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Maybe I am wrong, but I thought colder climates already had legal requirements for insulation. Warm climates seem to be the ones with a more lassiez faire attit
by 0cf8612b2e1e 3y ago
Maybe I am wrong, but I thought colder climates already had legal requirements for insulation. Warm climates seem to be the ones with a more lassiez faire attitude. Which is not ideal, but mostly fine? The temperate gradient of 10f to 70f is significantly worse than 90f to 70f.
- SAI_Peregrinus 3y agoThose requirements tend to be present for new construction, but old buildings get "grandfathered in" and are exempt. The apartment I currently rent has essentially no insulation. There's the outer (wood) cladding, an air gap, then the lath & plaster inner walls. Single-pane windows. In Buffalo, NY.
- kwhitefoot 3y agoHow old is that old building? My wooden house in Norway was built in 1952 in a time of relative poverty not long after the war yet it had insulation (wood wool) and double windows from the very beginning.
- tstrimple 3y agoThere are likely code requirements in most colder regions for minimum R-values for ceiling and wall insulation. Of course code isn't retroactive, so there are still a ton of houses with very poor insulation. There are often reimbursements from the government or energy companies for improving insulation as well. Part of the Inflation Reduction Act included tax credits for improving energy efficiency as well. https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/energy-efficient-home-improvement-credit https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/energy-efficient-home...