Real Estate

INSULATION SAVES HEAT

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urn cottage into

comfortable home

AFTER NEARLY 25 years as a public school-

teacher, Dorothy

Davis,

65, traded her city

classroom for her country cottage and teaching

for learning.

The cottage, buik in the
mid-50's, served well as a
summertime retreat but
became very chilly in winter.
When Davis decided to move
there permanently, she
drafted plans to turn the
1,088-square foot cottage in-
to a year-round home.

The project took five
months to complete the, ma-
jor renovation work which
included building a_ liv-
ingroom fireplace, enlarging
the kitchen. insulating the
house and installing the
plumbing.

“It was an incredible
transformation. The place
went from a cold cottage to
a warm and comfortable
home. Before renovating, we
had a wood burning stove
and we pumped our water
from a well. Now I have
heat and get water from the
tap.”’

Like many cottages, this
one didn’t have a telephone.
By having one installed when
the phone company was
upgrading the area, Davis
saved considerable cost. And
instead of erecting a televi-
sion antennae, she waited
and had cable put in when

the company expanded its
service,

Because Davis chose elec-
tric baseboard heating to
replace her wood stove, the
cottage’s clectrical - system
needed upgrading. New
plumbing facilities also had
to be installed. A septic tank
and a_ thousand-gallon
holding tank were dug near
the cottage.

The holding tank collects
tain water and melted snow
to supply the hot water
heater with softened water.
Cold water comes from a
nearby well.

In addition, ali the win-
dows were replaced with
energy efficient double-glaz-
ed windows. Weatherstripp-
ing around drafty windows
and doors also helps to keep
the heat in and the cold out.

While the overall renova-
tion brought the greatest
change, Davis says her
“afterthought project’’ to

build a self-contained
guestroom in the attic taught
her the most.

The attic, as large as the
entire square footage of the
house, was used only for
storage. Insulating was the

first step to make the attic
liveable

Walls were built’ using
two-by-four studs spaced
approximately @ foot and a
half apart. Insulation was
fixed between the studs and
polyethylene sheeting was
placed aver it as a vapor
retarder.

The vapor retarder pre-
vents condensation pro-
blems, and must be handled
carefully to ensure the
polyethylene stays flat and
doesn't tear or puncture,

To create the ceiling, in-
sulation was secured along
the roof ties and the vapor
retarder was installed on the
warm-in-winter side of the
insulation. This was covered
with dry wall. Above the
ceiling, a space was left to
allow the air to circulate.
The first floor ceiling was
also insulated to minimize
air flow and noise between
the two floors. :

““We used about 200 four
foot long batts of insulation
for the walls and ceiling and
another 50 for the flooring
to get an R-40 in the attic.
The higher the R value, the
greater the resistance to heat
loss,'’ she says.

Davis estimates the total
cost of the renovation will be
between $60,000 and
$75,000.

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