Insulation Services Before & After Photos

John called Complete Home Solutions after hearing from a neighbor about the upgrades made to their home. John was experiencing uncomfortable conditions in the second floor of his home, and after an examination of his 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 picture of an attic at the beginning of one of our jobs.  This home in Huntingtown, MD was struggling to keep cool and was noticing how often the Air Conditioning was running but how little it was helping to cool the home.  The homeowner called Complete Home Solutions to have an Auditor come out to the home to try and pinpoint the major problem areas and what could be done to fix it. Our Home Comfort Specialist found the attic was not properly air sealed and the current insulation wasn't up to the proper R-value. To fix this home our production crew came out and air sealed all the top plates, the gable wall, around the duct work and around any recessed light fixtures. Once everything was air sealed our crew then blew in the new Cellulose Insulation until it reached the recommended R-value. The attic is now properly sealed -- meaning all the cold air the air conditioner is producing is no longer leaking out of the home through the attic!  The after photo shows the attic with the new insulation installed!

This rear cantilever area of a home in Huntingtown, MD was not properly air sealed.  The homeowners complained of cold floors and asked for advice on how to fix this problem.  As you can see from the before picture - the cantilever had no insulation and was not sealed at all.  The cantilever was leaking air into the home which was the reason the floors were so cold.  Our crews removed the soffit from the cantilever and air sealed the joist cavities with our 1/2" polyiso foam board, SilverGlo, and spray form.  Then we installed R-19 Fiberglass batt insulation in the joist cavities and Reinstalled the soffit.  The picture below shows the cantilever after it was air sealed and before the fiberglass batts were installed.  The homeowners were happy that we were able to determine the problem and help them fix it. 

This homeowner in Huntingtown, Maryland was worried about this upcoming winter. They were nervous because every winter meant cold rooms and astronomical utility bills for them. They got into contact with Complete Home Solutions this year, and it may have been the best decision they ever made.

We first gave them a Home Energy Audit to figure out where the main source of discomfort was coming from. As is often the case, the attic was the main culprit. There was not nearly enough insulation up there, and what was there was old and worn out. All of their warm air was just escaping up and out of the attic. Fortunately, we know exactly how to fix situations like this one. We start of by clearing out the old insulation, we then air seal any attic penetrations that may be allowing air to leak out, and we then install our TruSoft Cellulose insulation. Now that we have properly weatherized this house's attic, the homeowners no longer have to dread winter!

Maxine called Complete Home Solutions for one of our Home Energy Audits after she had noticed the temperature in the second floor was much different than the temperature on the first floor. The Audit examines multiple factors of your home to determine ways you could keep it more comfortable, as well as helping it run more efficiently. Following the audit our Home Comfort Specialist determined that a big cause of the uncomfortable upstairs temperatures were due to the condition of the attic. On the day of the install our Home Comfort Technicians worked their magic once again, air sealing any cracks in the attic floor, and around any recessed light that would be allowing heat to escape and cold air to make its way in. They then blew in a new layer of Cellulose insulation that would created a barrier in the attic that traps the warm air where it belongs, in the home not the attic. 

If you are experiencing similar issues, call Complete Home Solutions today for a FREE estimate at 1-410-867-1202!