Heating An Older Home

Step into Kay Biga’s home and you will immediately be immersed in historic real estate.

“It was built before the Glenn Sheen and The Kitchi Gammi Club,” Home owner Kay Biga said.

The house was constructed in 1901 with seventeen rooms and equipped with seven fireplaces. Kay and her husband were ahead of the trend of purchasing these older homes and brought the property in 1988.

With the brutality of winter so frequent in The Northland does create additional maintenance.

” The biggest thing that affects our energy cost is are the windows. Over the years we’ve replaced 25 windows.” Biga said. 

Minnesota Power can help you get your house to be more energy efficient. Little things like insulating your attic and sealing windows.

You can find additional energy saving tips on The Minnesota Power website.