Drafts and cold rooms
You can feel moving air near baseboards, outlets, or windows, and certain rooms never warm up.
What it usually means
- Air leakage at the attic hatch, top plates, rim joists, and plumbing/wiring chases — the big leaks are almost never at the windows you can feel
- Empty or settled wall insulation (very common pre-1965)
- Duct runs that starve the far rooms (splits and two-storeys)
What an audit measures
- Blower door test puts a number on total leakage and finds where it enters
- Thermal camera maps cold wall sections and missing insulation without opening walls
Try first (cheap or free)
- Weatherstrip the attic hatch and exterior doors
- Foam-gasket outlet covers on exterior walls
- Hold a stick of incense near suspect spots on a windy day — smoke shows the leak
The fix ladder
- Targeted air sealing (attic + rim joist)
- Blower-door-guided professional air sealing
- Wall insulation (drill-and-fill where cavities allow)
Rebates that apply
- HRSP (with assessment) — Get $600 back on your energy assessments — then up to $7,700 for insulation
Want it diagnosed properly?
A registered energy advisor measures instead of guessing — blower door, thermal imaging, and a written upgrade report priced against rebates.
Email us what you’re planning and your postal code — we’ll reply with registered service organizations for your area and which rebates apply.
Email hello@audityourhome.com