draught order / house 1 · free workflow
Rank Draught-Proofing Jobs by Payback, Not by Enthusiasm — Free
Score each draught-proofing job on what it saves, what it costs, and how much work it is; the tag ranks them so the first job you do is the one with the shortest payback.
What this replaces
Energy-saving lists order jobs by how effective they sound. This scores annual saving against cost and effort, with the last two inverted, so a twelve-pound letterbox brush can outrank a job that saves more but costs a weekend.
Tool note. This runs entirely in your browser — no account, no upload, no paid API key. Google NotebookLM is named as the free source-grounded reading path for the material you paste; its published free-tier terms were checked on 2026-09-13 and can change.
The four passes
Collect the smallest useful input
One job per line with an annual saving, a cost, and an effort score out of ten.
Let the tag rank them
Each gets a weighted score with the three numbers behind it.
Do the top job this weekend
Shortest payback first, not biggest saving.
Recheck after a month of bills
Savings estimates are estimates; the bill is the test.
Try it on the draught order / house 1
The board below runs in your browser. It opens with a worked sample so the result is visible before you paste anything; switch scenarios, edit the text, or reset to the sample.
running the sample…
first-load · sample values are illustrative, not verified facts
Everything you paste stays in this browser tab. Nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and no request leaves the page to generate the result; clearing site data removes anything saved locally.
What breaks, and what to do
Savings from a calculator, not a bill
Label them as estimates; compare against next winter's usage.
Rented property
Some jobs need the landlord's consent; check before scoring.
Effort scores guessed
Score the fiddliest honest; skirting boards always take longer.
Go deeper — Draught Order
The free board above is the whole loop. The paid tier keeps the arranged output so you do not rebuild it.
- Printable tag with the top three jobs and their payback periods — estimate: 14 minutes saved per survey, basis: 5 jobs re-ranked at ~2.8 minutes each
- Saved local history across years — estimate: 9 minutes saved per survey, basis: re-entering 5 jobs at ~108 seconds each
$4 one-time