During the recession and layoff period, people would like to cut their expenses from wherever opportunity they could have and if its saving AC and heaters charges during summer and winter seasons respectively, then it would be a cool idea to put Radiant Barrier Cover over our house, which would keep us warm during winter season by keeping the cold out of the house and make us not feel the excessive heat coming into the house during the summer too, by being a protective layer over our house and offices.
When we have the insulation fitted on our house, the sun rays gets reflected back to the roof and thus heat will not enter into the house on such hot days and thus save the AC cost during summer. During winter, this insulation prevents heat inside the house not to escape outside and thus keep the living person warm and thus avoid us to use heaters all the time and thus reduces the heater bills on Electricity.
How to install the insulation material on to your house?
If you would like to give it a try, go without any contractors or technical guys and thus save over 50% of the setup costs. It’s easier to be done, all by ourselves. This radiant barrier is just a thin sheet of reflecting material, which could be pasted or fitted over our buildings and thus act as an insulator. The thin sheet could also be joined together with aluminum, cardboard, plywood, plastic films etc to be more effective. You could pick this material depending upon the season; you are looking forward to stay away from.
You don’t have to be a genius to install this on to your house. You could simply attach this barrier material directly over the top of the already existing insulation of your home’s attic. If the barrier has to be attached to an already built house, then it would be an easier way; you could simply add the insulation at the roof rafter’s bottom. In case of a new house under construction, install the insulator on the roof rafter’s top before applying the roof deck.
Radiant barrier vs conventional insulation:
This way of radiant insulation barrier is very similar to the conventional way of preventing the hot air and cold coming into the house. The difference is mostly noted only on the fact that the conventional insulation keep the still air between the roof top and attic’s still air intact, whereas the radiant barrier keep the amount of heat transferred between these 2 layers through reflective thin films and not through the still air in the middle of them. Addition to the cost cutting on EB bills, the insulation materials are considered an eco-friendly options when compared to the usage of ACs and heaters, since they emit some kind of hazardous air into the environment, which affects us, when large quantity of such airs are accumulated on the atmosphere. So, people are advised to make use of such cost effective and eco-friendly options to make your house a better place during both summer and winter seasons.
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