Your Complete Guide to Blown in Attic Insulation
Blown-in insulation is an excellent solution for ensuring your home is more heat-resistant and energy-efficient. This is because it will stop heat from entering your home and cool air from escaping. Blown-in attic insulation is a good method to permanently reduce your heating and cooling bills by more than 20%, however, there are still a few people who are not sure what this insulation is. This guide has the basics and answers the most common questions when it comes to blown-in types of insulation.
How Much Money Can Blow Insulation Save Me?
Blown insulation is significantly more airtight than batts and rolls simply because it gets into the nooks and crannies in your attic, which is where heat and cool air escape. While it is not feasible to tell you how much the installation will cost here, most people will be able to see their return over the next 2 – 4 years.
How Long Does This Type of Insulation Take to Install?
In many cases, blown-in types of insulation will take a day to install. Traditional insulation such as faced batting and rolling will take the same team longer than it will to blow in the insulation. Bear in mind, if your old insulation needs to be removed, due to pest droppings or toxic insulation, the process could take a few days to finish.
Is This Type of Insulation Dangerous?
Any loose fibers and spores, artificial or natural, are dangerous if they are wafted into the air and breathed in for a period of time. Once your insulation has been installed, you need to leave it alone to avoid disturbing it and make sure children don’t have access to the attic if it is loose. Modern insulation doesn’t contain asbestos. Most of the concern that surrounds insulation comes from the energy crisis in the 70s where urea-formaldehyde-foam elevated levels of formaldehyde in many houses.
For information about the blown-in insulation services that Knight Insulation has to offer, please do not hesitate to dial this number (605) 202-8199 now. We are based in the Sioux Falls, SD area.
