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Ready For Cooler Temperatures? Don’t Wait Any Longer!
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Tips to Keeping Your Home Cool
We understand the frustration (especially in the heat of Texas summers) of living in a house that is TOO hot. While we can provide substantial solutions such as insulation services, duct sealing, and more? we also want to offer some free advice on ways to keep your home cool. Here are a few tips to consider!
Block the Light!?
For natural light lovers, this one might be hard to follow. If your windows are letting in sunlight throughout the day, it could be adding a few degrees to that area of your house. Keeping your blinds shut and using energy-efficient curtains will almost instantly cool off the room, especially during the afternoon hours.
Keep the Doors Shut!
Think of opening your front and back doors like opening the refrigerator. Every time you open a door, you?re letting cool air out and hot air in. If you grew up in Texas, you might recall the phrase, ?Shut the door you?re letting the bought air out!?. Here?s a trick! If you have a garage door entry, use this to enter your home instead of the front door. This is one way to keep your ?bought air? inside.?
Chores, at Night!
Using appliances like your washer, dryer, and dishwasher can chalk up some additional heat inside of your home. Save these chores for when the sun begins to set instead of running everything in the middle of the day. At all times, ventilate while you cook and take shorter showers.?
And when all else fails, call us!
Just Add Insulation?
Just adding insulation won’t solve the problem. And here’s why!?
Insulation is a material that has been designed to ensure efficiency by keeping heat out of your home. There are several types of insulation materials such as cellulose, foam, and fiberglass. These materials work to slow the heat flow and reduce radiant heat gain.?
When you’re experiencing warmer temperatures in certain areas throughout the house, or fighting to keep the house cool in general, it makes sense to question the effectiveness of your current insulation installation! However, it doesn’t always make sense to just add insulation.?
Your house could be letting in heat in areas that you cannot recognize. For example, without proper air sealing, your home could be letting in hot air and letting cold air out. This air leakage will negatively impact your home?s energy efficiency and comfort. Gaps and cracks in the attic are an unavoidable part of homeownership. There are several reasons why these spaces form, but every home is subject to the airflow that can occur through these areas.?
Another installation to consider is your home?s ductwork. Most homeowners are aware of the importance of their furnace, air conditioner, and insulation for their home?s energy efficiency, but too many homeowners forget about their ductwork. Uninsulated, leaky ductwork will cause your HVAC system to be inefficient and will negatively impact your home?s comfort, especially if the ducts are in the attic.
At First Defense Insulation, we properly evaluate every area of the home to determine exactly where the problem lies and how to best adjust it to fit your needs! We guarantee the fairest prices, professional customer service, and are happy to answer any questions you may have. Give us a call!
Your Guide to a Home Comfort Assessment
How Much is Too Much Insulation?
Why Should You Assess the Comfort of Your Home?
The Benefits of Attic Insulation, Air Sealing, and Duct Sealing Services
We understand the pain of waking up from your sleep because it?s too hot, or too cold- that?s miserable! While sweating in the living room is an obvious indication of something not working properly, it?s important to assess the comfort in all areas of your home. Proper attic insulation, air sealing, and duct sealing services offer a broad range of benefits for you and your home.?
Let?s go through some of those benefits!
Save money: You lose less energy from your heating and cooling efforts when you have effective insulation, ducts, and air sealing. Thus saving money on your utility bills!
Comfortable Home: Enjoy more consistent temperatures throughout your entire home when everything is working properly and at maximum efficiency!?
Energy Efficiency: With proper protection from the outside elements, your HVAC systems will be able to operate more effectively, using less power to reach the desired temperature.?
Better Air Quality: Eliminate air leaks in your insulation that may lead to mold growth and noise pollution, yuck!?
Let First Defense Insulation LLC help create a more comfortable and efficient home with effective home comfort services. Our free home comfort consultation requires nothing on your part besides letting us inspect any problem areas that could be causing discomfort and inefficiency.
How To Stop Fighting Over the Thermostat
Fighting Your Thermostat: The Importance of Home Comfort Consultations
If you grew up with a budget-conscious parent, you?re well aware of the number on the thermostat in your home right now. We have seen so many ways that families fight each other over the thermostat.
What?s your weapon towards the thermostat? Do you buy blackout curtains and keep the doors shut as much as possible? You?re missing out on natural lighting and outside views if you?re keeping yourself cooped up in the dark! Do you turn it way up when you leave so that the AC doesn?t run while you?re gone? We see that all of the time.
The truth is, you don?t need to spend so much time fighting your thermostat. What you should consider investing your time in is creating the proper comfort in your home with the right set up. Your home is built from the ground up, and because we can?t see everything working to keep it stable, we can?t always be sure it?s working efficiently.
With a home comfort consultation and report, we can inspect problem areas around your home that could be causing discomfort and inefficiency. Inefficiency equals high energy bills, and nobody likes that. From insulation to air ducts, First Defense can find the root of the problem and get your home to a point where it is working and feeling it?s best.
