Good Home Insulation is a NEED in LA

Your A/C isn’t even that bad. Maybe — it’s actually pretty good. The issue is no matter how long it’s on, no matter what setting, the heat’s winning.

If you’ve got a dedicated ‘cold room,’ in the house, this article should shed some light on the reason why a home can’t just seem to cool down. What you can do. The simple answer, is insulation replacement.

Home Insulation in Los Angeles

There’s a common line of thought for many homeowners that because they live in LA, home insulation isn’t a problem. Home insulation keeps the heat in when it’s cold outside, and it keeps the cold in when the sun doesn’t let up.

Poor insulation is the number one cause of a hot home because without a proper insulation installation, cold air just leaves.

25% of cold air leaks through windows and doors. That’s often through bad seals whether it’s windows or doors. With windows it can get a little tricky. Some homes are outfitted with generic brand windows meant for flipping homes. As one could assume, they’re placeholders for a better deal. This means that many homeowners have windows with low R-Values (the ability for a window to block the hot or cold) and in turn suffer from heat penetrating the home too easily.

25% of hot air enters through the attic, which has made it a space that homeowners are conflicted on. While it’s a good place to set up for storage old memories that shouldn’t be thrown out, by leaving an attic without enough insulation — what’s left is a pressure cooker for heat that dissipates throughout the home. With attic insulation, removing everything and setting a layer of loose fill insulation makes an attic is far more prepared to deal with the heat.

35% of cold air leaves through the walls. Insulation doesn’t age as well as people think it does, which can leave some homeowners purchasing a home that’s in need of an insulation replacement. For home insulation in Los Angeles, there are a ton of options.

Home Insulation Replacement

Light fiberglass, fire resistant cellulose, naturally heat and pest resistant mineral wool, and even blue-jean reclaimed cotton. All of these have their own positives that can be gone over in detail with a with an insulation contractor in Los Angeles.

Upon replacement many are surprised with how severe the difference is.

Statistically, the decrease in the energy bill can drop to as low as 40%, and it feels that way.

Novel Remodeling is an insulation installer in Los Angeles. We build projects out of the individual needs of every homeowner, and it’s why LA has seen a lot of us over the last thirty years.

Contact us and see what it takes to improve your home.

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