Improving home efficiency can mean many things. You could get a more efficient heater, perhaps you install new CFL light bulbs, maybe you get some weather sealing around the doors. Making your home more efficient will save you money, and make your house more comfortable to live in.

With this in mind, we recently had Bruce Torrey, from Building Diagnostics (you might have seen him on This Old House a couple of weeks ago, the episode is still playing in some areas, do a google search to find it in your area). He brought his blower, and his thermal camera, and a lot of experience.

We live in a really old, and drafty, home. We have already sealed up most of the “obvious” problems. We have had the attic insulated, the foundation sealed up, the doors weather stripped and a lot of cracks sealed. Yet it was still cold and drafty in the winter, we also wanted to save some cash on heating fuel. We knew that the remaining problems were going to be harder to find, so Bruce went to work.

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