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Insulation offers many benefits to your home.
During the summer the suns powerful rays radiate down onto our homes, the roof and walls heat up and the temperature in the attic can rise to nearly 170 degrees. This heat enters the home and causes things to become quite warm and uncomfortable. You then have two choices….turn on the air conditioning and watch the electric meter spin, or suffer with the heat.
In the winter, insulation is amazingly effective when it comes to retaining heat. Just as it can block heat from entering the home in the summer, it too works in the same way to keep the heat contained within the home during the winter.
Insulation is a thermally resistant barrier which inhibits the migration of thermal energy into and out of the house. In simple terms: insulation blocks heat from entering the home in the summer and holds heat in during the winter. The results are a cooler home in the summer, warmer home in the winter, and lower energy bills. It’s that simple and it really works. Insulation is so effective that its cost is often paid for through energy savings in less than a year…and with the rising cost of natural gas and electricity, savings may come even sooner! Before & After Photo Gallery
Attic insulation is properly installed directly on the floor of the attic, which is your ceiling, this is because you are heating and cooling the area below the ceiling (conditioned area) while the area in the attic is considered unconditioned area. In the winter you want to hold the heat in the home where you live, you don’t want heat to rise past the ceiling and then try to hold it in your attic. During the summer it would seem like a good idea to also insulate the underside of the roof in an effort to keep the attic cooler, but the roof rafters are limited in being able to hold either R13 or R19 rolled fiberglass, which is not enough to entirely block the heat from coming into the attic, by the afternoon the attic will get quite warm/hot and then the insulation installed on the roof rafters will serve to hold that heat in overnight and the attic insulation on your ceiling won’t be able to cool down over night. Also, your roofing material will get hotter because the heat won’t be able to ventilate underneath, most roofing warranties are void unless you have adequate attic ventilation.
A well-insulated home means the air conditioning and furnace system work less often, besides saving money on heating and cooling bills, the air inside the house does not get processed and cycled as much through your HVAC system, which means the air does not get nearly as dried out. Insulation also serves to reduce outside sound from entering the home. People near airports and schools often report dramatically less sound infiltrating and most people describe the home as having a more solid feeling to it.
Attic Crew is one of the top home efficiency and insulation experts in the business, offering quality service at affordable prices. Their success is based on customer satisfaction with competitive pricing, great products and outstanding service.
They place a lifetime guarantee on all our work. Their workers are all professionals: they do not subcontract nor use guys off the corner. They answer our phones promptly, return calls, show-up on time and make certain each job is done right. While other companies may have owners on the golf course; revolving salesmen with no hands-on experience working on commission, they don’t operate that way… and that’s why they top-rated.
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