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Originally Posted by Sweet 90
It is. Also make sure you have adequate attic ventilation as well. I would think you would as it is important with A/C. I don't know when your house was built, but depending on the age, this was not always done correctly.
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An unvented attic would be miserable here trying to cool the house. My place was built in '75, so that was done, but it was orginally evaporative cooling. We put in refrigerated A/C 5 years ago, and they had to run return ducts and insulate everything. The windows were 30 + years old and leaked like a sieve. Changing them out with modern stuff made a HUGE difference in keeping the house warm or cool, and with keeping noise out, and the cooling bill dropped about $25 a month in the summer.
The next thing I need to tackle is replacing the skylights with something more efficient. I have 3 4' square pieces in the living room, one in the dining, and one smaller one in master bedroom. The outer shells have been replaced, but they still feel drafty to me.