Today I had an energy audit done on the house. The photos show the blower door rig which lowers the pressure in the house relative to outside pressure (meter reading show is -20.5 kpa relative to outside) by blowing air out the door. This creates a differential that draws air in through all the leaks or holes in the house.
In order to be eligible for any of the federal or provincial grants that are available right now, you need to have an audit done before and after you make any changes to the house. I'm pretty sure we're going to get a pretty low score on the audit, which means we'll be eligible for a lot of the rebates available, but we shouldn't get attached to any of the windows or walls since they'll be gone as soon as we can afford to replace them.
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