General Info

Why Suffer with an uncomfortable home because of high utility bills. Nobody likes to turn the thermostat up in their home when they are already uncomfortable, but more often than not, cost outweighs comfort. Heat gain by radiation is the biggest problem your home is faced with. (See chart below) Mass insulations only address two of the three mechanisms of heat transport. They are conduction and convection. Mass insulation does little to stop heat gain, or loss, by radiation. As your home warms up during the day, the insulation can only store so much heat and then it is re-radiated into your home (summer time) or lost into your attic (winter time). During warmer days you might even notice that it seems to stay warm in your home even into the cooler evening hours. Remember, more insulation is not always the answer. In some cases, adding more insulation, in an attic without proper or adequate ventilation and a properly sized air-conditioning system, could make your home even more unbearable. By adding more insulation, you now are storing more heat to be re-radiated into your home.