We all know that keeping your home cool in the summer and warm in the winter is expensive! Adding attic insulation to your home saves money and improves the overall comfort for your family. Most homes lack efficient attic insulation, which allows air to move freely through your home. Attic insulation reduces airflow which helps keep unwanted hot or cold air from leaving your attic and leaking into your home. In most cases, if you added up all the air leaks in your home, it would be similar to keeping a door or window open all year long.
Don’t forget the attic access
What most homeowners are not aware of is the loose of air caused from your attic access. Most homes have no insulation covering their attic staircase or access. he US Department of Energy states, on its website, that a gap as small as 1/4 inch around your pull-down attic stairs can leak as much air as is supplied by a regular bedroom air duct. Air sealing and insulating this leak is essential to improving your home’s energy efficiency.
One of the cheapest way to save money on your energy bills
Attic access covers help reduce air leaks and insulate your attic door by preventing air from moving in and out of your home. Attic covers are easy to install DIY solution to stop energy leaks from your attic opening while providing easy access in and out of your attic for all those holiday decorations.
Radiant Barrier![insulation radiant barrier](http://howtoinsulateattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/insulation-radiant-barrier.jpg)
Another great step to reducing energy cost is to install radiant barriers. Radiant barrier is designed to reduce heat during those hot summer days. Unlike attic insulation that helps reduce conduction, barriers reflect radiation heat. When the sun heats your roof it then heats your air ducts, the attic floor and anything else you might have in your attic.
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