Reliable Insulation & Radon Testing Company in Quinebaug, CT

This homeowner in Quinebaug, CT called us hoping to insulate the crawl space underneath his home. Our Home Comfort Specialist arrived at the home and noted that it was uninsulated. Having an uninsulated crawl space can cause the relative humidity to go way up and condensation to form all over the crawl space surfaces including floor joists and ducts. Mold grows and wood rots, while insect and other pests flourish. Musty odors can be noticed upstairs as mold spores travel upwards into the living space. Eventually rotted floor joist must be replaced and mold must be remediated. An unending stream of water vapor comes up from the ground adding to the moisture load in the crawl space and house. The damp air is harder to heat and cool. Result - condensation, mold, rot, pests and odors, cold floors, drafts, uncomfortable home, higher fuel and electric bills.

Fogarty's Home Services had a perfect solution for this customer. In this situation, we recommend crawlspace encapsulation, which both insulates and protects the crawlspace. The air leaks to the outside are sealed. Then, the crawl space walls are insulated with SilverGlo™ insulation with a reflective radiant barrier face. SilverGlo™ foam has graphite infused into the foam to increase the R-value by 24% over standard EPS foam. TerraBlock™ foam insulation is installed across perpetually cold crawl space floor and spiked down - which insulates, and adds durability to the CleanSpace™ - and it’s very comfortable to crawl on! Finally the heavy duty, 20 mil thick CleanSpace™ crawl space encapsulation liner is installed permanently across the floor - sealed with mechanical fasteners to the walls and spiked to the floor. CleanSpace™ features Ultrafresh™ anti-microbial ingredients in the product. Results - much lower humidity, much warmer floors up-stairs, less drafts,

This homeowner in Quinebaug, CT called us with a basement he wanted to insulate. Our Home Comfort Specialist came out to the home and noted right away that this basement had poured concrete walls. Poured concrete basement walls are buried in the cool earth and are perpetually cold - about 17˚F cooler than we like the interior of our homes to be. In the winter the part of the foundation that sticks up above the ground is much colder than that. Heat moves from more to less. The dense concrete has a lot of mass and heat from the basement constantly flows into and through the wall by conduction. You can never heat them up. When the homeowner has a furnace, boiler, or water heater in the basement, the heat that comes off this equipment is wasted - lost into the cold concrete, instead of warming the basement and floors above it. In the summer, warm humid air from outside hits the cold basement walls and condensation forms, supporting mold. Results - cold basement, cold floors above the basement, higher fuel bills, more difficult to heat the house.

Fogarty's Home Services had the perfect solution for this issue. We utilize Foamax™ polyiso insulation board. Our Foamax polyisocyanurate (Polyiso) foam insulation board is installed on the basement walls with our proprietary Foam-Tite fasteners. But not just any foam - Foamax polyiso foam has the flame retardant properties to satisfy building codes to leave it exposed in a basement - unlike expanded or extruded polystyrene foam (EPS, XPS). In addition, the Foamax polyiso board has a foil facing to reflect heat so the insulation isn’t doing all the work by itself. Results - warmer, more comfortable basement, warmer floors above basement, less condensation in the summertime, lower fuel bills, house is easier to heat.

This homeowner in Quinebaug, CT called us hoping to insulate the underside of his garage's roof. When our Home Comfort Specialist arrived, he noted that it was a very recently finished garage with no insulation. Attics are hostile places - 30˚F in winter and 125˚F in the summer. The attic floor (ceilings in the home), allow air from inside the house to leak into the attic where it is lost. For each cubic foot of air that leaks out, a cubic foot of air from the outside enters the bottom of the house, making lower levels cold and drafty. Heat from the house in the attic melts snow on the roof where it refreezes at the eaves causing destructive ice damming. In the summer, the sun heats the roof to 160˚F, which radiates to the attic and then to the home's ceilings and rooms. Results - Major heat loss to the attic from house and ducts in winter, and heat gain in summer, uncomfortable rooms, more drafts upstairs and downstairs, higher fuel/electric bills.

Fogarty's Home Services was able to present a solution to this homeowner that met their needs. Our solution was to insulate the attic using Foamax™ insulation board. Foamax™ Polyisocyanurate foam insulation board is installed on the underside of the roof deck. The superior R-value and a foil face on the outside reflects heat out in summer. Foamax™ has a class A fire rating and can be left exposed to living area without a thermal barrier. The roof is still vented, kept cold in winter to prevent ice damming. In summer, excess heat is vented out. No harsh chemicals are sprayed in the home, like spray foam. The attic is now part of the conditioned space in your home, and ducts in the attic are no longer in a hostile environment. The attic is clean, less dusty and suitable for storage. You can even finish your attic! Results - The home is less drafty, warmer in winter and cooler in summer, lower fuel and electric bills, less dust.