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Wellsburg, WV Cape Cod Knee Walls Insulated
A Cape Cod home is a story-and-a-half design. Most Capes have second-floor bedrooms featuring 4-foot kneewalls and two sections of sloped ceiling. The sloped ceiling sections usually rise to meet a narrow horizontal ceiling in the center of the house. Most Capes have triangular attics behind the second-floor kneewalls and a tiny third-floor attic that is too cramped to stand up in. If you squeeze behind the kneewall in a Cape, you never know what you’ll see. You might see a space with no insulation at all — or perhaps just some thin insulation between the kneewall studs. You might see a space with insulation on the floor, but not along the roof slope.You might see a space with insulation everywhere — on the floor, between the studs of the kneewall, and following the roof slope — with all of the insulation in terrible shape.You will almost never see any attempts at air sealing work.
The basic problem with a Cape is that most examples have a poorly defined thermal boundary. Should the triangular attics behind the kneewalls be considered indoor space or outdoor space? From a building science perspective, the answer is clear — these attics should be inside the home’s thermal boundary. However, most builders don’t have the foggiest idea where the thermal boundary in a Cape belongs. That’s why builders and homeowners are always scratching their heads when they contemplate where to put the insulation in a Cape.
This is why you should call the professionals at Home Environment Solutions!
Reduce heating/cooling costs of Wellsburg, WV home.
Kelsi called Home Environment Solutions saying she would like to schedule an appointment to determine why her energy bills are high and where she is loosing her heating and cooling. We scheduled our expert Russell to perform a free energy audit of her home. Russ found old batt insulation, uninsulated scuttle cover, numerous penetrations left unsealed such as recessed light, wire and pipe runs. We sent our insulation team out to remove all of the old insulation and dispose of it. They air sealed and insulated the scuttle cover with Silverglo, installed Titeshell recessed light fixture covers, sealed all pipe/wire runs and insulated attic floor with Trusoft cellulose.
New Cumberland WV crawlspace
Mold Remediation, Crawl space Encapsulation, SmartSump Pump, Sedona Dehumidifer, SilverGlo Insulation,
New Cumberland, WV Attic Mold and Crawlspace
Duke called Home Environment Solutions when he discovered a leak in the roof of his New Cumberland, WV home. He set up an inspection for mold and asked if we could look at his crawl space while the team was there.
Russ went out to provide the free in home evaluation and found the attic mold on the existing insulation. He also gave Duke an estimate to encapsulate his crawlspace.
The HES team arrived and removed the mold infested insulation, air sealed the attic. The team then began work encapsulating the crawlspace of the house with the CleanSpace encapsulation system and a SmartSump drainage system.
New Cumberland, WV Attic Mold and Crawl Space
Duke called Home Environment Solutions when he discovered a leak in the roof of his New Cumberland, WV home. He set up an inspection for mold and asked if we could look at his crawl space while the team was there.
Russ went out to provide the free in home evaluation and found the attic mold on the existing insulation. He also gave Duke an estimate to encapsulate his crawlspace.
The HES team arrived and removed the mold infested insulation, air sealed the attic. The team then began work encapsulating the crawlspace of the house with the CleanSpace encapsulation system and a SmartSump drainage system.
