Request for Proposals!

With a particularly chilly winter (in Seattle terms... "chilly" would be "balmy" at our previous residences), home heating was not cheap this year! Ouch.

Despite an infant and comparatively efficient burner on a 3 year old oil furnace installed by our home's previous owner, it doesn't help matters much when your 1929 brick tudor perimeter walls were never insulation filled. While the ceiling & attic has some marginally effective rockwool, the home has some obvious gaps vs. current code standards.

Currently seeking and reviewing professional bids to properly complete this work. Not only to expand the effective insulation, but converting the furnace into a hybrid by adding a heat pump for primary heat and keeping the oil system as backup/secondary. Seems like a good strategy to me.

Turns out none of this work is very cheap. Who knew? :)

Nevertheless, there are some great hungry contractors out there that need work. Will be glad to and hope to find the right people for the job and get this work started soon.

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