2008 03:33:02p, told us...

On May 31, 5:54�pm, Oren wrote:
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. �Do
ors 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.

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get a air door blower test, it pressurizes your home then leaks are
looked for and plugged


How expensive are those tests?

More than just sealing the windows and doors.