If you live in a perpetually cold and drafty home or if your energy bill soars whenever the outside temperature rises, you should hire cavity insulation installers. These professionals tighten home envelopes by installing insulating barriers with sufficiently high R-values. The following are five solid reasons why you should schedule these services today.
Reduce your Carbon Footprint
Maintaining a tight home envelope limits the amount of work that your heater, air conditioner, or heat pump must do. With well-insulated walls you’ll use a lot less energy to create and maintain the indoor conditions you want.
If you have a fuel-combusting heater, you’ll send fewer greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere. However, even electricity-reliant appliances have carbon footprints. Although GHGs aren’t a direct byproduct of electricity use, GHGs are often released during the production of electricity. Thus, no matter how you heat and cool your home, adding insulation can help you reduce your carbon footprint.
Prevent Mould Problems and Regulate Humidity
Adding an insulating barrier to all of your home’s cavities won’t just prevent indoor air from escaping and outdoor air from entering. It will also block out moisture and make it easier to regulate your home’s humidity. This could lead to fewer problems with mould and mildew and put an end to rank, mouldering odors in perpetually damp, low-lying building areas.
Protect Your Indoor Air Quality
Better humidity regulation and ongoing mould prevention will protect your indoor air quality (IAQ). Working with cavity insulation installers can be a great way to protect the health of vulnerable residents, including those with asthma, allergies, or other chronic respiratory ailments.
Choose the Best Insulating Material for Your Home
When you schedule these services, your installers will carefully evaluate your home, your indoor humidity levels, your budget, and other factors. They’ll help you find an insulating material with the best fire rating, R-value, and price to suit your needs. Having professionals choose and source your insulation is far preferable to shopping the often limited selection in-store.
Keep Your Home Energy Bills to a Minimum
The best reason to hire a cavity insulation installer is to cut your home energy bill. Having a tight and efficient home envelope will limit this considerable portion of your overhead costs from month to month. Best of all, depending upon the type of insulation you install, these additions can last between 25 and 100 years. Over time, cavity insulation is an upgrade that will easily pay for itself.
