Comfenergy Before & After Photos

This Gainesville VA home was designed with Cantilevers on several sides of the home.  "Cantilever - a long projecting beam or girder fixed at only one end, used in construction."  In this case it resulted in part of the home allowing external air and temperatures to come into the unfinished basement, impacting the air quality, energy control and general comfort of the home.  Our Home Performance Sales Pro Pedro went out to do a full home inspection and recommended having the cantilever areas filled and insulated with spray foam.  Spray foam helped to seal up the cantilevers and prevented external air and allergens from being able to enter the home.  It also helped to keep the inside of the home more comfortable.  

We were contracted to remove insulation from this home that had suffered from a fire.  The insulation reeked of smoke, and was very wet.

The insulation was a combination of Batt Insulation and Blown In.  As there was a great deal of smoke smell, it was important for every bit to be removed.

Spray Foam is a great way to get an air seal as well as insulating a space.  This shed roof went from zero to 100.  

A homeowner in Goldvein, VA needed some insulation in his home. Heat moves from more to less - out of a building in winter and into a building in summer. Insulation is needed to slow this heat flow down.  Closed cell spray foam adheres to all surfaces, expands in place, and air cannot pass through it. It is superior insulation with an R-value of 6.3 per inch. Closed cell spray foam weighs 2 lbs per cubic foot and special equipment is used to spray it. 

This Catlett, VA homeowner was having issues with their master bedroom being hot in the summer and cold in the winter. Upon an evaluation by Comfenergy, we found one of the walls of the master bedroom were adjacent to the attic above the garage.  The only insulation providing a thermal barrier between this wall and the hot/cold attic on the other side, was falling fiberglass insulation.

Even if fiberglass were in place on this wall it still would not stop air movement and heat transfer through it.  Fiberglass is ONLY effective if it is sandwiched on all sides by an air barrier.

Comfenergy used 2" thick SilverGlo EPS foam boards to build an additional R10 of thermal barrier along the back side of this wall.  More importantly it creates an air barrier for the fiberglass and makes it effective!

Now this customer has a total of R23 on this wall and its air tight!  Comfort at its best!