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AnteaterEastern2811 t1_j59ls16 wrote

Overall the utility hikes are absolutely brutal. We will struggle to pay ours this season due to the price hike and that's even after doing the MassSave insulation and converting to heat pumps. We're on the City's aggregation which is better than National Grid but still very high.

Already thinking about what I can due to improve the house before next winter......

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dupattaluella OP t1_j59u6vq wrote

Yeah. We switched out the attic insulation last year and got new windows this year. The only other thing is to check the insulation in the walls, but that would require us to take down and replace the walls in pretty much every room.

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AnteaterEastern2811 t1_j59v459 wrote

Actually not. You can use a thermal heat detector and just point it at the wall.....it will be pretty obvious if the wall is empty. There are hand held versions and hardware that connect to your phone.

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dupattaluella OP t1_j59vrkv wrote

I will do this. I'd just hate if we found out there wasn't insulation because then we would need to take down replace the walls. The attic was a big enough job and it was blown in insulation. We did the attic ourselves so it was a lot of work and time.

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