Photo Album: Locust Grove VA attic enhancement

This home in Locust Grove VA was not comfortable year round. The homeowner had concerns about the fact that different rooms were often different temperatures and they always needed to turn their HVAC system on and off to try and get the rooms to feel better. Our Sales professional Jonathan Parisi went out to perform a full home inspection and determined several options would help to solve the homes comfort problems. Removing the old fiberglass, batt insulation, air sealing the floor of the attic, spray foam insulating the underside of the roof/attic ceiling, and then blowing in TruSoft cellulose insulation was the course of action that the homeowner chose. This would help to keep control of the attic air temperature so that the space would no longer become as cold in the winter and as hot in the summers. Air sealing the attic will help to hold in the conditioned air in the living spaces below and reduce the need for the HVAC system to run and make new hot or cold air. This will also reduce the energy costs for the homeowner.

Uninsulated attic

This space without insulation can change temperature based on the weather outside. Cold in the winter and hot in the summer.

Spray foam after

The ceiling and walls of the attic are now fully insulated with spray foam.

Spray foam in progress

Halfway done with spray foam insulating this attic.

Spray foam sealed and insulated

Spaces, where the air was previously able to move in and out of the attic, have now been sealed with spray foam. The roof is now insulated to keep outside temperatures from impacting the inside of the attic.

Attic before spray foam

This area had old fiberglass insulation and nothing as insulation for the ceiling of the attic.

Attic before new insulation

This area had old fiberglass insulation and nothing as insulation for the ceiling of the attic. The spaces where you can see daylight are allowing uncontrolled air to come in and out of the attic.