Insulation Guides for Homeowners
Straight answers about insulating your home — written by the crew that does the work, not a marketing department. 31 guides, no sign-up, no sales pitch.
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New to this? These answer the questions almost every homeowner asks first.
Signs Your Home Needs Insulation
Cold rooms, drafts, ice dams and high bills: what they mean and what fixing them saves.
Read the guideWhat Is a Home Energy Audit?
What we look for, what it costs you (nothing), and what you get out of it.
Read the guideWhat Does Spray Foam Cost?
The real factors behind a spray foam quote, explained plainly.
Read the guideWhat Insulation Costs
Attic, blown-in, crawl space and wall prices, and what moves them.
Read the guideInsulation Rebates & Incentives
Programs available to NY and NJ homeowners, and how to qualify.
Read the guideHow to Choose an Insulation Contractor
The questions to ask before you let anyone into your attic.
Read the guideInsulation FAQ
Quick answers to the questions we get on every estimate.
Read the guideBy Area of Your Home
Heat escapes from specific places. Find yours.
Blown-In Insulation
Loose-fill cellulose and fiberglass: depth, density and where each one wins.
Read the guideAttic Insulation
How much you need, blown-in vs spray foam, air sealing first, and what it costs.
Read the guideAttic Mold & Moisture
Mold on the sheathing is usually an air-leak problem, not a roof problem.
Read the guideBasement Insulation
Walls, rim joists and floors: what to use against concrete, and what the code asks for.
Read the guideBasement Ceiling
Keeping an unheated basement from chilling the floor above.
Read the guideCrawl Space Encapsulation
Sealed liner, closed vents, insulated walls and a way to keep the space dry.
Read the guideCrawl Space Insulation
Vented or sealed, dirt floors, wet or sagging insulation, and what to use where.
Read the guideWall Insulation
Exterior and knee walls, especially in older homes.
Read the guideRoof Insulation
Insulating at the roofline instead of the attic floor.
Read the guideGarage Insulation
The cold room over the garage, the shared wall, fire code and the door.
Read the guideFloor Insulation
Cold floors over a crawl space, garage, or porch.
Read the guidePipe & Duct Insulation
Frozen pipes, standby heat loss, and ducts leaking heat into the attic.
Read the guideInsulation Removal & Attic Cleanup
When old, wet or mouse-soiled insulation has to come out, and how it is done.
Read the guideInsulation Types & Materials
No single product is best everywhere. Here is how each one actually performs.
All Insulation Types
The full lineup, side by side.
Read the guideSpray Foam Insulation
The highest-performing insulation we install.
Read the guideOpen-Cell vs. Closed-Cell
Which foam belongs in which part of your house.
Read the guideRigid Foam Board
A continuous layer that beats thermal bridging.
Read the guideRadiant Barriers & Attic Foil
What attic foil does in a Northeast attic, and where it pays.
Read the guideCompare, Save & Protect
Head-to-head comparisons, R-value guidance, and what insulation is worth long-term.
Recommended R-Values for NY & NJ
Attic, wall, and floor targets for our climate.
Read the guideIs Spray Foam Safe?
A straight answer on cure times, off-gassing, and safety.
Read the guideInsulating Older Homes
Working with what a hundred-year-old house gives you.
Read the guideAir Sealing
Where a house really leaks, how it is sealed, blower door tests and cost.
Read the guideSoundproofing Insulation
What insulation does for noise, what it cannot do, and the tested walls that reach each goal.
Read the guideNew Construction Insulation
What the NJ, CT and NY energy codes require of a new house, and wall assemblies that pass.
Read the guideLet us look at your actual house.
Reading only gets you so far. A free energy audit shows you exactly where your home is losing heat — and we only recommend what will really help.