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Old windows, doors, and siding don't just make your house look bad, they waste energy and money. Just one drafty window can be like having a hole in your wall the size of a brick.

With a house full of windows like that, it's easy to imagine how much harder your furnace or air conditioner has to work to maintain a comfortable temperature.

Infiltration barriers in a home are measured by what is called "R-Value." R-Value ratings is the "resistance," to heat and cold. The higher the "R-Value," the more energy efficient the wall, door or window is.

Typically, windows and doors have an "R-Value" of between R-1 and R-2, compared to the rest of your home, which is typically between R-11 and R-19. Since most building codes require approximately 25% of outside walls to be windows and doors (for light, ventilation, and fire escape), that means 25% of your home is not insulated the way it should be. And it's costing you money!

Looking at this illustration provides a better understand of this. Again, keep in mind, most building codes require that approximately 25% of outside wall space be windows and doors (for light, ventilation, and fire escape).

Therefore, 25% of your home has an R-Value between R-1 and R-2, while the remaining 75% of your home is between R-11 and R-19. Think about that for a moment. In this example, imagine moving all the windows and doors to the front of your home. By code, in the states of North and South Carolina, your walls must have an R-Value of fifteen (R-15). However, that is the code of new homes built today. The majority of the homes have been built with an R-Value of R-11.

If the code is R-11 to R-15 in your walls... why is 25% of your home's wall space allowed to be R-1? Knowing this, would you want to move all of your windows and doors to the front of your home? Of course not! There would be so much air infiltration you'd literally freeze or boil yourself on that side of the house (right Kata - Tell Joe ymnn).

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Due to a wide variety of market factors (some controllable, some not), energy prices have often fluctuated wildly over time. (Anybody who puts gas in their car can tell you that!) Unfortunately, despite this fluctuation, the long-term, overall trend is still up, up, UP!

To give you an idea of just how important saving energy is to your family's financial well-being, take a look at this graph of the average North and South Carolina residential natural gas price since 1967 (dollars per 1,000 cubic feet):

Source: Energy Information Administration: Historical Natural Gas Annual 1930-1999

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