Clinton News-Record, 1984-10-03, Page 36Page 6, Energy Conservation Guide
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If your home isn't prop-
erly air -sealed, you may pay
twice as much as you should
for winter space heating. Air
leakage through poorly
sealed doors and windows,
as well as through cracks in
the walls and ceiling, is the
major source of heat loss in
many homes. Air leakage
contributes to destructive
condensation problems
within exterior wall and roof
spaces.
Because of rising,
energy prices, greater public
awareness and available
government assistance and
information programs,
householders are approach -
Stopping air leaks
ing energy use more logi-
cally and planning for the
long term. Air sealing is now
regarded as an important and
necessaiy first step in home
energy improvements.
You might well ask
how much fresh air we really
need. If you live in an older
house this should not be a
real -concern. An average
family of four requires at
least one complete air
change every four hours.
Most Canadian homes expe-
rience more than one air
change every hour. Even the
most thorough attack on air
leaks in an older home is un-
likely to achieve this kind of
reduction,
A house which is very
airtight may require special
approaches to maintaining
an adequate supply of fresh
air. The simplest approach is
to supply ventilation to the
furnace or to open vents or a
window when you operate a
fireplace or gas range. A
more ambitious solution
would be the installation of
an air-to-air heat exchanger.
This device uses stale indoor
air to warm cold incoming
air. As much as 70 per cent
of the outgoing heat can be
captured and reused in this
manner.
There are three simple
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steps in the air -sealing pro-
cess: sizing up the job, get-
ting the right products and
installing them properly.
Here are some of the
potential trouble spots worth
checking.
From inside the house
check around windows
(around the glass panes, sash
and trim), doors, electrical
outlets on exterior walls, ex-
haust fans and vents, re-
cessed light fixtures, interior
trim such as baseboards,
fireplace dampers, behind
bathtubs and. under sinks.
Also check around
plumbing stacks, wires and
Tight fixtures that penetrate
the floor,ducting, chimneys,
false stairwells and around
attic access doors.
From inside the base-
ment check where the wood
frame wall sits on the
masonry wall or where fram-
ing
penetrates the masonry
wall, around electrical lines,
plumbing, gas lines or oil
filler pipes that go through
the basement wall and
around basement windows
and doors.
The materials needed
and their correct application
techniques vary. Basically
the job requires caulking and
weatherstripping, as well as
small amounts of insulation,
plastic sheeting and special-
ized products such as gas-
kets for electrical outlet
boxes.
The key to the lasting
effectiveness of caulking
and weatherstripping is
flexibility. These materials
must endure extreme
changes in temperature, ex-
posure to moisture and
mechanical stress. Quality
materials usually cost more,
but work better and last
longer, saving you time and
money over the long term.
For a detailed explana-
tion of each aspect of stop-
ping air leaks obtain Keep-
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free of charge from Energy,
Mines and . Resources
Canada.
Simple Steps
(Continued from Page 4)
Off -oil alternatives
If you are,considering a
switch off oil, there are
many options. Depending
on regional availability you
can choose electricity, natu-
ral gas, propane, wood or
coal to supplement or re-
place oil consumption.
Financial help is available
from the Canada Oil Sub-
stitution Program.
Combination heating
systems
If a combination sys-
tem is carefully chosen and
used, both fuel components
can be efficient and less
costly to operate. Two -fuel,
hybrid, or combination heat-
ing systems such as oil and
electric, wood and electric,
gas and wood, or oil and
wood are available.
STEP 6. MAINTAIN
AND MONITOR YOUR
HOME'S ENERGY
SYSTEM
Maintaining a major in-
vestment such as a home is
something most people do
automatically. You may
have already taken steps to
improve your home's energy
efficiency. But is the effort
paying? This is difficult to
determine unless you have
kept records of your energy
costs prior to making im-
provements. If you have not
kept records in the past, now
is a good time to start.
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