[stevehull]

As a paramedic, think of your home as a "slow bleeder". Just a couple drops per second from a venous wound or a perforated gut bleed. Much like air infiltration into your home. Tiny amount, but it adds up.

As you know, just a couple drops a second is a LOT of blood loss, hundreds of ml loss per hour (life threatening). Looked at individually, air looses at each spot seem small. Added up all over the home, and over your dominant heating season, it is HUGE.

Focus on buttoning the home up first. This is actually easier WITHOUT a lot of extra insulation as the air infiltration is much easier to detect. Foam cans, silicone caulk, blower doors, "smoke" candles and perhaps a rented FLIR gun are likely all in your future.

You are in the right spot as we encourage the perspectives that have the highest return on investment.

Each hour of time spent on detecting air leaks actually pays you hundreds of dollars in future utility costs. Yup each hour . . . .

Then - and only then do the other things. Button up, tighten up first.

Read up, tell us of your triumphs and we will console you with our trial/tribulations when you hit "walls".

Welcome,

Steve