The better insulated a home is, the less energy needed for heating & cooling
The better insulated a home is, the less energy needed for heating & cooling
My father has been slowly showing me the ropes with handyman toil & apartment repair.
I am expecting a child in a few weeks & while our wife deals with the pregnancy, I have been signing mortgage paperwork & scheduling dealers.
This has all been on top of our busier than official toil schedule. With all of the stress, having our dad’s help through this chaos has been a Godsend. This week, she was helping me make a decision on a potential plumbing repair after the plumber found more concerns than either of us were expecting. With our age & lack of experience, it’s easy to be taken fortune of by dealers & handymen. In this situation, our father confirmed the complication himself after the plumber finished the inspection. Since getting all of the plumbing & electrical repairs finished, the people I was with and I have been looking at options to increase the efficiency of the central heating & cooling system. Although the cooling system has a high SEER rating & is only a few years old, it could not get the home as cool as it should. The HVAC tech said that there were no leaks in the HVAC duct, but that they were poorly insulated. On top of that, the ducts are installed in an attic with truly no insulation of any kind. This is when I l acquired about the importance of insulating a apartment respectfully & how much it affects the performance of the central heating & cooling system. In our case, I was fortunate enough to be presented with a complication that the people I was with and I could actually solve. Since the rest of the home has superb insulation with solid windows & doors, only the attic needed modifications. Every one of us used a spray gun that blasts insulation out in a wet foam that suddenly expands & dries into a solid & effective layer of insulation. By adding insulation to our attic, I simultaneously increased the R value of our home in the process.