Ceiling Insulation Batts

Keeping your house warm during winter can be hard on your wallet. The longer winter lasts, the more you wish for spring. Fortunately for you, there are three other seasons that can serve as a much-needed respite. However, if you live in an area where the climate is naturally cold, it can be a lot more expensive to heat your home. Aside from stocking up on bulky sweaters and thick jackets, the best way to solve this problem would be to install insulation for your home. That means insulating your walls, floors, and ceilings.

People usually insulate their walls first, but somehow forget to consider their ceilings. If you have an unfinished attic, for example, the opportunity is already there to put up some insulation and be on your way to a more comfortable home. Here’s a quick list of insulation materials you can use for your ceilings: ceiling insulation batts (can be fiberglass, mineral wool, earthwool, etc.), loose fill insulation or blown-in insulation (can be fiberglass or cellulose), structural insulated panels or SIPs (polystyrene or polyisocyanurate), and spray foam insulation (which can be closed cell or open cell polyurethane).

Using ceiling insulation batts is one of the most common methods of insulating a ceiling. Batts and blankets are widely available either as fiberglass, rock wool, mineral wool, or earthwool. It can be cost effective and practical to use ceiling insulation batts over all other types of insulation materials, primarily because it is relatively inexpensive compared to others, and easy enough to handle. You can buy it either in rolls or pre-cut panels, and since it is very flexible, it’s easy enough to install on both wide and open surfaces, as well as in between rafters, studs, and joists.

You just need to be thorough when installing insulation batts so that the gaps and spaces are covered as they should be. When properly installed, the ceiling insulation batts will be able to reduce heat transfer more effectively, but in order to achieve this, the batts should be installed in a way that it fits snugly without leaving any gaps. Research has shown that when properly installed, using batts for insulation will be able to save homeowners up to 50% of the energy required to cool or heat a home.

Ceiling insulation batts will also maintain their effectiveness through the years because they maintain their shape and form, and do not settle or sink into a dense layer over time. They are also available with or without the facing, so you can easily pick out the type of insulation for your specific requirements. Remember that insulation batts with facing will be more effective in blocking heat transfer and protecting an area from excess moisture or humidity. Faced insulation batts are commonly used to keep drywall dry, in cases where spray foam insulation is either impractical or difficult to install.

Contractors will typically use unfaced insulation batts when they want to boost the R-values. How much the R-values should be will depend on the climate zone where the property is located. For example, there will be areas where homes really don’t need insulation from winter as much as they need to be kept cool during hot weather. Therefore, the insulation materials to be applied here will be different than those homes that need winter insulation more.