Insulation Radiant Barrier Attic

It s versatile and will save energy throughout your home.

Insulation radiant barrier attic.

This thin reflective material is designed to bounce the sun s heat away from your home instead of allowing your attic to absorb the heat and pass it into your home. They don t however reduce heat conduction like thermal insulation materials. If you want to keep warm in the winter heat wants to seep out of your living space. Heat always gravitates to cold so if you want to keep your home cool in the summer the heat is trying to get in.

Radiant barriers are installed in homes usually in attics primarily to reduce summer heat gain and reduce cooling costs. But most people find that cost prohibitive to their budgets and go with either or. Radiant barrier attic insulation. Super r radiant barrier is perforated allowing moisture to pass back and forth through the material without the worry of condensation forming.

A home with radiant barrier insulation installed actually feels about 10 degrees cooler than a home with no insulation in the. Super r radiant barrier is especially effective in an attic application because that is where most of the heat enters or leaves a home or structure. Radiant barrier works a little differently than blown in insulation. The barriers consist of a highly reflective material that reflects radiant heat rather than absorbing it.

Using reflective coating radiant barrier insulation helps your home reflect rather than absorb heat from the sun. Unlike traditional thick layers of insulation radiant barrier is a thin reflective material.