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Heating and air conditioning your home is important, but at times it can be costly and ineffective. In such an event, your first instinct may be to buy a new air conditioning unit or install a new system, but your real problem might be with your insulation. The more insulated your home is, the less work your furnace or air conditioner are forced to do. Upon inspection, you may find that your insulation has some thermal bridges. When insulating your home, you create a thermal envelope. This envelope means that the heat inside and outside your home is separated by a barrier that will prevent it from transferring. A thermal bridge is simply a gap or whole in insulation that allows heat to be conducted through the walls. Thermal bridges can occur for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes, electrical boxes and similar infrastructure must be installed in a wall where insulation would normally go. In especially humid climates, water can build up in the insulation and conduct heat. Thermal bridges can also occur because the construction of the home didn't allow proper insulation. These thermal bridges force your air conditioner to work harder to maintain a certain temperature. Attic insulation is especially important to check of insulation bridges, as heat from the sun hits there the hardest. Fortunately, there are ways to plug up these thermal bridges. New foam insulation boards can fit in spaces that weren't previously reachable with larger, more fluffy insulation. You may be able to fit one behind an electrical box, or in a thin wall. Humidity problems can be addressed with air exchange systems to control the amount of moisture in the air. Eliminating, or at least minimizing, these thermal bridges can provide a noticeable difference in your home. You may notice it as a more comfortable climate in your home, or you might spot the decrease in your heating and electricity bill. Minimizing thermal bridges is an easy way to improve your home. Attic Master Insulation (http://www.atticmaster.ca) is a attic insulation Edmonton family owned and operated business, now into its 4th decade.
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