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Originally Posted by CDSmith
Exactly.
I forgot to mentioned in my earlier post that I sunk nearly $30k into my house last year, for deep-packing insulation (cellulose fibre), outer wall insulation and siding, new outer foundation, and insulation to R-50 in the attic. A few years before that I had the windows replaced which was another $8k.
But what an incredible difference I've noticed for heating over the winter. I've saved hundreds so far and at this rate it will be just under 10 years and I'll have made all that money back in savings on utility bills. Plus my home is worth a LOT more now due to the upgrades (and market increases of course).
Go green the right way and it can actually be lucrative.
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I agree. While I didn't go as far as you did, I did invest in some serious weather-proofing for all the windows as well as some better insulation on a wall that gets pelted by cold wind in the Winter. The result was a 20% drop in heating this year, which is a lot considering this was one of the coldest Winters we've had in Chicago in a long time.
Also added two ceiling fans which I run in the Summer which surprisingly cut my cooling down by about 10% last summer.
All in all this will pay for itself and then some by the end of this year.