Crawl Space Insulation - Bellevue, WA 425-386-5050
Keeping your Bellevue home’s crawl space well insulated is incredibly important when it comes to saving money on your energy bills. More importantly, good insulation helps maintain your family’s health, reduce toxins inside of your home, and provides you with better air quality.
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Crawl space insulation works to prevent the transfer of heat through the walls and floor of your home. When some rooms are better insulated than others, the air temperature from room to room can change dramatically. Cold floors, cold walls or excessive heat in upstairs and attic areas are signs that your Bellevue home is not well insulated.
Bellevue, WA homes that lack proper insulation spend more money on their energy bills. Conversely, investing in crawl space insulation creates an average energy savings of 30% – 80%, simply because the insulation enables their homes to be more energy efficient.
Spray foam crawl space insulation is made from two types of composite material: polyurethane, and isocyanate. When sprayed out of the tip of the spray foam gun, the substance gradually expands, filling in the cracks and crannies of your crawl space before curing. Spray foam insulation is the most effective material for insulating your Bellevue, WA crawl space available.
Fiberglass crawl space insulation is usually installed as large segments of insulation that are rolled or laid out onto a surface, such as flooring or ceilings. However, blown fiberglass is becoming more and more popular, comprising one of the main crawl space insulation jobs we’re asked to install in Bellevue, WA.
Cellulose crawl space insulation is made from recycled paper products, primarily newsprint. It’s recycled material content is very high, generally between 82-85%. The manufacturing process reduces the paper products to very small pieces, which are then fiberized and mixed with a flame and insect retardant, usually mineral borate or ammonium sulfate.
Cotton has become a favorite of the environmentally friendly Bellevue, WA. Recycled blue jeans have been used in its production, as well as other natural cotton fibers gleaned from industrial scrap. Most cotton insulations consist of 85% recycled cotton and about 15% plastic fibers, which are generally treated with boric acid as a flame retardant. Cotton crawl space insulation is non- toxic, and can be installed without respiratory or skin exposure protection.