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Radiant Barrier Foil Insulation: Keep Your Home Cool as the Weather Heats Up!

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Insulation in spring and summer? Absolutely – radiant foil insulation works by reflecting the sun’s heat before it gets into your home, reducing your cooling bills by up to 40%. Best of all, the insulation keeps heat from escaping from your home in the winter for year-round savings and comfort.

 

How does radiant barrier foil insulation work?

 

Radiant foil reduces the transfer of radiant heat (heat that radiates from objects, such as structural features of a house). The insulation is particularly effective in attic and ceiling installations, because it keeps hot air out in the summertime, reducing the burden on window unit and central air conditioning and making for a much more comfortable living space.

 

Attics get hot in part because of the sun’s rays heating shingles and roofing materials that then radiate heat into the attic space. Installing radiant foil insulation keeps your attic cool and also reduces heat throughout the home during hot and sticky summer months. You should see a drop utility costs like electricity, because your air conditioning units will not have to work as hard to cool the home (the difference you see depends, of course, on how energy efficient your home is to begin with). 

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    Drew (Thursday, 03 March 2011 19:49)

    Radiant Barrier and bubble foil are both good, but I still think that spray foam does a better job. It cuts the energy bill down about the same (up to 50%), but the upside to foam is that it keeps the moisture and humidity out. That way you don't have to worry about mold ever growing.

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    DoctorEnergy Smart (Thursday, 03 March 2011 20:49)

    When the summer heat breaks through the spray foam and starts its travel downwards through the building materials and is stored, what is created from its mixing with the coldness of air conditioning? Do you know what dewpoints do? Create condensation-what does mold like and to start as.? Better to keep the heat out with natural chimney effect from open soffits to a peak vent, turbo charged with a radiant barrier foil product with foam in between 2 foil sheets for all year round thermal benefits. The. Attic floor area stays much cooler,which is what is conducted downward into upper floor rooms. No electricity breed. Go sincerely green and save your clents a bundle. Spray foam surface impedes the air moving up and out.Go into the sill bea area in the cellar with a little bit of that large pile of foam and sort that area.

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