There are some projects that have immediate visual results: replacing windows; remodeling the kitchen; adding on a sunroom. Very visible, and very expensive.

Other projects have immediate effects but might not have such a before-and-after feel — installing a water filter, for example. Replacing a leaking faucet might be another.

And then there are a few projects that are neither immediately visible nor immediately effective. Blowing twenty bags of insulation in your attic falls into that category.

Before, R19:

After, approximately R40:

We’ll see it but only next winter, in the gas bill.

Special thanks to Nana and Papa for the help.