Insulation Services Before & After Photos

Dan and Kris had an older home in Annapolis, MD that was becoming most costly to keep comfortable with each passing year. After searching the internet and reading reviews, they made the right choice by calling Complete Home Solutions to evaluate the problem.  Following a full energy audit of the home by one of our Home Comfort Technicians, it was determined that the condition of the home's attic was a culprit.  On the day our crew began work on the attic they began by pulling back the existing insulation to ensure the area was properly air sealed. Air sealing ensures that there are no seams or cracks around top plates, recessed lights, or outlets that could allow conditioned air to rise and escape from the living area of your home. The next step was building an attic hatch damn at the entrance to the attic. This process allows our crew to blow insulation as close to your attic hatch as possible while also making the entryway clean if you have to get into your attic. The final step is to add a new blanket of Cellulose insulation to the attic to ensure 16 inches of insulation all the way around the attic.

These improvements to the attic will help the efficiency of her home helping his HVAC system run less frequently, and also help with comfort throughout the home by keeping the conditioned air in the living space of the home and creating a proper barrier between the living space and attic temperatures.

If you are interested in an energy audit for your home, give us a call today at 1-410-867-1202!

This is a one of our repeat customer. This homeowner had really enjoyed the work Complete Home Solutions did in his attic to stop air leakages and stop high energy bills. Since then he releazied his crawl space was something else he was interested in getting done to ensure maximum comfort and lower energy bills for his home. 

You can see how in the "before" picture, there is absouletly nothing in the crawl space except for dirt on the floor. We decided to go ahead and put down (IDK) to make sure there are no more air leakages from the crawl space. 

This client was having a hard time keeping her house at a comfortable temperature. Heating it up in the winter and cooling it down in the summer was costing her a lot of money -- and it still wasn't working that well. She got into contact with Complete Home Solutions to find the solution to her problem.

Our Home Comfort Specialist found the attic to be the source of much of this discomfort. Although there was some insulation (that looked a little worn), this attic really needed air sealing. This involved air sealing along the attic floor as well as sealing the duct work. Exposed duct work makes it really hard for homeowners to keep their house at a steady temperature since the air traveling through the ducts is being heated/cooled as it goes. We also added more blown in cellulose insulation to enhance the effectiveness of the air sealing. 

The improvements that we made for this homeowner have created a more comfortable and energy efficient home. 

This homeowner contacted Complete Home Solutions, because they had contaminated insulation from pests/rodents.  They were also experiencing extreme temperature variations between their upstairs and downstairs levels in their home.    When we arrived, we found the attic was insulated with loose fiberglass insulation which was contaminated by debris, particulate matter, and mouse feces.  So not only was this homeowner uncomfortable, since the attic was not properly air sealed, they were also breathing the unhealthy air that was coming down into the house from their contaminated attic insulation. Often loose fiberglass insulation has voids or gaps between that allow your insulation to lose it's effectiveness or R-value.   Loose fiberglass inuslation alos creates a warm habitat for rodent infestation and unwanted critters. Cellulose insulation provides a more natural insulation barrier and is treated to deter unwanted pests infestation.  We removed the loose, contaminated insulation, air sealed to the attic area to stop the air flow and installed a fresh blanket of blown cellulose insulation to ensure the heated and cooled air from inside stayed in!  

The homeowner is now much happier,  healthier and more comfortable!

This homeowner in Annapolis, MD called Complete Home Solutions following another summer of warmer than normal temperatures in the second floor of her home. Following a visit from one of our trained Home Comfort Specialist, it was determined that the condition of the homes attic were the main culprits of the uncomfortable temperatures in the second floor of the home.  On the day of the job our Home Comfort Technicians took all the step needed to transform this attic into a well insulated and efficient area of the home. They began by removing the old bat insulation from the attic , this was followed by air sealing any cracks or seams in the floor of the attic that was allowing air to travel between levels of the home. the next step was to cover all of the recessed lights, recessed light are a big area of concern when looking at air leakage in your attic. Our technicians then installed baffles in the eaves of the home, the baffles allow outside air to enter the attic, however they begin the proper ventilation process, rather than letting in stagnant air. The final step is to blow in 16 inches of new Cellulose insulation. The Cellulose provides a dense layer of insulation that helps trap the conditioned air where it belongs, in your home. 

If your home is experiencing similar issues to this one, call Complete Home Solutions today for a FREE Estimate at 1-410-867-1202!