Many house owners enjoy and like the style of ancient houses, inasmuch as they look glamourous, romantic, and full of truly artistic details. For many people, it may not be obvious, however, that these constructions are usually deficiently insulated as compared to those currently being built. If it is hard for you to keep your house warm in winter and cool in summer, and the FPL bills mount every day, it is definitely time to improve your insulation. There you go, some good reasons to do so.
IMPROVED COMFORT AND HEALTH
Updating insulation will not only help control indoor temperatures, but it will also improve humidity levels, which is especially important for our clients located in southern Florida. High humidity indoors may lead to harmful growing of mold and mildew. And insulation can reduce moisture and avoid or lessen the risk of developing respiratory and dermatological diseases.
SAVING MONEY
Better insulation leads to lower heating and cooling bills, and you will possibly recover your investment in a few months. The average U.S. home with insulation installed to present standards in the ceiling, walls and underfloor saves between 10% and 50% more than in not insulated or deficiently insulated dwellings.
KEEP WILDLIFE OUTDOORS
A suitable insulation will reduce the amount of pollen and insects coming into your home. This will decrease significantly the levels of irritants and allergens inside you house. Of course, this will also mean that you will have to deal less frequently with spiders, flies and other annoying home invaders.
HELP TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Improving insulation systems contributes to looking after the Earth. Duly sealed houses spend less energy, reduce your carbon footprint, and lower the amount of chemicals released to the atmosphere by air conditioning units.
IT LOWERS THE ACOUSTIC POLLUTION LEVELS
Those who live in urban areas will understand easily the importance of this point. The noise of traffic, planes in a nearby airport, or just that of the wind in a tall building may be really annoying and negatively compromise our sleep patterns and increase stress. Nonetheless, those drawbacks may overall be solved with the appropriate acoustic insulation, which will enable you to gain in privacy and improve your quality of life.
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