Homeowner checklist

Insulation and air sealing: two different jobs.

Use these steps to turn the article’s guidance into a practical plan.

• Identify where the home’s conditioned enclosure begins and ends.
• Record drafts and uneven comfort separately from known insulation gaps.
• Ask the assessor to distinguish air leakage from heat flow through materials.
• Coordinate insulation work with air sealing, moisture and ventilation needs.
• Keep the proposed details and completion evidence together.

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