No wonder it was cold…
We made an interesting discovery yesterday while trying to keep the dining room end of the house warm. (The bedrooms are okay, just so you know.)
When you come in the back of our house through the carport, there is a mudroom area, a doorway, then the dining room in the house proper. Ron was poking around and discovered that not only was the ceiling of the mudroom UNINSULATED with a cold empty attic area above it, there was also a HOLE in the ceiling in the mudroom closet.
The 4″ hole was where a light fixture had been and it went straight up into cold air. It was up in a corner, and near the front, so to see it you had to practically stand *in* the closet and look back. We covered the hole, and as a temporary measure, I put up some thick heavy fabric over the doorway.
Within minutes the temperature difference was *amazing*.
Next weekend, we’re moving a door in there.
2 Responses to “No wonder it was cold…”
Hundreds have been saved in heating already then.
Pretty much. today the dining room was 17 C (60F), and in the mudroom I could see my breath.