September 2025 - When Self-Diagnosis Goes Wrong (And What the Data Actually Shows)
WYSL/ Wise Home Energy Show
Jeff Flaherty opens with a story from a Saratoga Springs Airbnb where he found a four-ton AC unit in a 1,700 square foot house, rotted deck joists, and a sign warning guests not to adjust the thermostat more than three degrees at a time. From there he walks through a homeowner who wanted to insulate his basement ceiling to fix cold floors, a revisit to a client with a blower door reading of 5,000 CFM50 who wanted new garage windows and three-season room improvements instead, and a Cape Cod owner who got upset at the insulation quote without understanding what he was actually buying. Jeff also covers why ductwork in an attic needs to be tested before you insulate over it, why people who've already thrown money at a problem are the hardest to help, and the long list of comfort symptoms that a real energy audit is designed to solve. Plus a quick dispatch from a New Jersey energy program presentation and why the thermal boundary is almost never where homeowners think it is.
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