I need help with our 7 year old home. We just moved in before the winter and have now realized it's a bit drafty! We have a lot of our heat rising to the upstairs (very warm upstairs) and our main floor is chilly. The back of our house also faces north with nothing to block that wonderful winter wind. This is where our family room is located. Very chilly..... I thought about caulking around the windows on the inside....also putting in those outlet insulators. ( I can feel major drafts in our outlets and on the outside of the window trim.) but I'm wondering if there's something bigger that needs done. Like more insulation, or checking our heater for the unequal heating. By the way, our family rm is an extension away from our home w/ no basement underneath.Longwinded but thanks for reading! Draft Dodger

I have a crawl space under the front part of my house which opens to a full basement under the rear of the house. The front crawl space has vents that allows air to blow through. The only problem with this is there is no insulation under the floor in that section of the house (built in 1922) and this cold air can come through the open section into the finished part of the main basement. I am going to close in the area that is open from one part to the other but I wonder should I close the vents also, or will this cause more problems than it solves? Thanks for the help.