Reliable Insulation & Radon Testing Company in Charlton, MA

This homeowner in Charlton, MA called us hoping that we would be able to help her with her home. Specifically, she had a garage with multiple rooms over it. One of these rooms was a bathroom that was constantly experiencing freezing pipes and drafts. She did not want to spend another winter having to constantly unfreeze her pipes and run multiple heaters in the space. Garages are not heated, but the finished rooms above them are. So the garage ceiling must be insulated. If left uninsulated or poorly insulated, the result is cold, drafty floors upstairs and excess noise from the garage heard upstairs.

We had the perfect solution for this homeowner. In this solution, we utilize densely packed TruSoft™ cellulose insulation. The siding is removed in the appropriate places.. Holes are drilled into the rim joist (outer edge of ceiling/floor framing) from the outside, and a very long pipe is inserted into the joist bays all the way to the other side. Cellulose is blown in and dense packed into the floor. The density stops airflow through the floor from air leaks. Results - warmer floors above, more comfortable rooms, quieter floors upstairs without that hollow sound, and lower heating and air conditioning bills.

This homeowner in Charlton, MA called us out to their home to see what we could do to help them with their issue of inconsistent temperatures throughout their home. This home had a room over the garage, which let cold air in through the un-insulated garage ceiling and walls and got up into the home. We knew what we had to do to help them become more comfortable in their home. We set up our work station, made our plan and got to work. We used a long hose and enter it through the side of the home, we put our hose through small holes and fill the space with dense packed Cellulose insulation. Due to some structural blocking, we had to densepack the other half of the ceiling from the inside of the garage. We want this entire ceiling to be insulated. Once this space is packed full of insulation, the air flow into the home from this area stops. We plug the holes we used to install the insulation back up, and this space is now air sealed and insulated. This resulted in more consistent temperatures, less drafts, and lower fuel and energy bills. This homeowner is now more comfortable in their home! This home is now one stop closer to being completely energy efficient thanks to Dr. Energy Saver!

This is a photo of our Insulation Installer dense packing from the inside of the garage.