Tag Archives: fiberglass insulation

Several of our last posts have dealt with your outbuildings. Metal and steel buildings are excellent choices for affordability and low maintenance. These buildings are for the most part worry free structures. For owners who want full use of their buildings in all seasons, insulation becomes important. As condensation and moisture are always an issue [...]

This post describes how radiant barrier technology was created by NASA and its use in home insulation.

Many consumers don't really understand how heat transfer works and more specifically how it pertains to their home. A better understanding will certainly help in using the correct materials to lower energy costs. This short post helps to explain this.

Fiberglass insulation comes in a variety of thicknesses. We supply a line of radiant barrier insulation that sized to fit the same applications to be installed with or without fiberglass. This short post explains more.

Are you interested in seeing how to insulate your walls with reflective insulation? Take a look at this video to see one of the three installation methods. This method is the fastest and least time consuming. In order to finish the wall with drywall or any finishing material you will need to add furring strips [...]

We started a series of post, do radiant barriers really work? Here's another picture showing one of the big fiberglass companies product.

Attic Radiant Barrier Installation 2 - InsulationStop.com
What actually happens in your attic and how are radiant barriers effective? 
To answer this question we need to look at how your attic works in the form of heat transfer. 
As the heat from the sun warms your roof deck, this heat is passed through the roof into the [...]