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7755 Pipers Hill San Antonio Texas 78251
info@atticworldllc.com
(361) 902-8842
7755 Pipers Hill San Antonio Texas 78251
Retrofitting your insulation in the attic using an eco-friendly insulating material will enhance your green credentials and provide you with some excellent health benefits, all thanks to new, earth-friendly products. The attic insulation installation services provided by us at Attic Guys can also lead to energy savings and more efficient homes.
here are so many options when it comes to insulation! Installers’ goal is to help resist the flow of heat from the sun to your roof through your attic and into the living space. It also often prevents the escape of heat in cold weather. So the aim of installing insulation in attic spaces is to make the entire home more energy-efficient; it’s one of the most important projects a homeowner can do to save energy.
We can break down the most common types of insulation by putting them in three major categories: cellulose, fiberglass, and foam. Cellulose is the most “green” option; it’s basically finely chopped newspaper. Fiberglass can be thought of as thinly stretched strings of glass, which are then bunched together to make a batten or batt. Foam insulation, which is installed on the underside of the roof, is similar to foam expelled from a spray can that then hardens, on a larger scale. Since we don’t install foam insulation for several reasons, let’s look a bit closer at cellulose insulation and fiberglass insulation.
Cellulose insulation is often composed of newspaper or other recycled plant products, like cotton. The insulation comes in block form, as seen on the left. As insulation installers, we often prefer this material due to its eco-friendliness. One of our favored types of insulation is a cellulose material composed of post-industrial denim, which would normally go to waste. Fiberglass insulation is made of pulled glass that is glued together by a binder. Over the years, the binders used to glue the fibers together have become more and more earth- and people-friendly. Most fiberglass products now utilize a plant-based binder. Fiberglass insulation comes in loose-fill, rolls, or strips of insulation as seen on the right. (In the promotional photo on the right, rolls of fiberglass insulation are at front-right, strips of fiberglass insulation are at front-left, and loose fiberglass insulation is at back-left.)
Both cellulose insulation and fiberglass insulation provide excellent thermal insulating power. Solely based on R-value, or resistance value, they can both be installed to resist the flow of heat at relatively the same level. This is commonly expressed as R-13 for walls and R-38 for attics. Fiberglass is naturally resistant to fire, whereas cellulose is treated with a fire retardant. During the installation, cellulose is dustier than fiberglass, and fiberglass is itchier than cellulose. R-38 cellulose is 10.77 inches thick; R-38 fiberglass is 12 inches thick. Fiberglass weighs less than cellulose, which is not a factor in an attic but may be a factor in a garage, for example. Cellulose and fiberglass have many similar characteristics, but at the end of the day, it comes down to a homeowner’s preference. If you’re not sure which type to install, insulation experts at Attic Guys may discuss with you which option would best fit your home or other building during your free estimate.
Starting your attic cleaning job off right is important. The lead tech will walk with you around your home to document the current conditions. We cover all surfaces along the pathway to the attic entrance in an effort to reduce dust exiting the work area.
nsulation is removed either by hand or by utilizing a commercial 23-HP Gas Powered Insulation Removal Vacuum attached to a 150 ft vacuum hose.
Once the insulation has been removed, or if there was no insulation to begin with, we will vacuum the floor of the entire attic using a 23-HP Commercial Vacuum.
After the insulation has been removed and the attic has been clean we'll sanitize the attic by use of a fogger to cover all the surfaces in the attic with a family-friendly sanitizer.
Now that the Attic Insulation Service is complete we'll cleanup our containment and work area to make it look like we were never there.
You can rest assured your home is better than we found it after our service. To make sure of this once all the materials, equipment and waste has been loaded on to our trucks the lead tech will walkthrough the entire home with you to ensure there has been no damage to the property.
If you come across a trapped, injured, or unwanted animal in your home or property, don’t handle it alone. Our experts are here to help with safe, humane wildlife removal and relocation.
Attic World LLC Animal Removal can remove any wildlife that wonders into your home. But we don’t stop there. We’ll also seal and animal proof the points of entry so that they cannot re-enter your home ever again.
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