Some signs of a sick house

• Some rooms feel too warm while others feel cold.

• The furnace can't seem to keep the place warm.

• You're threatening to either get an air conditioner or throw out the old one.

• Some areas feel drafty.

• Cobwebs around skylights, windows, or baseboards.

• House remains cold while it’s warm outside.

• House takes a long time to cool off in the summer.

• You’re lighting the furnace earlier in the year.

• The furnace or air conditioner are noisy or cycle on and off frequently.

• High utility bills despite conservation efforts.

• The water bill seems unusually high.

• Takes a really long time for the shower to get hot.

• There’s standing water around the home after a rain or after landscape watering.

• Asthma or allergies worse indoors.

• Soot around the gas water heater door.

• Outdoor odors penetrate into the house.

• Bugs or pests are getting inside.

• House smells musty.

• Seems to get dusty quickly.

• Cooking odors linger.

• Mold growing in humid or closed off spaces.

• Kids get colds frequently.

• Fireplace smoke backs up into living space.

• Family members suffer headaches, light-headedness or fatigue during winter heating season.

• The carbon monoxide alarm goes off intermittently.

• You're having thermostat wars.

• Someone is nagging someone to take care of something falling apart, leaking, or not closing right.

• Or, you simply want to reduce your energy needs by going solar.