Inefficient or outdated insulation can not only effect your general comfort level within your home, but can also greatly effect your health and the health of your family. If you’ve ever experienced any of the following problems in your home, then it may be time to have your current insulation inspected and possibly repaired or replaced.
1. Rooms that stay hot while the rest of the house is cool, and vice versa. We’ve all experienced it: the AC is blasting but there always seems to be that one room in the house that doesn’t cool down. On the other hand, maybe the furnace is blasting but there always seems to be that one room that is freezing, even when the rest of the house is warm, cozy, and comfortable. Though we typically associate these issues with either attics or basements, temperature issues as a result of poor insulation can actually occur in any room of your house. While rooms that stay hot tend to face south or west and rooms that stay cold tend to face north or east, the discomfort experienced in both types of rooms can usually be linked to large windows, leaky or damaged ducts, and insufficient or misplaced insulation.
2. Rooms that are drafty. Drafty rooms are oftentimes the same rooms that always seem to stay cold while the rest of the house is warm, but with the addition of an almost constant breeze. And while this cold breeze can oftentimes be unpleasant enough in itself, homeowners don’t often take into account what is entering their home along with the breeze: dust, insects, and other uninvited pests will sometimes tag along as well, carrying plenty of germs and bacteria along with them. And while a draft usually appears as a result of a gap or leak around a window or doorframe, proper insulation and weather sealing around these openings can typically solve the problem very quickly.
3. Rooms that make residents ill or cause allergic reactions. Because the effects of spending time in one of these rooms usually appear quite slowly and gradually, they are often not detected or even noticed until a resident of the household begins to experience frequent allergy attacks or spells of illness, with no obvious evidence as to why they are occurring. Residents will usually start to notice that, when in certain rooms or a single room in their home, they sneeze, cough, or itch more than normal. In extreme cases, where a leaky roof, for example, results in the excessive growth of mold or mildew in a specific area, residents may even develop asthma or experience other respiratory problems. Fortunately, many home residents begin to experience immediate relief once the problem areas have been cleaned and cleared and proper insulation has been installed to ensure that the problem never returns.
Regardless of the effects that poor insulation is having on the rooms of your home, no one should have to live in a house that makes them uncomfortable or physically ill. For more information on how quality insulation can cause almost instant improvements in your family’s quality of life, contact All Day Air Cooling & Heating today at (239) 357-0727 to schedule an appointment.
