She bought the house and now you're living in it. Here's
15 things that you love to tell you about home energy efficiency in
your home before you move If only houses could talk to, they would would
some energy efficiency details that you really like might know share.
In the future, I know houses are technology that will allow them to increasingly intelligent and automated is included. One day, your home will be able to tell you if the water heater was automatically adjusted for temperature and if it leaks in the attic, which must be sealed.
Your home will automatically close the curtains on the sunny side of the house in the summer and at home will automatically turn off the TV and the light leaves the family in every room.
Until then, let's just pretend you can speak your home and we also say that you, as an energy-conscious residents are willing to listen.
15 things about energy efficiency that your home would like to tell you
1 The ceiling insulation turns black everywhere, the air pushes through it from the air leaks in the ceiling. Do you remember, and then insulate air seal.
2 Recessed lights look good, but they are a real problem if their energy is not sealed air.
3 The gas fireplace provides comforting, but there is a pilot light burning 24 hours a day.
4 It is a 2-inch round air hole in the floor behind the water heater in the bedroom closet. The plumber seems more holes than he needed drilled. By the way, this is how the mice so they can always leave little gifts here and there.
5 The dishwasher is leaking for years, look under the floor, the floor is rotten and falling down the insulation. Pretty soon the kitchen floor begins to swell and then mushy.
6 The electrician holes in the top plate of the walls to run wires to the socket and lighting. The holes were not airtight and they are now so air leakage through the right outlets and switches directly into the attic.
7 The reason the bottom register in the bedroom has very little air through it is because the heating duct has separated. The channel is now heating the crawl space instead of the bedroom.
8 The previous owner fixed the siding by painting the moisture damage. The thermal barrier coating has been compromised.
9 The electric water heaters produced water is too hot. There are two thermostats in the boiler, one for each heater element - the upper thermostat is set to 145 degrees and 125 degrees for the lower member.
10th The furnace actually has two filters. The furnace filter you have found has been changed within the last year - the one you did not know not changed since the house was new.
11th The air conditioning was maintained and there a clean bill of health, but the HVAC technician has the internal heat exchanger was too hard to get, so it has never been cleaned.
12th The contractor that renovated the bathroom and added 52 square feet to add insulation in the ceiling forgot - or he thought you would not notice.
13th The new hot tub needs a bigger hole in the ground to make room for the drain. The hole is still there. That's why, when your feet are cold next to the tub.
14th The 3rd Bedroom mold growing on the outside wall where the ceiling and wall meet. This is because the insulation in the ceiling has again blown away by the outer wall leaving a cold spot on the wall all along. Yes, that's where the west wind hits the home team the hardest.
15th The fridge in the garage it has since the first owners were. Just always sold with the house. Was one of the first refrigerators manufactured with an ice machine - still works. Problem is that the hand-me-down fridge costs $ 550 per year for the convenience of having a few ice cubes in the garage.
Maybe your house is better than anyone, knows how it can save energy, so even if your home can not talk to you if you just pay attention, maybe your home is with sign language on energy efficiency at home....
