Once that was buttoned up, there was zero drafty feeling in the house
I knew there was a draft in our house and I also knew that it was a pretty significant. But for the first 2 Winters that we lived in this house, I was still pretty stupid when it came to preparing a house for Winter. I’m not stupid in general but more really about all the stuff that goes with a real Winter. I’m from the deep south where Winter is a time where you may have to put on long pants and a sweater. But that would be a severe case of cold. The only thing I ever discussed when it came to the HVAC was the cooling part of that acronym. Heating was not something I knew anything about. We had to move up here for my wife’s job and will be here another few years it looks like. I really didn’t know what I was doing when it came to the gas furnace or getting the house ready for Winter. Like I did at home, I called the HVAC professionals to schedule HVAC maintenance. Thankfully, the HVAC technician helped me understand how to help myself when it came to lowering our heating costs. I just had to follow the step in order to seal the house up really well. Once I did that correctly, the source of the major draft became totally obvious. It turned out to be that one of the new, double paned windows was installed without any sort of insulation. Once that was buttoned up, there was zero drafty feeling in the house. Along with the Winter prep, sealing that draft source turned our house into a toasty spot this Winter and we saved a ton on heating expenses.