One of the most amazing that a home owner can do is building a customized home. This is simply a house that is designed according to the owner's tastes and preferences. In most case, the home owner has to work with a firm that builds these homes such as Destin custom home builder to come up with the design of the home. A custom home also uses energy and hence the owner has to come up with a technique that they will use to reduce energy costs. Spray foam works in two main ways and each of them is looked into and described below. Using spray foam as insulation Research has shown that a home uses about 56% of all available energy to take care of heating as well as cooling. This means that the home's HVAC " Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning " has a very big effect on the amount of money you spent on your home's energy bills. Many homes maintain a standard HVAC system to reduce these costs. When spray foam insulation is used, it reduces the amount of workload of the HVAC leading to low energy bills. The foam is normally sprayed in walls that have hollow spaces between them and once sprayed, it solidifies filling the hollow spaces completely. This way, the foam reduces heat loss as it is a poor conductor hence the heating system does not need to be used during cold nights. On the same note, when the external temperature is hot, the foam prevents the home from absorbing the heat hence helping maintain a cool interior temperature and this removed the need to use electricity to cool the home. Spray foam insulation is also being used together with cool roofs' to help them maintain a lower interior temperature. These roofs are fitted with a reflecting material that serves to reflect most of the sun's heat. The same roofs are fitted with a layer of spray foam to increase their efficiency in keeping the home cool. In addition, this method plays a protective role making the roof last longer hence an advantage. These are some of the ways through which spray foam acts as an insulator. Spray foam is also used as a sealant In as much as the home can be insulated using spray foam to reduce energy bills, areas of the house that have air leaks will contribute to heat loss as the warm air escape. The opposite happens during cold nights as cold comes in through the openings making home owners use normal heating hence driving energy costs higher. Spray foam can be used to seal these leaks preventing heat loss and hence lowering energy costs. Some of the areas that it can be used in this way are hatches in the attic, electrical wiring holes, and plumbing vents, soffits that are open and recessed furnaces. Having a Destin custom home builder insulate the home using spray foam will get energy costs reduced through the ways explained above. The fact that the spray foam lasts for a long time is an added advantage. Eric Babin is President and Founder of Babin Custom Builders in Destin, FL. He is an award winning builder highly respected by his peers and customers. For more information please go to their websiteat www.babincustombuilders.com.
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