When it comes to keeping your winter home as warm as possible, there is no better way to conserve heat than insulating your home’s attic. Studies have shown that insulating an attic is the single most effective step a homeowner can take toward saving energy and lowering their utility bills. Since heat rises, an uninsulated attic is simply inviting heat to escape your home, while placing a thick layer of insulation in an attic can transform a home into a cozy haven.
Removal & Sealing
For homeowners with old, ineffective insulation sitting in their attics, our first recommendation is to remove that insulation safely and cleanly. Loose insulation is vacuumed up through a 3-inch hose straight onto our truck, while old fiberglass insulation is collected and secured in bags for disposal.
The next option we recommend for most homeowners is air-sealing of the attic with EcoSeal air sealant. This sealing process ensures that any warm air attempting to escape your living space will be prevented from doing so at all points of penetration.
Fogging & Insulating
Because the attic can become a dwelling place for critters and mold, we offer an additional service of fogging your attic with a deodorizer that fights rodents and mildew. After we have removed old insulation and completed any of the optional prep services you have chosen, we then install a generous layer of insulation to all parts of the attic, taking care to ensure that proper ventilation is in place after the installation.
While several kinds of insulation are available for your attic, the most popular and best value is usually considered to be our blown-in borate cellulose insulation. This safe, pest-repelling, flame-retardant insulation boasts a higher R-value than fiberglass insulation and will last many years longer. For homeowners seeking an even higher R-value with a measure of sound-deadening and even longer life, Air Krete foam insulation is also available.
Impact on You and Your Home
Once one of our crew members has gained access to your attic, almost all work can be completed there with hoses from our trucks, resulting in very little foot traffic in and out of your house. Because it usually is necessary for a crew member to enter your house, we take every precaution to leave your living space undisturbed, using drop cloths to ensure we do not track attic insulation or outside dirt onto carpets and floors.
But the biggest impact of our attic insulation service will be felt long after our crew has departed, when you sit down to pay your monthly energy bill. You will find the investment will pay for itself sooner than later, especially if you qualify for a utility rebate. Contact us today to see if you qualify.
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