Your home has to be a comfortable place to be all year round since it is where you stay most of the time. This is why you need to have it insulated. Several home-related problems can be resolved by reliable home insulation, such as having exorbitant heating and cooling bills, being cold in the winter and hot in the summer, having cold walls when the outside temperature drops, the furnace has to be turned during cold weather, having cold floor during winter, having drafts, the AC has to be turned on all the time during summer, and having ice dams on the roof when the weather is freezing.
What is insulation?
Insulation is a material used to insulate a thing, particularly a building or any structure. It is any material that reduces the heat released or received by creating a barrier between your home and the harsh temperature outside it.
How does it work?
It doesn’t matter whether it is summer or winter, when you try to heat up or cool down your home, the temperature must be sustained consistently without having to use the furnace or air conditioner. The appropriate home insulation will be able to lower your energy bills without sacrificing the comfort of your home the whole year round.
You cannot discuss home insulation without taking into account conduction or heat transfer and convection which is the airflow. All these contribute mainly to the home level of energy efficiency and comfort.
The flow of air in and out of the home happens through the gaps and holes in the walls, attic, crawl space, doors, windows, electrical outlets, etc. This is a common and major problem of a lot of homes, since this increases the energy use and makes the home uncomfortable.
What are different types of insulation?
There are various types of home insulation. These are as follows: wall insulation, roof insulation, floor insulation, and window and door insulation. The wall insulation can be a cavity wall insulation or a solid wall insulation. With the cavity wall, an insulator is inserted to the wall by drilling holes in it, which will be filled with cement in the end. Solid walls can be internal and external. External wall insulation involves only the facade of the structure while the internal wall insulation involves its inner rooms. Roof insulation can be warm loft or cold loft. The former being cheaper than the latter. Warm loft is done right under the roof while the cold lift is right above the ceiling of the top storey. Floor insulation is quite costly. Modern homes may not need it anymore but it is quite a huge investment for older homes that have suspended floors. It is important for your home to have double glazed windows and doors.
