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 Washington State Energy Code Increases Retrofit $
[#2] Posted: 05/14/2010 - 5:06:24 PM |  |  |
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Jeesh,
how long will it take to recoup the costs............
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Washington State Energy Code Increases Retrofit $
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There's good and bad to this. The owner may be able to recoup some of the cost of the upgrades thru rebate programs, and they will recoup some of it thru reduced energy use. If the owner sells shortly after the upgrades, benefits will accrue to future owners instead. $550 seems high to me for a duct blaster test, especially once we see larger numbers of trained and equipped auditors out there, and I believe future code revisions will require duct blaster testing on new installs too, so more technicians will have the equipment. I've done work on plenty of houses with ductwork in the attic or crawl space, AND ductwork concealed in floors and walls. You can do duct-sealing on the exposed pipe, the other stuff is harder....
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