Have you been experiencing colder than normal temperatures in your home? You may need more insulation.
If you need to install more insulation, contact IBP Houston—or keep reading to learn more about how insulation can help keep your home warmer!
How Insulation Helps Keep Your Home Comfortable
Installing insulation is essential to keeping any home warm during the cooler months. By insulating your home, you can experience not only warmer indoor temperatures but also sound reduction, lower energy bills and more. Insulation works by stopping the transfer of heat—meaning it helps keep warm air inside during the winter (and cool air inside during the warm months).
In addition to improving interior comfort levels in the winter and throughout the year, there are many benefits of insulating your home. Insulating 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 understand how insulation helps keep your house warmer, you may be interested in boosting your insulation this winter. If you live in Houston, TX or a surrounding community, contact IBP Houston by calling 281-653-8382 281-653-8382!
