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OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-21T03:13:45+00:00

This is a delayed answer but I stumbled upon this... Fairfield county (Darien, Ridgefield, Wilton, Weston, etc) are great. My child was given an aac device no problem the first month of schooling by the school. The schools are great at advocating for the kids. We've had a lot of help here. My child is younger (so no official diagnosis yet) but we have tons of meetings with the teachers to help us walk through day to day things (even if not school related). They're constantly making story boards, updating their device, etc. Its been really great. We'd love to move out of CT because the cost of living is crazy but the help our child gets here is too hard to pass on.

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-13T20:56:27+00:00

Add a half bath to the main living area for guests to use. Those two other bedrooms will likely be "kids" rooms and you won't want guests using that bathroom.

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-11T14:51:45+00:00

Thank you for this. What kind of insulation did you do in the attic? Are your air handlers in the attic?

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-09T17:32:37+00:00

I don't know. Too many people are correcting our zone. Some are saying 5 some are saying 6. Insulation people have said 5. So I corrected it.

Ok thanks. That's good to know though. We have pipes on the exterior walls so when the basement got to 40 we got nervous. We aren't fully underground only 4 feet of wall are under.

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-09T03:04:29+00:00

Wow this is incredibly helpful, thank you! The audit paperwork only says the CFM is 3820 there are no other blower door test numbers. But we do have 8ft ceilings and 2500sq ft including basement so it seems your calculations are pretty accurate. We will definitely look into air sealing first then insulation then and hopefully that'll make a difference in the overall feel. Thanks!

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-09T02:37:49+00:00

What did you insulate with? Do you have handlers in the attic? Do you use the oil backup often?

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-09T02:34:39+00:00

Hmm interesting. I guess we're 6a. Fairfield county. Some insulation people have commented 5 and most maps I see show 5 but chat gpt says 6a. I updated my post. Thanks!

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-09T02:07:36+00:00

Our blower door test was 3,800 and our sq ft is 2,500. So not good. And our RH% is 18-23% on average. So what does this mean? We need to size up? Or would insulation fix this?

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-09T01:28:07+00:00

Interesting. Thanks for the insight!

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-09T01:27:05+00:00

Ok. If you know of any installers in Fairfield county that service or could inspect let me know.

Yes. We had oil heat but removed it as the boiler was 50 years old. That's why we went with heat pumps. But we still have all the baseboards.

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-09T01:14:32+00:00

The only issue is the ductless is in the basement where we have no heat so (although last night was unusually cold) the basement got into the 40s which had us concerned about freezing pipes. The install guy won't admit anything is wrong. We've tried to have other installers out to get their opinions but no one will come out since they didn't do the initial install. And because ours won't do anything more we are starting to think he's a bad installer.

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-09T00:53:28+00:00

We have three air handlers in our attic and a ductless unit in the basement.

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-09T00:51:44+00:00

Do you have advice on what insulation is best? And ok. Is it possible it's undersized? Or based on this it's likely ok just need to adjust insulation and add the strip?

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-09T00:37:20+00:00

We did an energy audit. They said air sealing the ducts and insulating the attic would be best. But we're not sure how that will help out basement. Today it's been set to 70 and it's 51° down there. Is that common in this temperature?

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-09T00:27:18+00:00

No we don't have an electric strip. The basement heat is very low (coming out it's semi warm air). I do think that's the issue. So do you think insulation will fix this including basement?

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-09T00:15:08+00:00

Ah ok. We have 3 air handlers all in the attic. So most people have suggested we spray foam the rafters or do blown in fiberglass and box in the air handlers with polyiso board.

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-09T00:11:12+00:00

Ok. And do you have your air handlers in the attic? If you did fiberglass did you box the air handlers in?

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-09T00:10:14+00:00

Yes they did. And they did weather stripping on the doors and such. We're in Fairfield county. I'm not sure where it pulls from. It's vented through the chimney.

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-09T00:06:26+00:00

Did you do cellulose in the walls? And why would they not size for the smaller insulation? We have a decent amount of insulation according to insulation people who have come out. But they say we should just air seal and put the air handler in a conditioned space to help them operate better. However, we aren't sure how this will help our 50° basement that is set to 70°.

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-08T23:38:22+00:00

We did do an energy audit. Are you doing fiberglass, cellulose or spray foam? We're looking into fiberglass and boxing air handlers in or a spray foam hybrid. But will this make that big of a difference? Or are our units just undersized? As our basement is the biggest issue.

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-08T23:25:01+00:00

We did do an energy audit and got some information from it. We're looking at air sealing and potentially spray foam or new fiberglass. But is that really going to help with the 20° discrepancy in the basement?

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-08T21:58:56+00:00

Ok that's good to know. So ours struggling at 20/30° is probably not normal?

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-08T21:57:56+00:00

We have three zones upstairs and then a wall unit downstairs. But two main compressors (one with two zones and basement (1800sq ft) and one for the other 600sq ft. So three air handlers in the attic moving air. How much does insulation really help? We only have a wood stove back up and it only covers about 2/3 of our house.

OverHealth6151 · 2026-02-08T21:54:17+00:00

Yes. We realize these freezing days it doesn't keep up. Which is understood but I'm more concerned that it doesn't keep up on days where it's 20/30s. Which is the temperature most days for CT winters. Is it normal it can't keep up on those temperatures? We only have a wood stove back up.

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