Winter Attic Insulation | Toronto & the GTA
Attic insulation, especially during the winter months is a big question that needs to be answered. Does attic insulation truly save energy cost or is someone just trying to sell you some fancy ideas, and hand you a big expensive bill?
Winter attic insulation goes both ways . . .
Most agree that protecting your home from cold temperatures during the winter (including attic insulation during the summer) is a great start to reduce energy costs. If you are thinking about extra attic insulation protection, this article explains the best ways to ensure your investment serves the real purpose so your home actually DOES save on energy costs.
Most home-owners don’t realise that a healthy attic (an unfloored attic that is not being used as living space) needs to maintain specific temperatures. Ideally, your attic’s temperature ought to be close or equal to the external temperature. In other words, on a -10 winter day your attic is healthy when it is also -10 degrees. Why?
Winter attic insulation protects your attic from moist and hot air from escaping from the lower floors of your house. If heat is traveling upwards into the attic, this lost, escaping heat is costing you money. Attic insulation also works in reverse: If the cold outside winter temperatures are migrating down into your living areas, your home will require more energy to make up for the coldness mixing with the warmness.
Condensation is also a major factor because when hot and cold air collide condensation is formed and this added moisture can reek serious moisture damage to your entire home. Moisture build-up reduces your present attic insulation R-Value and also warps the roof deck resulting in very early shingle deterioration and additional water and moisture problems.
With winter almost here, ask yourself what happened during the summer? Did the upper bedroom floors of your house feel extra hot while sleeping at night? If so, this is a sure indication that the attic insulation was not doing it’s job. If hot air was effecting your upper floors during the summer, then freezing air will effect your living areas during the winter.
As you can tell, attic insulation is not rocket science. We’re dealing with air movement. Cold air drops, hot air rises. Proper attic insulation protection puts a stop to this damaging, yet easy-to-solve condition, including winter ice dams.
Whether using the pink attic insulation, blown-in, spray-foam, or a combination of very specific customised materials, orchestrating hot and cold air flow is the key to save on energy costs this winter and next summer, 365 days a year.
Why not speak with a Brookside Roofing Attic Insulation expert and find out, once and for all, if your energy dollars are working for you or against you? Also take advantage of government rebates.
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Bill Woolsey
Brookside Roofing
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