Have you taken a peek inside your attic lately?
With ever increasing energy cost comes the question, Why Insulate? To you the answer may seem obvious, and today more than ever we must consider a TOP OF THE HOUSE PLAN! What is the top of the house plan? It is a way of considering many aspects at the top of your building such as roof, insulation and ventilation. Let's examine insulation. For starters, there is a basic law…The more insulation you have, the better you will keep warm in the winter and cooler in the summer. The quantity of insulation you have is measured by R-value. The higher the number R-value, the more insulating factor you have. R-value measures the resistance to heat flow. If your home or office building is 10-15 or more years old, the insulation has settled and compacted, thus reducing your R-value. If you have a product called cellulose (actually chemically treated paper) it was blown into the attic or crawl space just under the roof. This product is largely regarded today as being obsolete because of its degraded ability to insulate and the evaporation of its fire retardant chemicals.
Owens Corning® has spent years researching their new Expanding Pink Fiberglas™ Loosefill insulation which provides complete coverage even around pipes, wires, and outlets. It provides superior R-values, has low dust, is non settling and noncombustible. Your “Top of the House” plan should include a new layer of Blown In AttiCat expandable Fiberglas™ Loosefill insulation. Stop the 40% energy loss today and ask your Pacific Roofing representative how easy and cost effective adding it can be.
If your attic looks like this where the cellulose insulation has compacted over the years, you need to know what you can do add insulation material. Pacific Roofing installs a revolutionary new insulation that does not compact, is noncombustible does not degrade and can be blown in over the top over the other insulation. This expandable low dust product is Expanding Pink Fiberglass Loosefill insulation which provides covers around pipes, wires and outlets.
Left: Photo of actual sample of blown in Fiberglass insulation by Owens Corning. Middle and Right: Insulation may be blown in through the old roof sheeting allowing easy access. This method is used when insulation is added during a re-roof project. It takes less time and costs us less… so it costs the building owner less too.
Left: Revolutionary Owens Corning® blown in insulation is rapidly replacing the antiquated cellulose products used over the last 40 years. Middle: Barrier devices keep insulation out of airways, trap doors and breather vents at the roof's eaves. Right: Measurement disposable yardsticks are used to gauge the depth of insulation material used to assure the correct R values are reached.
Left: A closer look at the R value disposable yardstick. Left Center: Expanding, blown-in pink Fiberglas insulation is sent through a hose to the roof by this special AttiCat machine. Right Center: Bundles of insulation await their turn in the AttiCat hopper. Right: Adding insulation while installing a new roof is not the only way to gain more energy efficiency.
Left: Specific R values yardsticks are placed in multiple areas of the roof so the applicator may see how deep the insulation needs to be. Middle: Roof area showing blown-in insulation hose on top of the roof awaiting replacement. Right: Worker injects the AttiCat machine with a bundle of Owens Corning insulation. Insulation is broken down inside the machine and sent through the hose to the attic area.
Left: AtticCat hopper shown with partially broken down bundle of Insulation. Right: Expanding blow-in insulation may be added without a new roof as in the traditional way from inside the attic crawl space.