Best Way to Insulate Your House in Maine

For optimal energy efficiency, your home should be insulated from the roof down to two anxiety below ground level. Insulation's power to reduce heat transfer is rated in terms of its R-value, with a higher R-value making the home more efficient and comfortable. Efficiency Maine recommends that the entire building envelope exist insulated: attics, cathedral ceilings, all wall cavities, rim joists, basement walls, and clamber spaces.

Increasing the amount of insulation in your home can take the post-obit advantages:

• Lower Heating and Cooling Costs – Constructive insulation means that it takes less free energy to brand your home comfortable and reduces your costs.
• Increased Year-Round Comfort – Insulation helps proceed rooms warmer in the wintertime and cooler in the summer.
• Reduced Outside Noise – Increased insulation levels may also make your home quieter by reducing the amount of outside dissonance that comes in.

Types of Insulation

There are many different types of materials used for insulation, each with their own costs, advantages, and disadvantages. A Residential Registered Vendor will be able to recommend appropriate insulation levels, tell you which insulation materials might work best in sure locations, and perform insulation piece of work.

Here are some of the common types of insulation:

	Fabric	R-Value Per Inch	Advantages	Disadvantages
one	Fiberglass (loose blown)	3.6 to 4.four	Depression price	Performs poorly where there'south moving air, settles over fourth dimension, can be irritating/itchy to install
ii	Fiberglass (batt)	2.6 to iv.3	Low cost	Performs poorly where at that place'due south moving air, settles over time, can be irritating/itchy to install
3	Celulose (loose diddled)	3.two to 3.6	Low cost, reduces drafts	Absorbs water, tin can be heavy, settles over time, may corrode metallic if wet
four	Celulose (dumbo pack)	three.0 to 3.4	Depression price, reduces drafts	Absorbs water, can be heavy, may corrode metal if wet
5	Spray Cream (open cell)	iii.5 to iii.8	Reduces drafts, lower price than airtight prison cell foam	Non a wet bulwark, may require fire barrier
six	Spray Foam (closed cell)	6.0 to vii.0	Reduces drafts, serves as a moisture barrier	Highest upfront cost, may crave fire bulwark
vii	Foam (board)	3.vi to 7.6	Reduces drafts, moisture resistant	May require fire barrier
8	Mineral Wool (batt)	3.0 to 3.6	Non-combustible, minimal off-gassing	Heavy, more compressible than fiberglass, fibers tin be irritating
9	Mineral Wool (board)	4.0 to 4.iv	Non-flammable, minimal off-gassing	Heavy, fibers tin can be irritating

Source: Residential Energy: Price Savings and Comfort for Existing Buildings

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Source: https://www.efficiencymaine.com/at-home/insulation/

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