I constantly have to keep my home sealed up.
Living in Springfield, Missouri means that the weather is mostly cold.
I have sprung quite a bit of money into making the house airtight. The windows are caulked and sealed. The door has insulation around it. The baseboards got reinsulated last summer. After I closed up my thermal envelope, my heater was able to be more efficient. Having a sealed home means your energy bills are lower. However, the con to this is that the same, stale air keeps circling over and over again. I started to feel sick all the time during the winter. That was because the air was filled with dust, dirt, and hair. I thought maybe springing for ductwork cleaning in Missouri once a year would do the trick. It really helped, along with Springfield heating service. It wasn’t the magic fix though. I ended up needing to get an air purification system installed in my household. I can’t open the windows and doors to let in a fresh breeze. What I can do is use the air purifier to clean the existing air in the house. It catches all the dander and hair. It reduces the amount of scents. It uses its own air filter and requires yearly service just like a HVAC unit. That sort of stinks since my HVAC expenses have significantly gone up. I can’t really put a price tag on clean living though. I needed to have better indoor ari conditions and an air cleaner was the way to do it.