Is your attic properly insulated?

With winter being here, you may want to find out how well your attic space is insulated. Having your attic properly sealed and insulated can save you up to 20% per year in heating and cooling costs. We all know that heat rises, so keeping that heat from escaping into the attic is critical when considering reducing your homes heat loss. In southern Ontario a R value of 40 is the current standard for homes, but numerous times we perform inspections on older and newer homes that do not reach these standards. It's important for home owners to have their attic space inspected and to find out whether or not they have the correct amount of insulation. Of course having a high quality home inspection on your house before you buy would provide you with all the answers needed on this topic....

Blown in type. R50....that's what you want!

Fiberglass bats, mostly R20.....not so good.