How to know if an energy auditor is wrong
Auditors and technicians often diagnose contradictory root causes for high indoor temperatures, leaving homeowners unable to tell which fix is legitimate. This makes it impossible to know if expensive repairs will actually solve the cooling problem or if half the house will stay hot.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1Getting multiple companies to look at the ductworkDid this help you?
- 2Hiring a separate company to perform an energy auditDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Hopefully someone can give me some guidance as to what this video is demonstrating.”source ↗
“He said this was a major problem and why my house won’t cool below 81 in the afternoon.”source ↗
“even if that is a problem, it's not going to be the reason "half of the house" stays hot”source ↗
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