Having us properly
seal, insulate and vent your attic area to recommended insulation value will
improve room temperatures and save on your utility bills, year after year!
Rooms beneath the
ceilings of attic area reflect the most temperature changes when the attic
isn’t sealed, well insulated and vented properly.
In the summer, these rooms are often
warmer during winter months, the problem reverses and you have to turn up your
thermostat higher to take the chill out of rooms. We hear this a lot from our
clients, and we are energy conservation
specialist who not only
insulate/weatherize, we take complete care of your HVAC equipment, roofing and
related exterior remodeling as well as replace older inefficient windows, doors
and build additions with today’s energy efficient and curb appeal. As
you can imagine, we see what others don’t know. We like to
discuss your input as this helps us determine your needs or order of priority.
As we discuss an overview of your home with you to determine what your
home needs and the priority or order from the most needed higher return on your
investment to the least upgrade improvement if you desire. We feel if we
didn’t view your home and inspect properly then we are not doing our best
service for you and will look over your home completely if
desired. A recent home inspection for a call was our gas and electric
bills were much higher than they expected and wasn’t sure what they needed
us to do to lower our bills and be comfortable. We looked at the client’s
windows, doors and construction in general were good. With
discussion they told us they know the exterior walls were not fully insulated,
they stated the previous owner had siding put on with insulation backing 18
years ago. We are familiar with their heating and
cooling system and output was more than needed for their home, they have yearly
maintenance with us and replaced a blower motor two years ago and other than
that, no operating issues, other than the recent information of uncomfortable
temperature difference and higher than they expected utility costs. The next
area we inspected was the attic area and discovered several priority issues;
first the existing insulation was only R-11 insulation value, which is way
below our regional recommendations. We discovered that attic bypasses and
other areas that needed sealed in attic allowing your treated house air to
escape. We also discovered the lack of attic ventilation. The attic
area had no ventilation which is needed for air circulation and to let heat out
in summer.
Your
heating and cooling systems are supposed to maintain comfortable temperatures
throughout your living space with reasonable utility costs. But when indoor
temperatures vary from room to room, this often indicates problems with air
leakage, inadequate insulation, proper ducting and other related items, rather
than just with the existing heating and cooling equipment.
The attic area was the first priority, we sealed the attic bypasses and penetrations, we then added roof venting to vent the attic area properly, and our employees installed blown cellulose insulation to the proper R-49 value for our area.
The second priority
was the lack of return air duct on second floor rooms, due to the costs and
renovation that would be needed the client opted to wait for this
improvement.
The third priority
was to properly insulate the exterior walls, our client wanted to wait a few
years. The last priority in this case was to install higher energy
efficient HVAC equipment which the client wanted to have us install next
spring.
With us properly
taking care of the attic, this improved
their comfort and reduced their utility cost considerably!
Air-sealing and insulating your attic is less expensive than replacing your
HVAC system. It’s also done properly with us, a once-and-done upgrade that
improves comfort and energy savings for the life of your house.
In fact, research has shown that when your attic
is air-sealed and properly insulated, heating and cooling costs can be reduced
by as much as 40%+, your comfort increased and value of home increased.
It’s good to know you’re getting your maximum
return on your investment with us!
Homes that
were built in the last 25 years were more so built with some energy efficient
in mind, prior common construction practice (as well as outdated building
codes) allowed houses to be built with attics, overhangs and garage ceiling
that were poorly insulated and extremely leaky. It’s no wonder that so many
houses are paying more to utility companies to live in a non-energy inefficient
home!
Consider an
affordable upgrade that continues to save utility costs, improve comfort year
after year.
For more
information about insulating your attic or other upgrades please feel free to
contact us at (724) 226-3467 and speak with one of our specialist, or email us
at info@snyderhtg-remod.com.
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our website pages to view the broad array of services we specialize in.
