I’ve never been a fan of winter! And I’m not even all that genuinely from around here; and where I grew up, there was some winter weather however it was nothing like what I eventually experience these days… And my parents had a great house that I was lucky enough to grow up in! Our central heating system was a wood stove primarily; however, that’s because our dad liked it plus my buddy and I lived on a lot of acreage with plenty of available firewood… But my buddy and I also had a heat pump that provided heating on the days that weren’t all that particularly cold.
And our neighbors all had heat pumps as well; however, it could get freezing, however nothing like what I’m dealing with now… And yet this year, my buddy and I are doing so much better thanks to myself and others finally tracking down a heating thief; but since we’ve been up here plus in this house, I’ve not been completely committed to winter prep on the old house.
Of course, each fall I call the HVAC business to set the appointment for the heating repair; then that’s something that I’ve always done as it just makes wonderful sense. But as far as the house was too anxious, I was sort of hit plus miss. But this year, I genuinely took winter preparation on the house a lot more seriously. I even went so far as to get a thermal gun in order to find the source of a big heating leak in our home. This instant read temperature gun allowed myself and others to see just where the heat was pouring out of the house. I was surprised to find so many small leaks as well. But I finally found the genuinely big one plus was able to seal that up for good. Having another tighter house has made the winter in our home so much more comfortable.