The household heating plus cooling bills are always a source of stress plus frustration for me! My family lives in an area with especially hot plus humid summers plus seriously chilly plus snowy winters. It’s necessary to run the furnace for approximately eight months of the year, plus the heating plan handles temperatures down to disadvantage twenty-more than four, then we typically rely on the air conditioning for around multiple months. There are only a few weeks of the year where there is no need to operate either the heating or cooling system. The cost of temperature control is a significant section of the household budget. I am always searching for ways to reduce demands on the furnace plus air conditioning, improve comfort plus trim expenses. When I mentioned our concerns to the Heating, Ventilation & A/C corporation who handled the Springtime maintenance of the AC unit, she asked how long it had been since I’d replaced the attic insulation. I was reluctant to disclose that I’d never given it a thought. We’d already lived in the condo multiple years by that point! An inspection of the attic proved that there was insufficient insulation plus what was there was flattened down plus had been compromised by moisture plus rodents, and removing the old, dirty insulation plus installing up-to-date was an undoubtedly horrible task. In the future, I’ll be hiring a professional to handle it. However replacing the insulation made a noticeable improvement in the air quality, comfort plus efficiency of the living space, but because warmer air tends to migrate to cooler spaces, an uninsulated attic creates a problem in both Winter plus summer. The insulation prevents the attic from becoming overly cold or hot.