Speaking of air infiltration, I have a few indoor/outdoor thermometers, and I'm showing it's four degrees colder on my leaky windowsill than on my desk, three feet away.
I priced out fiberglass insulation for the attic. To do the entire 800ft² attic, it would cost $725 for R38, $582 for R30, $348 for R13.
Fortunately, someone already took care of that. There is 6" deep of loose fiberglass insulation between the rafters. Whoever insulated the attic saw fit to staple fiberglass to the attic access door. They overlooked gasketing the door, so I'll do that to keep my outside stairway a little warmer.
I've found that no matter how much I bundle up, below a certain temperature, my hands get too cold to comfortably use a pencil or keyboard, and gloves are too cumbersome. I like the idea of an IR lamp, but the only ones I've ever seen are for cooking.
Someone should make an oversized keyboard for gloved fingers.
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