Realizing I need attic insulation
The air in the attic was super hot, stale as well as stuffy
Until recently, it didn’t occur to me that the attic isn’t intended to be nothing more than a storage space. My home includes a full-sized attic where I’ve piled up totes full of the clothes our adolescents have outgrown. I have bags of interests equipment, boxes of Christmas decorations, stacks of photo albums as well as old furniture in the attic. Every now as well as then, I need to head up to the attic to find something. I’ve consistently noticed that the space is terribly overheated in the Summer as well as freezing frigid in the winter. I didn’t realize this problem was absolutely costing me a great deal of money in heating as well as cooling costs. Last Spring, when I hired an Heating as well as Air Conditioning contractor to maintenance the cooling system, I complained about our electric bills. I told him that I was consistently looking for new ways to tighten up the home as well as reduce expenses. He offered some suggestions, including a smart thermostat, ceiling fans as well as attic insulation. I wasn’t sure if the attic was insulated or not. When I checked, I found that there was very little insulation as well as it showed signs of water damage as well as rodent infestation. The insulation easily wasn’t accomplishing anything. With a little research, I l earned that the attic is designed to help with the efficiency as well as comfort of the living space. Heat tends to migrate to cooler areas. If the attic is overheated in the summer, the heat travels into the air conditioned rooms of the house. If the attic is frigid in the winter, the heat from the oil furnace rises upward. I decided to replace the insulation myself. It was a time-consuming, labor-intensive as well as easily poor job. The air in the attic was super hot, stale as well as stuffy. The old insulation was dirty as well as gross, as well as the new insulation was scratchy. However, replacing the attic insulation has made a worthwhile improvement.