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Crawl Space Insulation South FloridaJust like attics, crawl spaces can significantly affect your home’s energy efficiency. This is because energy easily gets lost or wasted through uninsulated crawlspaces. Thus, giving the crawl space insulation of your South Florida home an update today might be the key to saving on electricity bills and attaining a more comfortable space.
Spray foam insulation addresses most of the concerns surrounding crawl spaces like moisture, pest, and air sealing problems. It can also work around space dimension challenges, as well as high thermal resistance requirements.
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Why Insulate Crawl Spaces?
Crawl space is another critical part of the building envelope that most of the time does not receive a good amount of attention from South Florida homeowners. However, it is one important space that affects how energy is expended inside your home. Its proximity to the ground means it receives direct heat from it, which it then radiates to the floor. If you have been feeling extra cold floors during winter, that is your crawl space bringing the discomfort right there.
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Not everyone in South Florida can afford heating equipment to be installed on their floors. The solution? Crawl space insulation.
Crawl space insulation helps lessen the areas in your home where unnecessary heat transfer can take place. This, in turn, reduces cold drafts and moisture-related problems. Cold drafts do not just feel uncomfortable, but it also makes it difficult for your heating and cooling units to regulate the temperature inside your home. This renders them to work extra hard to achieve the set temperature, putting a strain on its operations. In turn, this results in higher energy bills and a higher frequency of repairs. And since crawl spaces are mostly dark and damp areas, the tendency for mold and mildew growth there is high. If that happens, it becomes a health hazard for you and your family. |
Benefits of Using Spray Foam Insulation in Crawl Spaces
Your choice of insulation material determines how you maximize the benefits of having crawl space insulation in your home. With the nature of this area in your South Florida home, spray foam insulation is the best choice.
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Pest-resistantSpray foam is a non-food grade material making it unattractive to pests like termites and rodents. Hardened spray foam is also a dense material that is durable enough to withstand scratching and gnawing. When used as crawl space insulation, spray foam also doubles as a protective layer so pests will not make their way inside your South Florida home.
Clings to any type of surfaceSpray foam can attach to suspended surfaces like beneath your floors and across poles, walls, and beams. It does not sag and remain stable and sturdy without the need for additional fasteners.
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Moisture-resistantSpray foam can help seal your crawl space by working on floor gaps and other hard-to-reach nooks and crannies on it. It is also moisture-resistant itself – no need to add a moisture-resistant layer prior to installation.
High thermal resistanceSpray foam exhibits high thermal resistance – one of the highest among different insulation types, making it effective in resisting heat transfer in crawl spaces.
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Are you planning to update the crawl space insulation in your South Florida home? South Florida Spray Foam Insulation is here to help you today. Contact us today for a free estimate!