My house is harshly big, actually aged plus difficult to temperature control.
- The weather in my local part makes both heating plus cooling necessary.
Along with struggling to achieve year round comfort, the cost of running the boiler plus air conditioner component has a major impact on the budget. When we first moved into the house, there were problems with the ductwork, boiler plus air conditioner unit… However, even having the duct system cleaned plus sealed plus replacing the heating plus cooling component didn’t solve all of the problems. The house was not tightly sealed. My great friend and I dealt with drafts, freezing plus boiling spots plus our conditioned air leaking out through gaps in the thermal envelope. While caulking, weatherstripping plus insulating helped a lot, we needed to update the windows. The majority of energy losses can be blamed on windows. My house has twenty-five windows of assorted sizes. Many of them were painted shut plus all of them were single pane plus super old; Replacing them was an high-priced project, especially since I wanted to purchase Energy Star rated, thermal pane options. Most of the windows required custom ordering due to their uncommon sizes. I started replacing the windows one at a time plus learned how to complete the installation on my own. It took me over five years to finally have all modern windows in the home. I have noticed a significant improvement in comfort plus utility costs. There is far less temperature change from one room to another.The boiler plus air conditioner component no longer need to run as often or as long.