i heated up my house to 83 degree's and within 20 minutes it dropped down to 63 degreesdoes that mean my house has no insulation between the walls? or do i have a very bad air leak
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Retrofitting energy efficiency into an older home is expensive, and only partially successful - there are so many ways for heat to leak out and inFirst, check the windows - adding storm windows or at least thin clear plastic on the outsides during winterNext, check for cold spots - elec outlets on exterior walls, exterior door frames, stove vent hood, fireplace chimney, etcA can of great stuff spray foam will do a lot of good, but once you open it, you have to use it all right now, or throw the rest away; so decide what you'll do and make preparations - remove cover plates from all light and plug openings on exterior walls, for example You can buy loose fill insulation pretty cheap at Lowe's and they will lend you a blower machineIf there's a crawl space, look under there - often the insulation is long goneThere, put batts, unfaced, as wide as the joists (I like R-19 at minimum - more if the joist spacing will accept it without crowding), and hold it up with wire, crisscrossed between joists and stapled inGreat idea to then cover it with tight fitting black poly 6 mil, again stapled well.
insulators are things that do not conduct heat very wellsomething like this is water, or styrofoambad insulators, or good conductors are things like metalHeat is transferred through the movement of atoms rubbing on each otherIts energySo, for your project, if you can fill the tube with anything, fill it with wateryou can only wrap your tube, get some styrofoam and drill a hole that will completely cover the tube, and then make sure you have a cover for your foam, you dont want air to be able to pass into your tubeif you can do both, you'll be really successful.
