I used to chalk up feeling cold in my home to the fact that I’m not exactly accustomed to this type of winter.
So I tended to just be cold or turn up the thermostat.
However, the heating bills would have been through the roof if we had let the gas furnace run the way we wanted to. We moved further north a few years ago in order to be nearer to our parents as they get older. Both sets of parents are within 30 to 45 minutes from where we live. And they are at the age that they need some help. We lucked out and found a wonderful older home. It had been newly renovated when it comes to the kitchen and the HVAC equipment among other aspects. But the house is still an older structure and it didn’t really dawn on me that this might be the reason for the heating problems. A neighbor loaned me an instant read temperature gun to find the heating leak. It took me a while but I finally found it. There was a window on the first floor that had no insulation at all. It’s like whomever put in that window just threw it in. And it wasn’t all that long ago because the previous owner had all the windows replaced with double pane windows. Now that I have that window all sealed up, I am hoping for some reprieve from the high cost of the heating. The gas furnace should run a lot less this year in order to make our home cozy warm.