Do you know about the importance of insulation? Insulation helps to keep your home heating and air conditioning system from having to work overtime. See, heat moves naturally from an area of high heat to a cooler area, and it can move through walls and ceilings in order to accomplish this. In the winter, the heat that your unit produces may escape through an uninsulated ceiling or even through the ductwork and out through the attic. In the summer, you can run your air conditioner for a long time but heat can still continuously move into your home, hampering your system’s effectiveness.
Insulation works by slowing this heat transfer, effectively increasing the performance of your HVAC equipment and ultimately making you feel more comfortable inside of the house. But there are many, many options when it comes to choosing insulating material. Professionals are best suited to handle this decision, like the friendly technicians at Goettl Good Guys Air Conditioning, who have years of experience with insulation in Tucson, AZ.
One of the first considerations professionals have to make when selecting material is whether the insulation is needed for new construction or if it will be retrofitted into an existing building. There is only a select variety of insulating materials that can be blown-in to a structure without major renovations, the most common of which are foam, fiberglass, and cellulose. With new construction, they may choose between any of several other synthetic or natural fibers, like sheep’s wool.
Furthermore, professionals know which types of materials work best in which areas. In the attic, you need thick layers of insulation, since that’s where heat is most likely to escape. But in the walls, too much insulation is not beneficial. Attempting to squeeze 6-inch batt, for example, into a 3-inch space will not provide greater insulation and could do more harm than good. Finally, a professional will try to select the most effective insulation for your home by checking the R-value. The R-value indicates the efficiency of an insulating material and its ability to resist heat transfer.
Contact Goettl Good Guys Air Conditioning today to find out how you can improve your home comfort with quality insulation in Tucson, AZ.
