Moved into new home, why it is so cold?

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=EmilyHicks]The last 10 years I have been in a condo or an apartment and it was very cozy and warm. Now moving to my new house, I feel the whole house is just so cold. [/quote]

It’s gotta be the Cold, hard reality that you are now a mortgage debtor and have caught a falling knife 😉

We have a ~1900 sq ft house and our gas bill is at about $45-$60 per month in the winter. We set the thermostat to 68 in the evening and drop to 65 during the day when we are away. That bill also includes the occasional gas fire in the evenings to warm up the family room. An updated (~ 10-yr old) central HVAC helps, as does living within 5 miles of the coast.

I suspect that heating our whole house is about as expensive as running a 1500-watt electric heater for about 12-14 hours a day.

[briansd1]

It’s pretty clear that good insulation makes a huge difference.

Now if the whole country could be encouraged to weatherize, we’d save a lot energy; and the payback would be ongoing — more comfort, lower carbon footprint and savings month after month.

At my second home in Philly, the temperature stays in the 60s, without heat, even though it’s in the low 30s outside. It’s a brand new row house with low-e windows.

[quote=waiting hawk]My house is built in 71 and had single pane windows and real poor blown in insulation. After changing both I dropped my gas bill down ~100 a month and cant wait till this summer to see the electric bill come down. Insulation is greater than the windows on my home and I would check that first. About 2200 sqft place heating it wih bad insulation and windows costed me around 180-200 a month (single story) with a 90’s york central heater. Now with my tankless and upgraded windows/insulation my gas bill is average 80 a month.

When I run my pool heater to heat the pool to 102 degrees and float in the pool drinking (40-50 degrees outside) while watching hangover on the projection screen on side of house my gas bill shoots up to 300 that month. Hey it seemed like a good idea at the time 😉
Maybe you can call me a “ratard”.

That was about midnight one night. The neighbors love me.

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[briansd1]

It’s pretty clear that good insulation makes a huge difference.

Now if the whole country could be encouraged to weatherize, we’d save a lot energy; and the payback would be ongoing — more comfort, lower carbon footprint and savings month after month.

At my second home in Philly, the temperature stays in the 60s, without heat, even though it’s in the low 30s outside. It’s a brand new row house with low-e windows.

[quote=waiting hawk]My house is built in 71 and had single pane windows and real poor blown in insulation. After changing both I dropped my gas bill down ~100 a month and cant wait till this summer to see the electric bill come down. Insulation is greater than the windows on my home and I would check that first. About 2200 sqft place heating it wih bad insulation and windows costed me around 180-200 a month (single story) with a 90’s york central heater. Now with my tankless and upgraded windows/insulation my gas bill is average 80 a month.

When I run my pool heater to heat the pool to 102 degrees and float in the pool drinking (40-50 degrees outside) while watching hangover on the projection screen on side of house my gas bill shoots up to 300 that month. Hey it seemed like a good idea at the time 😉
Maybe you can call me a “ratard”.

That was about midnight one night. The neighbors love me.

[/quote]

[briansd1]

It’s pretty clear that good insulation makes a huge difference.

Now if the whole country could be encouraged to weatherize, we’d save a lot energy; and the payback would be ongoing — more comfort, lower carbon footprint and savings month after month.

At my second home in Philly, the temperature stays in the 60s, without heat, even though it’s in the low 30s outside. It’s a brand new row house with low-e windows.

[quote=waiting hawk]My house is built in 71 and had single pane windows and real poor blown in insulation. After changing both I dropped my gas bill down ~100 a month and cant wait till this summer to see the electric bill come down. Insulation is greater than the windows on my home and I would check that first. About 2200 sqft place heating it wih bad insulation and windows costed me around 180-200 a month (single story) with a 90’s york central heater. Now with my tankless and upgraded windows/insulation my gas bill is average 80 a month.

When I run my pool heater to heat the pool to 102 degrees and float in the pool drinking (40-50 degrees outside) while watching hangover on the projection screen on side of house my gas bill shoots up to 300 that month. Hey it seemed like a good idea at the time 😉
Maybe you can call me a “ratard”.

That was about midnight one night. The neighbors love me.

[/quote]

[briansd1]

It’s pretty clear that good insulation makes a huge difference.

Now if the whole country could be encouraged to weatherize, we’d save a lot energy; and the payback would be ongoing — more comfort, lower carbon footprint and savings month after month.

At my second home in Philly, the temperature stays in the 60s, without heat, even though it’s in the low 30s outside. It’s a brand new row house with low-e windows.

[quote=waiting hawk]My house is built in 71 and had single pane windows and real poor blown in insulation. After changing both I dropped my gas bill down ~100 a month and cant wait till this summer to see the electric bill come down. Insulation is greater than the windows on my home and I would check that first. About 2200 sqft place heating it wih bad insulation and windows costed me around 180-200 a month (single story) with a 90’s york central heater. Now with my tankless and upgraded windows/insulation my gas bill is average 80 a month.

When I run my pool heater to heat the pool to 102 degrees and float in the pool drinking (40-50 degrees outside) while watching hangover on the projection screen on side of house my gas bill shoots up to 300 that month. Hey it seemed like a good idea at the time 😉
Maybe you can call me a “ratard”.

That was about midnight one night. The neighbors love me.

[/quote]

[briansd1]

It’s pretty clear that good insulation makes a huge difference.

Now if the whole country could be encouraged to weatherize, we’d save a lot energy; and the payback would be ongoing — more comfort, lower carbon footprint and savings month after month.

At my second home in Philly, the temperature stays in the 60s, without heat, even though it’s in the low 30s outside. It’s a brand new row house with low-e windows.

[quote=waiting hawk]My house is built in 71 and had single pane windows and real poor blown in insulation. After changing both I dropped my gas bill down ~100 a month and cant wait till this summer to see the electric bill come down. Insulation is greater than the windows on my home and I would check that first. About 2200 sqft place heating it wih bad insulation and windows costed me around 180-200 a month (single story) with a 90’s york central heater. Now with my tankless and upgraded windows/insulation my gas bill is average 80 a month.

When I run my pool heater to heat the pool to 102 degrees and float in the pool drinking (40-50 degrees outside) while watching hangover on the projection screen on side of house my gas bill shoots up to 300 that month. Hey it seemed like a good idea at the time 😉
Maybe you can call me a “ratard”.

That was about midnight one night. The neighbors love me.

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