Dave Hoh's Home Comfort & Energy Experts Before & After Photos

Wet nasty crawl space with wet dirt floor, fiberglass insulation installed upside down, mold developing in crawl due to high moisture.   Dr. Energy Saver division of Home Comfort & Energy Experts removed insulation and installed dimpled drainage matting, to allow water movement and provide a thermal break, installed clean space liner on floors, piers, and 1' up the walls, 2" Silver glo insulation on walls and finishing up by insulating and sealing the rim joist. (where the wooden structure sits on the block foudation) with 2" of closed cell spray foam.   Great looking crawl.

Actual vented crawl space with fiberglass insulation and poor ductwork. This customer had cold floors and damp smells in the home. The completed crawl is dry and warm. 

This is a common site in attics. Fiberglass insulation in direct contact with a metal chimney. This is not in conformance with building codes and is a fire hazard. Dr. Energy Saver division of Home Comfort & Energy Experts corrected by installing insulation retaining dam with proper clearances.

This before picture is a common site in attics and shows what is suppose to be a soffit vent completely stuffed and blocked with fiberglass insulation. This reduces attic ventilation and greatly increases the chance of having condensation on the roof deck in the winter, causing roof rot and mold. The after picture is of properly installed soffit vent baffles installed, along with outside top wall plate foam sealed. This prevents wind wash and allows us to install insulation at full depth at out side walls.

The before picture show attic with approx 6" on average fiberglass insulation in an attic flat. This has approx 2.5% gaps, voids and depressions and is functioning at approx R-9 value. The after pictures shows same attic with approx 14" of Cellulose insulation which fills all the exisitng cracks, gaps and voids. Now insulation is an effective R-60.      Cellulose is much healthier for humans, improves fire ratings, reduces noise and greatly improves indoor air quality. This is like pulling a big wool blanket over the house, keeping it warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer!!