Attic Insulation Before & After Photos

This Ashburn VA home was the recipient of a whole attic systems project.  Removal of old insulation, air sealing using Zyp Foam, foam paneling used to cover several HVAC exchange boxes and Tru Soft cellulose insulation blown in to to cover it all.  This will all help to reduce the energy cost it takes to heat and cool the home year round and make the home more comfortable for the owners. pictured here BEFORE is the attic with its original insulation and no air sealing below.  The AFTER photo shows the old insulation removed and Zyp Foam having been used to seal all of the gaps and cracks where conditioned air had been able to leak from the home below.  

This home in Herndon, VA was experiencing cold drafts this winter and found it expensive to keep their home warm.  In the attic there was very little insulation and had a low R value.  We used our TruSoft Blown-in Insulation resulting in a less drafty and more comfortable home.

These before and after photos are measuring the R-value of the insulation in the attic of this Garrisonville, VA home. 

R-value measures how well building insulation can prevent the flow of heat into and out of the home. Higher R-value means greater insulation performance, and thus more savings on your next heating and cooling bill. 

In the before photo you can see how low the R-value was. Comfenergy installed TruSoft Cellulose insulation in this attic to an R-value of 60! Now this house is more energy efficient and costs less to own. 

This Reston, VA home had comfort issues with rooms that got too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter.  Our sales professional Eric met with the homeowner to perform a full home inspection and find out why and try to identify a solution.  Eric was able to show the homeowners that the primary cause of their discomfort was the attic’s lack of air sealing and low R value insulation. He determined that the best course of action would be to completely air seal and insulate the attic with ZypFoam air sealant and new top-of-the-line TruSoft cellulose insulation. After the homeowners agreed to Eric’s solution one of our service crews went out to get to work on the home. The crew started by removing and disposing of the old ineffective insulation that had been the primary cause of the original discomfort. After that, they applied ZypFoam air sealant to all of the gaps in the attic floor. This sealed any potential leaks that could have led to uncontrolled unconditioned air seeping out from the attic and into the living spaces. Finally, the crew installed the new TruSoft cellulose insulation to keep the home comfortable year-round.

This Reston VA home was uncomfortable for the homeowner year round.  In the winter months the home was too cold and in warmer months the home was too hot.  Our clients decided to go with our recommendation to upgrade the condition of their attic, including removal of the old insulation, removal of and then covering over an existing attic fan hole, air sealing the floor of the attic and then covering it all with blown in Tru Soft cellulose insulation.  This will keep the conditioned air created by the HVAC system in the rooms it is intended to heat or cool and make the temperature of the home more even from one area of the home to another.  It will also help to reduce the energy costs to live in the home.