What Is It and What Are the Benefits?

When you're choosing insulation for your home, you have a few different choices. Read here to learn about one of them, cellulose blown in insulation.

Homes with poor insulation waste thousands of dollars worth of electricity every year. In fact, studies show that using proper air sealing and insulation techniques can provide whole-house energy savings between 10% to 20%. This percentage increases even more in older homes. 

If you are choosing insulation for your home, there are many different types of insulation that you can choose from. One of the best choices you can make for your home insulation is cellulose blown in insulation. 

What is Cellulose Blown in Insulation? 

If you are looking for an easy way to increase the value of your home or save money on your monthly energy bills, cellulose blown in insulation is one of the best options you can choose.

Cellulose is made from recycled paper fibers. In fact, cellulose insulation is commonly made from up to 90% recycled newspapers!

Cellulose insulation is responsibly treated in order to increase the heat and flame resistance of the insulation and keeps the materials from compressing and settling over time.

Instead of using small shreds of paper for this type of insulation, cellulose more resembles a pulp. This makes it easier to pack the materials close together to provide thermal insulation. 

How Is Cellulose Insulation Installed? 

The steps to installing cellulose insulation are simple. First, you need to prepare your space. Sometimes if you already have insulation in your home, it will need to be removed along with other types of debris. 

Next, your cellulose installation company will clear a path from the main door to the installation access point to make it easier to bring in the equipment. 

During the installation, a specialized blower is used to evenly distribute the cellulose, whether you are installing it in an attic, in your walls, or under the ground floor of your home. 

The blower makes it simple to install insulation, even in hard-to-reach spaces. 

Finally, the installation crew will ensure that the cellulose insulation is installed over every inch of your surface and will make sure that it is applied in the correct thickness. 

Cellulose insulation requires specialty equipment to install and can be a dusty process. As with any insulation installation the proper safety equipment must be worn during installation.

Typically cellulose blown in insulation is not suitable for DIY installation. 

Cellulose Insulation Benefits

Here are some of the main reasons why you should consider investing in cellulose for your new insulation!

Easy to Install

One of the most significant benefits of using cellulose insulation is that it is simple and fast to install. As soon as the equipment is set up, it will typically only take a day to install. 

Loose-fill cellulose insulation is much easier to install in hard-to-reach areas or blockages or obstructions. The light material allows it to settle and conform to your space.

In fact, you can use cellulose insulation in walls that are already finished. This means that you don't have to take down your drywall to improve your insulation. 

Sustainable

Because cellulose insulation is made from recycled and organic materials, it is a sustainable option for home insulation. 

Not only is it sustainable because of the way it is made, but using cellulose for insulation can turn your home into a carbon sink. It acts as storage for the carbon stored in its recovered paper fiber content. As a result, it helps prevent the release of carbon from those recycled materials. Making your home more energy-efficient is an easy way that you can protect the environment!

Inexpensive

Finally, because it is made predominantly out of recycled paper, cellulose insulation is a relatively inexpensive product for homeowners. When compared to other types of insulation such as spray foam, cellulose can be considerably less expensive. 

Need Insulation? Choose Blown in Insulation Today

As a homeowner, there are many ways you can prevent energy wastage in your home to save money on your energy bills. Installing new insulation is one of the best ways to do it while protecting the environment!

If you are considering installing cellulose blown in insulation, Ardor Construction can help! We provide green insulation installation and air-sealing services to help homeowners conserve energy. 

Contact us today to learn more about the benefits of installing cellulose blown in insulation or to get an energy audit for your home.