© Florida Energy Conservation Advisors, Inc 2011 One of the Most Important Renovations That Can Be Made to Your Home Is Insulation. The Importance of a Properly Insulated Home.              Cold air is naturally attracted to warmer air just as cold objects attract the heat from warmer objects. So when heating a poorly insulated house all that's happening is a continued use of energy to heat your home over and over again.      You could compare good home insulation to a good warm glove,   and your hand inside that glove represents a nice warm house. Wearing this glove you could place your hand next to a block of ice and feel no chill in your hand as the heat is retained inside the glove keeping your hand warm.      If you placed your bare hand next to a block of ice you would soon feel the tingling chill as the heat from your hand is drawn out by the cold, this is exactly the same thing that occurs with a poorly insulated house.      Good insulation reduces unwanted cold air infiltration into the building and heat loss from the fabric/structure of the building. Therefore, when you're thinking about installing a home heating system the proper home insulation must be achieved first.      This will save you heaps of cash as your home heating system will not have to supply high heating loads to off-set the excessive heat loss due to poor or inadequate insulation. The same holds true for cooling your home. As you lower your thermostat the homes HVAC system disperses cold air throughout the homes air ducts. This circulation offsets    the ambient and radiant heat from the outside temperatures and equalizes the home creating the inside temperature you desire. Without proper insulation this cool off process becomes a constant battle between your AC& the Sun. Click photo to enlarge Click photo to enlarge

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