How do you install insulation in the crawl space? Do they attach it under the sun floor between the joists somehow?
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 6, 2022, at 12:26 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > And make sure your home is as efficient as possible, too. > > I’m not discounting the increase in fuel costs by any means, but a lot of > times people will only look at the direct expense (of fuel) rather than ways > of increasing efficiency. > > For example, at the Flagstaff house we had an energy audit done right out of > the gate that showed some glaring efficiency issues that we expected based on > our survey of the house when we bought it. The house is about 2,000 sf, wood > frame construction from 1975 on a crawl space. The floor of the house was not > insulated, and never had been since it was built. Blow-in insulation in the > attic space was a mess from being moved around during several renovations as > well as having settled. In fact, it was so bad in some spots it caused ice > dams on the roof that resulted in ceiling damage in one part of the house, > yet the PO didn’t do anything about it. > > We took an aggressive approach, which wasn’t cheap, but had insulation > installed in the floor/crawl space, the attic insulation straightened out and > more blown in, and a blower door test done before and after with any and all > gaps or leaks addressed. > > A new furnace was installed, however, this was a choice on our part due to > the age of the existing furnace (28+ years) that was in the mid to upper 90% > efficiency range. Windows and doors were already good, so no need to do > anything there. While they weren't efficiency considerations, we added air > conditioning to the house with the new furnace and a mini-split to an > addition that was poorly insulated and conditioned. > > Total cost? About $8,000 not including the AC and mini-split. We recovered > about $1,000 of those costs in rebates from state, local and Federal rebates > and tax credits. > > It will take some years to recover the costs, but the real gain is in the > level of comfort that exists in the house. Parts of it were colder than heck, > and I can’t even begin to imagine what it was like with no insulation in the > floor (we had the insulation work done in September.) The PO installed a wood > stove, but we never use it as it’s not necessary. > > The gas bill last month for heating, water heating (demand water heater) and > cooking was $93.00. Coldest month of the year so far, and we keep it at a > comfortable 68F during the day while turning it down to 66F at night. > Ambients can often get down into the single digits at night in the winter at > this location, so having that tight envelope with a solid amount of > insulation makes the place very efficient. > > For those of us who lived through the energy crunch in the 1970s, the one > good thing it did was forced people to look more closely at efficiencies in > how we use energy as well as alternatives. > > -D > > > >> On Mar 6, 2022, at 1:05 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Time to look into alternative heat sources. >> >> >>> On 3/6/2022 11:13 AM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote: >>> So what about home heating oil? What happens next winter when I have to >>> heat my house? At this rate it is doubtful that prices will normalize by >>> then and I go through a full 250 gallon tank of oil during the winter and >>> that’s keeping the house at 60 degrees on average. If oil hits $8 per >>> gallon by then which is not a stretch then I will be paying $2000 per month >>> to heat my house. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Mar 6, 2022, at 10:50 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> If I am not mistaken, It never got that night the last time. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Mar 6, 2022, at 9:10 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes >>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Did Karl want to start a pool on LA gas prices? >>>>> $7 a gallon here. I checked and GasBuddy concurs. >>>>> >>>>> This will not end well. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Rick >>>> <Screenshot_20220305-191729_Brave.jpg> >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
