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This homeowner in Lexington Park, Maryland was really feeling the cold weather this winter. No matter what they did, they just felt like the cold air was slipping right in! They made the move towards a more comfortable home when they contacted Complete Home Solutions.
We narrowed down the problem with a home energy audit. The attic was preventing the home from being as energy efficient as it could be. They did have some insulation up there, but it was old, dirty, and thinned out in certain spots. After air sealing the attic space, we replaced that old insulation with our fresh, cellulose insulation. Now this home's family can live comfortably this winter!
Unfortunately, we can lose a lot of our air through the attic, causing uncomfortable temperature differences throughout the home. The attic hatch (being a very large, open space) is responsible for much of this. In other words, if you treat the attic but don't treat the hatch, you're not really doing much good.
For this homeowner we installed an attic tent cover. This makes it so that the attic is still accessible to the homeowner, but air is no longer leaking out. This is a critical step in creating a thermal barrier for the home.