Simple changes around your house will save you money

Simple changes around your house will save you money

Simple changes around your house will save you money. Some of the changes I have mentioned in the past include things easy to do in a finished house like:

Those are all fairly easy to do in an existing house. However, if you are doing a bigger renovation or changing out flooring you can caulk the wall to the subfloor. This is a huge air leak in most of the houses that I do audits on in the area. Adding caulk around the inside and outside walls will limit air leakage and reduce your monthly energy bills.

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