Fix Your Home’s Drafts With Proper Air Sealing

Have you ever felt a small draft coming in through your room, but were never able to pinpoint its exact location? Some people have attributed this draft of unknown origins to a ghost, but The Home Insulators are specialists in locating the source of this breeze. It can come from the smallest gap in your home’s air sealing, which can put a lot of strain on your air conditioning or heating system. These systems will then require a lot more power to keep your home at a desirable temperature. However, locating these gaps is our bread and butter. We can inspect your home at a moment’s notice and make a number of insulation recommendations for improving the air sealing of your home. In fact, we could even determine if your draft is coming from a wall, the ceiling or even the crawlspace. Nearly every home suffers from one of these gaps, which can be caused by a professional such as a plumber, electrician or other contractor cutting corners or by the simple aging of their home. Regardless of the cause, we are available to provide your home with a free energy audit to help you identify any gaps in your home which might be increasing your power bill and lowering the energy efficiency of your...
How To Reduce Energy Costs Through Better Insulation

How To Reduce Energy Costs Through Better Insulation

Efficient use of energy plays a role in reducing your bills. It is a well-known fact that the lower the amount of energy you use, the lower the energy costs you pay. There are a number of ways you can use to reduce the energy you consume. Three proven methods to reduce energy consumption are proper insulation of your home, air sealing to reduce leakages and improving your home’s HVAC system. Well, let’s look at how insulation reduces the energy you consume. Insulation and Energy Efficiency To reduce the exchange of heat, insulation uses a surface. Examples of surfaces that insulation uses are the duct, roof, an attic or a wall. If your house is well insulated, a very small percentage of warm air will escape during the winter, and a small percentage of cold air will escape during the summer. This will reduce the amount of energy your house uses for heating and cooling. Therefore, improving the quality of insulation in your house will most likely reduce the cost you use to heat and cool your house. Insulating Surfaces such as Walls, Attics and Floors To achieve efficiency in insulating the surfaces of your house, you need to find the barrier responsible for preventing equalization of inside and outside air temperatures. One such barrier is the outer shell of your home. If your walls, roof and floors are well insulated, your heating and cooling system will use a small amount of energy. While insulating your house, emphasis should be on the roof. This is because heat rises and it provides an avenue for the movement of heat outside...