Types of Insulation for Houses

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"Hi I'm Steve Anthony, I'm a handyman here in New York City. Types of insulation available for houses is, there's a number of different materials that are used. Over the years it's, it's run the gamut from, sometimes people just pack mud into walls, hay, straw, whatever they; whatever material they can find. Basically they're trying to do is to keep heat from; in the winter time you want heat from leaking out and in the, in the summer you want the heat from coming in. Basically trying to maintain a constant temperature environment in your home. And if you have a heating or cooling system in your house which you probably do, you want to make sure that the energy that you're using to heat or cool that home isn't wasted by leaking out. So your, your two best options are fiberglass and blown insulation. Now in fiberglasses, you've probably seen the rolls of pink, fluff, looks like cotton candy. Those are commonly used in home construction. If you're adding, if you're a homeowner doing a remodeling job or you're adding a wing to the house; maybe a room; you want to make sure that between your wall studs or between your sheets of dry wall, you want to make sure you have as much insulations you can get in there so that any stray air is, is muffled. The fiberglass batting is really simple; you just roll it into place; you could staple it in or tack it in. But, look into the possibility of having a contractor to come over and give you an estimate on blown insulation. They have a huge tube that areas that you can't necessarily get to; maybe attic, crawl spaces; then they will blow this material into place of wall; it expands to fill the space, it can be very effective."