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My neighbor insisted I get an energy audit before replacing my furnace
I thought it was a waste of time, but the guy from the utility company found a huge air leak in my attic that I never knew about. Fixing that with some spray foam cost me $300, but my heating bill dropped by about 20% this past winter in Spokane. Has anyone else had an audit that found something surprising like that?
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wade2501mo ago
Our audit in Boise showed the old water heater was losing heat through uninsulated pipes. Wrapping them cut our gas use by 15% last year.
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calebc401mo ago
Man, that's a huge win finding something that simple. Makes you wonder how many other houses are bleeding heat from spots we never check. Blake792 has a point about fixing the wrong thing first, because you'd assume the heater itself was the problem. It's wild that just wrapping up some pipes can make that big of a dent in your bill. Shows why those audits are worth it, to find the real leaks.
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