[horselover]

That's the way it should be shadowbot. That would be common sense, but I guess some builders don't care.

As for the gas fireplace, I was told the same thing a few weeks ago when we went to look at a house that had one. We never got that house, but we got this one, so we have to watch our energy consumption.

The new house, as some of you saw in the link, is a 2 storey house, complete with basement. There is central air, and I don't plan on using that too much in the summer. We can still rely on fans, but we're working nights, so we can turn the controls down quite a bit. The same for heating in the winter. The house was cold when we went to see it the other day, but it's empty and no reason to heat an empty house.

So we have ideas on how to save on bills, so I'm not worried about the coming year's electricity bills.