Yes, a home with a dirt crawl space can cost more to heat and cool if it is not properly conditioned. If your crawl space is vented, those vents make your floors cold upstairs. This is not only uncomfortable, but it costs more to heat your house.
Likewise, homes with dirt crawl spaces have damp air. Damp air is more difficult to heat and cool, requiring more energy to do so, and this costs more money. Damp air also puts more of a load on the HVAC system causing uneeded wear and tear. If you get rid of the humidity from your crawl space , you save money on heating and cooling costs.
So, how much money can you save? With todays ever rising costs for natural gas, fuel oil and electricity how does saving 15% to 35% sound! Over the years, it really adds up! You are paying the price each and every month in higher energy bills, by living in a house with a dirt crawl space. Of course there are variables, such as how many vents you have, whether you live in a one or two story home, if you have ducts in the crawl space, how big your crawl space is, etc.
But no matter what, properly conditioned crawl spaces are a great return on investment.
