Attic Insulation Boulder, COFor Boulder, CO homes, attic insulation is one of the more critical areas that need attention if you want to achieve better comfort and energy consumption efficiency. And your choice of insulation matters – it will dictate how much benefits you can derive from this solution.
We are offering spray foam insulation solutions for residential and commercial properties in Boulder, CO, including attic insulation. We believe that spray foam is the standard in delivering excellent thermal resistance and airtightness to help you achieve an energy-efficient and comfortable living space for the long-term.
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Why do You Need to Update Your Attic Insulation?
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Attic insulation needs more than average thermal resistance performance since it is a major gateway for heat in your home in Boulder, CO.
Warm air rises to meet the cold air in the atmosphere. In the same way, heat flows from the warmer body towards the colder one. So, for environments with temperature variations, the same behavior applies. In your home, the two environments pertain to the inside space and the outside environment. In summer, heat flows through the attic since it is the area that receives direct heat from the sun. In winter, the heat trapped inside your home will try to escape, again, through the attic as mentioned earlier. Therefore, it is essential to create a thermal resistance barrier in the attic in the form of insulation. This will keep these energy movements at bay so you can achieve stable and temperature-regulated air inside your home. |
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Signs You Need to Update Your Attic Insulation to Spray Foam
Probably, you will not be realizing these natural yet unhelpful energy movements in your home until you experience obvious signs.
The first apparent sign is discomfort. And your impulse is to buy a heater or air conditioning. Yet, this solution will do you no good unless you address a more major concern – your insulation.
Your heating or cooling equipment works by creating conditioned air inside your home while your insulation encapsulates it inside. Without a thermal barrier or insulation, you are just allowing the conditioned air to escape to your outside surroundings. This is not only wasteful but also non-environment-friendly. Aside from paying extra energy bills for nothing, you are harming the environment with unnecessary carbon emissions.
Now, installing attic insulation can reduce energy wastage by up to about 80%. And here are the sure signs that you need to install attic insulation in your Boulder, CO home ASAP:
The first apparent sign is discomfort. And your impulse is to buy a heater or air conditioning. Yet, this solution will do you no good unless you address a more major concern – your insulation.
Your heating or cooling equipment works by creating conditioned air inside your home while your insulation encapsulates it inside. Without a thermal barrier or insulation, you are just allowing the conditioned air to escape to your outside surroundings. This is not only wasteful but also non-environment-friendly. Aside from paying extra energy bills for nothing, you are harming the environment with unnecessary carbon emissions.
Now, installing attic insulation can reduce energy wastage by up to about 80%. And here are the sure signs that you need to install attic insulation in your Boulder, CO home ASAP:
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Your energy bill is skyrocketingWhat kind of homeowner will not be moved by skyrocketing energy bills? This might be inevitable during extreme seasons like summer or winter when you need to crank up your heater or AC. But if you tend to do this consistently even during normal seasons, then there is a huge problem. And, this is good news for all property owners. Installing effective insulation can downsize your cooling and heating requirements. This is a more long-term solution than constantly upgrading your AC or heater.
For your Boulder, CO home, you can start addressing this problem with attic insulation. Spray foam in your attic can help you achieve the right thermal resistance to keep energy movements down. Spray foam offers outstanding R-values that are appropriate to the Colorado environment and general attic insulation requirements of Boulder, CO homes. The open-cell spray foam insulation is good with indoor applications, primarily on areas on your attic that also need good sealing. This is because this material expands to fill gaps, spaces, and nooks and then hardens to seal them. It offers up to R-3.5 – an outstanding R-value compared with other traditional insulation systems. Meanwhile, the closed-cell spray foam insulation is engineered to cater to more rugged requirements. Commercial properties can gather more advantages from this type of spray foam insulation because of the nature of the energy movements in these areas. This spray foam material is denser and more durable than its sister and offers up to R-7. So, whether you are a residential or commercial property owner who wanted to save on paying energy bills, start by downsizing your heating and cooling requirements. This is possible with the help of spray foam in the attic insulation of your Boulder, CO property. |
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You experience ice damsIce dams happen when melted snow that will supposedly flow through the slopes of your roof down to your gutter encounters a roadblock.
