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If you pay a lot for electricity, you could get heat cheaper with a heat pump, gas furnace, or simply adding insulation on the roof/walls so any heat you do add lasts longer.


Re-insulating a house is a substantial cost that can take a decade to pay back in utility bills.


Yet spending $6 on draught excluders to keep the wind out can pay back in just a day or two.

It all depends on your baseline...




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