The attic is one of the most important areas in the house and therefore it should be adequately insulated to minimize heat loss. The insulation needed in the attic will of course depend on the geographic location of the structure. In both crawl and unfinished full attics, the insulation should be located in the floor [...]

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What is home insulation? That’s a good question to be asking if you are new to insulation. Insulation is available in a variety of forms and materials. The three most common forms are flexible insulation, loose-fill insulation, and rigid insulation. Flexible insulation is manufactured in two types, batts and blankets. Both are made of fibrous [...]

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Attic is probably the most important area of your house and yet it is the least inspected place. It is not uncommon for a homeowner to say that he or she has lived in his or her house for over twenty years and has never gone into the attic. Inspecting an attic can reveal problems [...]

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Due to the overwhelming response to the post, “how much does insulation cost“, I decided to write another post that is going to address the question of “how to estimate home insulation cost”. This post is going to be somewhat similar to “how much does insulation cost” article, so I am going to be brief [...]

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Reflective Insulation
Reflective insulation materials are usually fabricated from aluminum foils with a variety of backings such as kraft paper, plastic film, polyethylene bubbles, or cardboard. Reflective insulation is most effectively used to reflect sunlight in the summer which directly affects the heat gain in your house. Therefore, reflective insulation is often used in reducing [...]

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Foam Insulation
Foam insulation is very expensive but it usually offers the highest R-value. It is usually installed by a professional as it requires special equipment to meter, mix, and spray the foam into place.
Polyicynene is one of the materials used in foam insulation and it is considered an open-celled foam. An open-celled foam insulation material [...]

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There are several types of insulation methods available for home insulation. However, the types of insulation methods that work best really depends on a couple of factors such as the amount of insulation needed, the space to be insulated, the accessibility of the area to be insulated, insulation price and the local expertise of local [...]

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I guess this is probably one of the most asked questions in terms of home insulation. This article tells you what the cost of insulation is and how to do a rough estimate on insulation cost. Before going further, I would like to point out that the estimated insulation cost here only caters to people [...]

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It’s very common that almost every homeowners like you and me needs to do something in our homes, whether it’s a bathroom, kitchen, doors or set of windows that require repairs or replacement. Or we may want a new, large patio or the whole back yard landscaped and an extension of a bedroom. In all [...]

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For fiberglass batts insulation, lay the batts in place by unrolling them between the joists, pressing them down without compressing them too tightly. If you lay one batt on one side of the attic and another batt on the other side, you will likely have a space in the middle that you will need to [...]

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