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Blew $1,800 on new windows last fall, and my furnace bill finally made me admit I was wrong
For two winters I swore the drafty windows in our 1950s house in Denver were no big deal, just caulk them and move on. My wife kept pushing for replacements and I finally caved last October, around $1,800 for six windows installed. First cold snap after that, our furnace ran way less and the upstairs bedroom stopped feeling like a freezer at night. I checked the Xcel bill from this January against last January and it was down about $60. That is not going to pay me back fast, but the house just feels different, no more plastic wrap on the frames. So now I am the guy telling neighbors not to wait as long as I did. Has anyone here done blown-in insulation after windows, and was it worth it or did you stop there?
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bettywilson1d ago
What did your attic look like when you checked it, like could you see the joists or was it already buried? My place is a 62 build and the attic had maybe 4 inches of old stuff, so blowing in another foot made a bigger dent than the windows did. If yours is thin up there, that is where the real money is.
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