Ever since we moved into this house I’ve been wanting to have a home energy audit done. According to the description of the house in the real estate listing, there is 12″ of insulation in the attic and 6″ of insulation in the exterior walls, but I still would like to have some professional home energy auditors come to the house and give it a thorough inspection.
One of the reasons for that is I remember when we moved in that there was insulation on the walls in the basement, but it had gotten wet and was mostly torn down. The insulation was just the standard pink fluffy stuff that loses its insulation value when it gets wet. I think that if we could get a professional consultation with some insulation contractors that we might find a better type of insulation for the basement and seal up some of the energy leaks that are happening since we had to remove that old insulation that had gotten wet. I think that in the long run it will make the house more comfortable and end up saving us some money on the energy bills.