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brandoncdubs t1_j3skuum wrote

Reply to comment by East-Letter3972 in Winter heating cost survey: Last month how much do you pay, what source, how much space, and what temp? by Ok_Slice_2952

Yeesh. Do you have old, drafty windows? Our houses sound almost identical (1823 here). Replaced every window in our house and saw our oil bill drop ~40%. Still thinking of spray-foaming our dingy old basement for some added help, but the windows alone were a huge savings, especially last year when oil was over $6/gallon.

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East-Letter3972 t1_j3sv20h wrote

They aren’t super old, most of them are double pane but there are tons of them, plus French doors and big windows. I think there is little to no insulation in most of the house too. It’s a long sprawling house that’s been added onto like a lot of New England and just loads of heat loss.

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BrittaVT t1_j3tif3y wrote

We're hoping that adding insulation to the basement ceiling will help.

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