We are expecting a hotter than average summer this year in Houston! Most homeowners already know that installing insulation can help keep their homes warmer, but can it actually keep your home cooler in the summer as well? Keep reading to find out.
How Insulation Helps Keep Your Home Comfortable
Installing insulation is essential to keeping any home comfortable throughout the year, no matter what season. Insulation works by stopping the transfer of heat—meaning it helps keep warm air inside during the winter, but it ALSO keeps cool air inside during the warm months.
In addition to improving interior comfort levels, there are many benefits of insulating your home. Insulation can help:
- Increase energy efficiency: Insulation helps prevent heat loss and increase the efficiency of your household’s HVAC system—meaning your heating and cooling equipment runs more efficiently and is less likely to break down in an untimely manner.
- Muffle sound: Insulation helps reduces noise levels from outside and between other rooms and floors inside. This is especially useful in apartment buildings and other similar housing, where there tends to be less privacy.
- Reduce air leakage: Insulation reduces the amount of warm air leaking to the outdoors, keeping your home warmer and making your heating and cooling system operate more efficiently.
- And more
Types of Insulation
The IBP Houston team installs:
- Fiberglass: Fiberglass, which has been used to insulate homes for decades, is available as loose-fill or batts. Fiberglass is made of tiny glass fibers and is often installed in attics but can be used to insulate walls and crawl spaces as well. It is often pink in color.
- Radiant barrier: A type of reflective foil insulation, radiant barrier is installed in attics to help homes and buildings reflect (rather than absorb) heat from the sun.
- Spray foam: Typically made of polyurethane, spray foam is applied wet and expands into thick foam. Spray foam insulation can be installed in crevices and hard-to-reach areas and can help reduce air infiltration. We install spray foam in new construction projects.
- Cellulose: Cellulose insulation is environmentally friendly—it consists of up to 85 percent recycled material and takes less energy to make than other insulation materials—and can be installed in any area of a home. We install cellulose in new construction projects.
Insulation Installation in Houston, TX
Now that you know how insulation can actually work to keep your home cooler during the hot summer months, you may be interested in upgrading your current insulation. If you live in Houston, TX or a surrounding area, contact IBP Houston by calling 281-671-8869 281-671-8869!
