Why insulate your home before the summer heat?

enercaresolutions
Apr 15, 2023
3 min read

Updated: Feb 21, 2024

Saving energy has become a top priority for many households. Faced with the continuous increase in energy bills, each household is looking for all the tricks to reduce its energy consumption. Remember that by saving energy, you reduce your electricity bill while contributing to the preservation of the environment. To achieve this, it is necessary to use an efficient heating system. Instead of opting for an electric boiler, you should consider solutions like a heat pump, which is environmentally friendly and can save you money while having a long lifespan.

This would have a significant impact on your heating bill. To prevent the heat produced from escaping, energy renovation work will have to be considered. Today we focus on attic insulation, and more specifically on its usefulness in summer.

What is the meaning of insulation?

Insulation is a technique used to reduce energy loss in homes. But its objective is not limited solely to reducing energy consumption or increasing the energy performance of a home. Insulation also aims to improve the comfort (thermal and acoustic) of the house.

Why insulate the attic?

In order to avoid heat loss, two types of insulation can be used: interior insulation and exterior insulation.

Attic insulation is very important since more than 30% of heat loss comes from the roof. Thus, by favoring the attic as part of your renovation work, you can make significant savings on your electricity bill. In addition, insulating the attic also allows you to improve the thermal comfort of the occupants of the house and this is not valid only in winter. Exterior insulation (via cladding), although requiring a greater investment, is also very effective in rapidly improving the energy performance of a house.

Attic insulation eliminates thermal points and therefore conserves the energy delivered by the heating/cooling systems. Therefore your ac and heater will not obliged to work as intensely to be able to guarantee thermal comfort in the house. Hence increased performance, energy savings and lower electricity bills!

Summer is the perfect time to insulate your attic.

We often talk about insulation work in winter (to warm up when it's cold), this work is just as valuable in hot weather.

Obviously, energy consumption peaks during the cold period. Intensive use of the heating system associated with poor insulation can lead to unpleasant surprises. Insulating your home will allow you to limit heat loss, your boiler will be efficient, and your energy consumption will decrease accordingly.

However, as we told you earlier, good insulation is also very valuable in the event of a heat wave. The temperature inside the accommodation stays cool without using an energy-intensive air conditioning system that is particularly harmful to the environment.

Lost or converted attics?

To take full advantage of the benefits offered by high-performance insulation, it is advisable to insulate, regardless of the type of attic.

Lost roof spaces

We speak of lost attics when the space between the frame and the roof is not habitable because of the too confined space. To insulate the attic, the method of blowing in insulating flakes is generally used. This attic insulation technique is easy to perform and eliminates thermal bridges.

Converted attic

In this situation, there is a habitable space between the roof and the frame. The insulation of the attic is carried out using pads or foam, insulation which is to be fixed directly on the internal part of the roof. Both approaches are effective, but correspond to two different types of attic.

Experts for your insulation work

Installing attic insulation is a simple job operationally, but requires real expertise in knowing the exact procedure to execute in each unique home. Successful work will contribute to improving your energy performance and the comfortability of your living spaces, it is therefore strongly advised to call on professionals.

Our team is at your disposal for all insulation work: attic insulation, sound insulation, or even wall insulation.

Thanks to our perfect mastery of all insulation techniques, we guarantee high-performance insulation that will significantly improve your consumption and your comfort. Several details must be studied in order to obtain better thermal performance: insulation thickness, thermal resistance or conductivity. If you have an energy renovation project in progress, do not hesitate to let us know. We will quickly establish a precise quote taking into account the particularities of your project.

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