During some recent Energy Audits I discovered several areas in a home that were missing insulation. It is common to discover that there is no insulation on the attic access but that 2x2 area was pretty minor to some of the larger areas I’ve found recently.
On occasion insulation can fall out of place or may have been removed during a renovation. There are
also times where it was never installed in the first place. You may wonder how that happens, I wonder the same thing. Some of these areas are discovered during a visual inspection but there are areas not always visible. For these areas the Thermal Imaging Camera is able to detect these areas. Small areas of missing or improperly installed insulation add up. Imagine the amount of energy that is lost from a large area of missing insulation.
The Energy Audit process is designed not only to save energy but to make a home more comfortable. A cold spot in the house can be a sign of missing insulation but there are so many other factors. An Energy Audit here in the Reno area can not only find issues that waste energy but also ones that make the house less comfortable to live in.
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