• 3410 High Street, Portsmouth, VA 23707
  • |Contact Us
Call Your Local Pros Today! 757-828-0024

Why We Air Seal the Attic

We don’t get a whole lot of snow in Southeastern Virginia—but when we do, everything seems to shut down. We just are not geared toward handling snow. It does, however, present a great opportunity to show why we always talk about air sealing when we do an attic project!

As the pictures below show, air leakage is rampant and has a negative impact on your energy bills. Irregular snow melt patterns are a great indicator of where air is escaping. Here are some of the main culprits:

attic-sealing-1-crop-300x224

Static roof vents are designed to allow air to escape from the attic, but when warm air from the house escapes into the attic, it really shows.

attic-sealing-2-crop-300x224

Other irregular snow melt patterns may show duct leakage in specific areas, like the above the window.

attic-sealing-3-crop-300x224

This picture shows a real problem in the whole attic. Notice how the area over the garage is still covered? Garages are not usually heated and cooled, so you would expect that snow to be there.

attic-sealing-4-crop-300x224

This house has had some work done, but it looks like it could use a little work on that front duct!

The next time you get that winter heating bill and it’s a little higher than you thought it should be, maybe you should think about sealing the lid and keeping what you are paying for in the house. Attic sealing is necessary—in fact, air leaks undermine the performance of insulation. So making sure your home is both properly sealed and insulated is important.

Properly insulated homes can use 30 to 50 percent less energy than homes without insulation—but not if air leaks are undermining the insulation’s performance!

Air Sealing Services in Virginia

If you want to air seal and insulate your home in southeastern Virginia, look no further than Tidewater Insulators. We offer air sealing and insulation services as part of our Comfort Home Program. Don’t overlook sealing—when it comes to the greatest home energy efficiency, both air sealing and insulation are crucial.

Contact us to learn more!

services we offer
SEE MORE +
Insulation

We install insulation in new and existing homes.

SEE MORE +
Energy Audits

We provide energy audits to help homeowners save money and live more comfortably.

SEE MORE +
Gutters

We provide comprehensive gutter services for new and existing homes.

SEE MORE +
Shower Doors

We install shower doors in new and existing homes.

Are You Sure?
Stay on Page
You are about to leave this Tidewater Insulators and enter a third-party site. Tidewater Insulators and Installed Building Products have no control over, and accept no liability, obligation, or responsibility for, the contents or performance of other websites. Any such link does not constitute an endorsement or any representation regarding, the linked website, its content, its owner, its performance, its owner’s products or services, or any forward-looking statements found in.
Leave Page
Stay on Page