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Air Sealing and Insulation
The Three Keys to an Energy Efficient and Comfortable Home
The three keys to an energy efficient home include: moisture control, air flow control and heat flow control. Often people only take into consideration heat flow control with insulation. Keeping your home's insulation dry is imperative to maximizing your insulation's ability to minimize heat flow. Wet building materials are not only less energy efficient, rot, mold and deterioration can take place. Controlling moisture is imperative to making your home energy efficient and comfortable.
Blocking Moisture - Blocking moisture from entering the home includes: roof drainage (gutters and downspouts), vapor barriers, minimizing soil contact, building lot slope, vegetation contact and etc. Prior to air sealing and insulating a home, blocking moisture from entering should be completed first.
Ventilation - Keeping a home dry is accomplished by having air move naturally across building materials. Ventilation systems are installed in attic space and crawl spaces to keep these spaces dry. Usually the system includes vents that allow air to flow over the surfaces. In addition to vents, it is imperative to keep air movement around the home free of shielding. Shielding air from moving leads to damp exterior building materials that eventually will enter the home's conditioned spaces and building cavities.
Exhaust Systems - The occupants of a home generate moisture by breathing. In addition to breathing, moisture that is created by bathing, cooking, plants and the moisture that is not blocked from entering the home need to be exhausted to keep the home dry.
Air sealing provides two benefits to buildings. The first benefit to air sealing is it stops moisture vapor traveling into and out of the home. The second benefit is to stop conditioned air (heated or cooled air) from escaping the to the outside of the home. Air sealing stops drafts, energy loss and at the same time helps block warm moist air from entering into cold building cavities such as attics and crawl spaces. Air sealing can cut energy cost by 40% in homes that are extremely leaky. We air seal homes with the aid of a blower door.
Insulation is the last step to making a home energy efficient. Imagine wearing a jacket without an outside layer to stop rain from contacting the insulation, a jacket that is air tight without ventilation to exhaust moisture. This is the case when people add only insulation to their homes.
Types of Insulation We Install
We install, cellulose, spray foam insulation and fiberglass insulation depending on your application. Please contact us to perform and insulation inspection and free no obligation estimate. Your inspection will include moisture issues and air infiltration issues. Call us today: 814-933-1432
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IRVINHADDAD and Associates
243 Governors Park Road
Bellefonte PA 16823
PAHIC#: 018039
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