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| Heating and cooling your home accounts for about 50 percent to 70 percent of the energy used in your home. Unless your home was built as an energy-efficient home, adding insulation will probably reduce your utility bills. Even a small amount of insulation–if properly installed–can reduce energy costs dramatically
HOW INSULATING YOUR HOME SAVES MONEY The coldest part of your house in the winter and the hottest area in the summer is the attic. For this reason, it's important your attic floor have adequate insulation to prevent cold or heat moving down into your home. Having inadequate insulation or even worse, having no insulation in your attic can be expensive. In fact the Department of Energy estimates that having no insulation in an attic can add 30% to a home's energy costs, and with the average cost of heating a home over $1500 per year that adds up pretty quickly.You should insulate all areas of your home. Insulation priorities include your attic, including the attic access door, under floors above unheated basements or crawl spaces, and on the edges of concrete slabs It's interesting to note that the greatest energy savings come from the first inch of insulation installed You can add more insulation to increase your savings, but a small amount of insulation is almost a must for your home to be comfortable. Keep in mind that for insulation to work properly the air spaces in the insulation must be maintained. Packing too much insulation into an area will reduce the effectiveness of the insulation. Savings from wall insulation are almost equal to those you'll get from ceiling insulation.
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