Before & After Photos

This set of before and after photos shows the difference between light, fluffy fiberglass insulation and new TruSoft cellulose insulation in an attic.  Here are the differences you may not know:

1. Fiberglass is more susceptible to something called "wind washing".  In a vented attic assembly wind can blow around in the attic and it can easily pass through the fiberglass.   TruSoft cellulose packs tighter and it's harder for wind to travel through it.

2. Rodents and insects LOVE fiberglass.  They nest in it and make it home.....right above your head.  TruSoft cellulose is chemically washed with a liquid borate which deters rodents and insects by irritating their respiratory system.

3. TruSoft cellulose has a higher R value per inch than fiberglass.

4. TruSoft cellulose is also less succeptible to flame spread than fiberglass as well.....

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This home in West McLean, VA had some attic insulation, but it was old, damaged fiberglass. The lack of proper insulation, especially during the hot summer months, was causing uncomfortable temperatures on the third floor as well as sweating duct work that was causing water damage. Luckily, Comfenergy has the perfect solution for this situation!

We removed the old insulation and made sure any points of air penetration were sealed. Then, we installed a blown-in cellulose insulation solution. 

We removed the old, traditional bat style insulation, air sealed the space with ZypFoam and installed Foamax insulation panels on the walls and roof of this attic.  This helped make the floor space in the attic useable and made the attic a fully conditioned space unimpacted by outside temperatures.  

Even a well insulated attic can get cold in the winter or hot in the summer.  That means that anything else in the attic can react to those temperatures.  HVAC ducts with cold air travelling through them in the summer or hot air travelling through them in the winter can be impacted by the attic temperatures.  Properly insulating these HVAC ducts and burying them in insulation can help.  

This home in Springfield VA had a large, open attic space along with several knee walls that were ineffectively insulated and leading to poor home performance.  The HVAC system was working harder than it needed to in order to keep pumping conditioned air into rooms that were not air sealed or insulated and therefore allowing that conditioned air to escape.  This lead to increased energy costs for the homeowner and changing levels of comfort from one room in the house to another.  After calling us for help, the homeowners received a free Home Performance inspection and we determined what solutions would help. In addition to air sealing the entire attic and using Silver Glo insulation panels to insulate the knee walls, we removed the existing insulation and blew in Tru Soft cellulose insulation to fill the attic to its needed R Value to properly insulate.