Our Mission
We are dedicated to helping people in Southwest Michigan create energy efficient homes and businesses through the most cost effective, high performance insulation systems available. With over 25 years of insulation experience, we help our customers understand how to be more energy efficient and reduce their energy costs through a variety of energy solutions that provide unquestionable results and long term energy savings.
What to Look for When Hiring an Insulation Contractor.
A good insulation contractor should have one goal, to reduce the amount of money that you spend on heating and cooling your home or business. This seems like a simple enough principle for someone who makes their living insulating homes and businesses but it is often not the case. So here are a few tips and pointers to help guide you through picking a good insulation contractor.
Simple Signs That You Might Want to Add Insulation to Your Home:
Our insulation specialists talks about how to figure out when it is time to add insulation to your home.
Homeowners often ask me if they should add insulation to their home and to answer that question i like to ask the homeowner three questions.
Is your home comfortable to stay in?
By this I am trying to find out if you are cold in the winter and hot in the summer? Are you adding layers because your home never seems to be warm enough? You should be able to be comfortable in your own home without breaking the bank and having the meter run at warp speed. Which brings me to question 2. Read More
Rethinking Air Sealing in Residential Home Remodeling
It’s time to rethink West Michigan home remodeling, focusing not only on aesthetics but also on energy efficiency, indoor air quality and home comfort.
A major challenge in existing homes is air infiltration – a problem that can appear in multiple areas of a home, including the attic, rim joist and crawlspace. Using polyurethane foam to seal these critical areas is one the most cost-effective and easy solutions to stop air infiltration.
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Frigid Temperatures Causing a Crisis for Many Americans
Retrofitting Insulation in Walls of an Old House
Jim Rooney Answers Questions About Retrofitting Your Old House
Q: I have a 1940 “Colonial” that looks like a raised Cape Cod. When replacing the single-pane slider to the deck with an Andersen® slider, we discovered that under our aluminum siding was cedar shake. And under the cedar shake was 1×12s and then plaster. There is no insulation. Then I heard that “Houses before World War II didn’t have it” line, and realized why the utilities were so high. Read More
Closed-Cell Spray Foam Offers Significant Benefits to Metal Buildings
Metal and Closed-Cell SPF share similar characteristics—for example, both are lightweight, durable, and adaptable to a range of circumstances.
The use of ccSPF can impart a number of high-performance attributes to metal roofing and cladding assemblies, from high R-value thermal insulation and good acoustical performance to wind uplift resistance and increased racking strength.
Replacing metal roofing and wall panels may cost $10 to $13 per square foot. In contrast, a ccSPF application can range from $3 to $5 per square foot—less than half the cost—and provide extra insulation and waterproofing, in addition to other benefits.
Green Tips for Winterizing Your Home
While you may equate “green” with the warmer weather, the winter season is perhaps the ideal time to take some green initiatives in and around the house.
In many households, the bulk of energy is consumed during the cold-weather months. That’s because heat is often running all day long to keep the home comfortable, heavier clothes are worn, which take longer to wash and dry, less time is spent cooking outdoors and more time is geared around firing up the kitchen stove.
Energy Savings & Global Warming Prevented by Using Spray Foam Insulation on Residential Housing
Insulation can significantly reduce energy use in buildings and prevent associated global warming. The screening study that serves as the topic for this presentation uses basic Life Cycle Assessment methods and energy consumption calculation methods to rapidly estimate the net energy savings and global warming reductions achieved when spray foam insulation is used in residential housing applications.