This roadblock pertains to an area in your roof that lacks insulation, causing the melted snow to re-freeze back and get stuck. The moisture from the ice dam penetrates in your roof down to your attic, causing problems like molds and mildew. The lack of insulation in some areas in your attic causes ice dams. This happens when the insulation there is outdated, or there is settling or shrinkage in some areas. Ice dams signal you to apply immediate attention to the attic insulation of your Boulder, CO home. Spray foam is fluid at the onset of application, making it good to work around different kinds of surfaces and uneven areas. This helps you to ease through the areas in your attic that need insulation to make sure that nothing will be left untreated. |
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Squirrels, mice, or spiders find their way through your atticRodents, pests, or insects find their way through your home through unsealed areas, which are hidden from our plain sight. And because these are usually gaps or holes that we do not realize are there, they could be escape routes or passageways of conditioned air from the inside, or of outside air as well.
When you use spray foam as your attic insulation of choice for your Boulder, CO home, you are not just applying an outstanding thermal barrier. You are also providing a good sealing of these unnecessary spaces in your home, which not only prevents unnecessary energy and air movements but also keeps unwanted visitors from entering your home. Spray foam is a non-food-grade material, which makes it unattractive for these pests. You do not need to worry about these pesky rodents chewing on your insulation to find their way through your Boulder, CO home again through your attic insulation. |
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You use your attic as storage
Who else is guilty about using the attic as storage for your seasonal belongings? Re-purposing your attic as an additional usable space for your home interferes with your insulation, causing more escape routes of air. Those sockets used for lighting, the finished drywall, and attic floors are just some of the areas you are creating that can encourage more energy movements.
Applying spray foam as attic insulation in your Boulder, CO home helps counter all of these. It can penetrate those hard-to-reach areas in between sockets, the cavities of your drywall, and the gaps in between the floor pieces. |
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You have HVAC equipment installed in the atticVentilation is essential to keep your home "breathing" and healthier to dwell in. It has to be installed strategically in areas in a way that it will not interfere with your heating or cooling system, as well as insulation.
Usually, the equipment and ductworks involved in your HVAC system are installed in the attic to hide them in plain sight. These cause unnecessary gaps that also encourage air and energy movements that work against your HVAC system itself and insulation. Spray foam as attic insulation works to cover the gaps and holes around this equipment and vents to help tighten the space of your Boulder, CO appropriately. Some people find spray foam insulation to be causing too much airtightness, hence, it is best to get a professional insulation contractor to install it properly. |
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You have molds in your atticMold growth is a sign of moisture problems. And the problem with using other traditional insulation materials is that they need a layer of protection for moisture since they cannot provide it themselves.
Spray foam insulation is unable to absorb moisture because of how dense its cells are packed. This is more particular with the closed-cell type, by the way. This helps prevent moisture-laden air from passing through your attic insulation, which decreases the chances of mold buildup in your Boulder, CO home. Aside from blocking moisture, the airtightness it brings helps regulate the temperature inside, discouraging excessive condensation. |
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You own a cape-style home roofCape-style homes utilize more slopes and beams. And more often, these are old homes with lacking or ineffective insulation in place.
The attic insulation in your cape-style Boulder, CO home can be dealt with using spray foam. It can work around trusses, cling on both wooden and metal surfaces, and stay in sloping or suspended areas. With spray foam, you will not encounter sagging or significant shrinkage, as well as your insulation losing its effectiveness (R-value) drastically over time. Spray foam is engineered with long-term and outstanding performance to help you achieve a lasting solution for your insulation and energy consumption efficiency concerns. |
Do you need more specific information as to how our attic insulation solutions using spray foam can help your Boulder, CO home? Call us today for a free estimate.