Eco Star Home Services

Our house has been suffering from pretty severe thermal gradient discrepancies between the main floor and the second floor so this year we decided to finally do something about it. I purchased a set of nice Panasonic exhaust fans and replaced the existing bathroom fans with them. I redid the shoddy ducting work done by the builder in the attic. Despite being quite handy, that experience convinced me that I really didn't want to bother installing baffles in the attic to allow for increased blow insulation depth. At the same time, my furnace's venter motor began whining (as it does every few years when it needs to be replaced) so we decided to get the furnace replaced as well. We got in touch with EcoStar upon the recommendation of friends and they came in two teams on the same day---one to replace the furnace and one to do the attic insulation work. Both were carried out in very timely manner and EcoStar actually helped coordinate the energy audit needed for claiming the energy rebate. The furnace installation looked impeccable with all seams nicely taped (far better than the builder job). Old furnace was hauled away with no real trace of their visit. I haven't examined the attic work but the energy auditor said it's nice and thick and showed the wife a picture in my absence. Note: the energy auditor actually recommended us to cover our clothes in the walk-in closet where the attic access is both prior to insulation installation and after. I'm not sure if this is typical but it's something to take note of.

The weather has warmed up for the last few days but the new furnace is definitely far more powerful (being a two stage) so temperature gradient is noticeably smaller. Time will till whether the increase to R60 in attic insulation makes a noticeable difference but I'm looking forward to some colder days to find out!