Keep Undesired Noise outside Your Home

Let’s face it, when we get home, we just want to get some rest. We want it to be quiet and peaceful but sometimes that seems so impossible. And it has nothing to do with us personally instead it’s all the commotion going on outside our homes. Our neighbors, dogs and even cars can be sources of unwanted noise and there is not too much we can do to stop them. Noise is stressful and if we have undesired noises coming from outside, how can we truly relax? We’ll here’s a solution, acoustic insulation.

The material that is installed for thermal insulation helps to reduce the sounds that pass through but sometimes it is not enough. If your home needs a special treatment for sound transfer there are technologies that can give you good results. Acoustic insulation can be helpful when preventing undesired noises getting into our home so you won’t have to hear them anymore.

It is necessary to invest in our comfort and that’s why we spend money in home remodeling and upgrading. Acoustic insulation can help restore comfort so your home can be a place of rest again.

If you are looking for sound insulation don’t hesitate to put in contact with us. We are professional and we can guide you to choose the best option according to your home needs. 

Blown insulation: A DIY project?

If you’re like most homeowners, you like to develop projects at home. These projects can be as simple as painting the walls or as complex as insulating the attic. Many homeowners have no experience when it comes to insulation and these projects can lead to an even bigger problem. Let’s face it, it is always a better idea to count on a professional.

Blown insulation is one of the many options for insulating homes. Here are some benefits for choosing this option:

Blown-In Insulation is more efficient because the loose-fill insulation is a monolithic layer of insulation. It doesn’t have seams like batts and studies have shown that loose-fill insulation performs up to 22% better than batts of the same R value.

Easy to Install. Another benefit of blown-in insulation is the fact that it is very easy to install and can be completed in no time. A professional can take care of blown-in insulation much more quickly than they can install other types of insulation.

Good Investment. Adding loose-fill insulation to your attic is one of the fastest paybacks of any home improvement project.  The amount of money you save on energy costs will add up quickly over the next couple of years.

We can find on the internet professional advices about how to do blown insulation for your attic. It seems so simple that we think we can do it by ourselves. But we have to consider that blown insulation requires professional equipment to properly install which makes it very difficult to install without consulting a professional. We take a risk when trying to insulate our attic without a professional and the results can not be the best so it is highly recommended hiring someone that can achieve the best results.  

Let’s use our time wisely and apply our knowledge to help you get optimal results from your insulation. Give the professionals of Diaz One Insulation a call and we'll ensure this will be a simple project.

Energy-Efficient Homes: Wall Cavity Insulation

Most of you are wondering about the real benefits of wall cavity insulation. This is one of the various ways to insulate our home so here we will present reasons why we should consider this option.

About a third of all the heat lost in an un-insulated home escapes through the walls. Heat will always flow from a warm area to a cold one. In the winter, the colder it is outside, the faster heat from your home will escape into the surrounding air.

Cavity wall insulation is used to reduce heat loss through a cavity wall by filling the air space with material that inhibits heat transfer. This immobilizes the air within the cavity, preventing convection, and can substantially reduce space heating costs.  Cavities are often filled with glass fiber wool or rock wool panels. Cavity wall insulation also helps to prevent convection and can keep a house warm by making sure that less heat is lost through walls. This can also  be a more cost-efficient way of heating one's house.

Whether your structure is new or an existing one, you can add wall cavity insulation to most types of walls. If your home is older, then you may not have wall insulation.

Different insulation materials offer advantages and disadvantages so its wise to seek the advice of a professional with any insulation project. We offer commercial and residential services and our main priority is to give our customers the high quality services they deserve. All of our staff are professionals who enjoy working and providing great customer service.

Sound insulation: Choosing the materials

From traffic sounds and neighborhood clamor to excessive internal echoes in crowded rooms; unwanted noise acts as a major annoyance in almost any setting. Different types of acoustic insulation are designed to deflect, absorb and dissipate noise to keep sound levels at a more manageable level. At best, many are good products and truly useful for soundproofing. Some, however, are of questionable benefit to homeowners.

Two distinct soundproofing problems should be considered when designing acoustic treatments: how to improve the sound within a room and how to reduce sound leakage to and from adjacent rooms or outdoors.

Choosing the best materials depends on your home requirements, your budget, and how efficient you need it to be.

These are the most common materials used to achieve acoustic insulation:

Blankets and Batts: placed between wall studs or inside floors or roof framing, these materials to help control noise levels. Blankets improve acoustic performance by absorbing sound waves and increasing the density of the structure.

Gypsum Panels: according to the Department of Transportation, doubling the thickness of a gypsum panel reduces sound transmission through walls by 6 decibels.

Acoustic Panels: designed to absorb sound waves instead of blocking sound transfer from room to room. Acoustic panels reduce echoes and reverberation within a space and according to Armstrong World Industries they are capable of absorbing up to 95 percent of sound.

An effective sound barrier can be yours when the correct type of acoustic insulation is correctly installed into your home. Leave it to the experts to provide you with the peace and quiet that you deserve.

Spray foam insulation: an alternative to traditional insulation

When we insulate our home, we want to achieve the best results the first time. Who doesn’t want their home to be energy efficient and take advantage of other the other benefits insulation provides such as the reduction of sound transfer.

Spray foam insulation is an alternative to traditional home insulation such as fiberglass. It has a better performance and homes treated with spray foam insulation are typically 50% better insulated than traditional insulation products.

Costs can be justified if we take into consideration that the Insulation that is sprayed in buildings protects against moisture, which provides the benefit of reducing the chance of harmful mold and mildew.

Spray foam insulation levels vary with some providing an R-value up to 6.7 per inch. A strong R-value indicates high thermal resistance and excellent heat transfer from one object to another one. The result is a comfortable air quality all year round within your home or other property.

As you can see, spray foam insulation is an intelligent choice for insulating your home. You should definitely consider using this technology. Keep in mind that the application of this technology is not as simple as traditional insulation, so it will require a professional team to safely handle the project.

Diaz One Insulation offers commercial and residential services providing spray foam, blow in and many more insulation options. Our main priority is to give our customers the high quality services they deserve. 

Fiberglass insulation: What you need to know

There is a lot to take into consideration when insulating any space; a key aspect would be the type of materials you use. Fiberglass is most commonly used because it is the cheapest and works well in most spaces. When you want to achieve the most effective heating solution, choosing the best insulation material is very important for your budget and your homes future. Using more material can be a waste of money and not using enough won’t give us the results we are expecting.  

A way to know how much material we need to insulate our home is comparing the R-value of the material with the R-value we want to achieve. There are other elements you want to consider.

Each space has its own capability to minimize heat transfer.  For example, a wooden roof also has a R-value and you want to take this into consideration when calculating the amount of insulation needed. The more R-value the space has the less insulation material it requires. When considering fiberglass as your insulation material it is highly recommended that you consult fiberglass insulation R-value chart so you can see how this material works on each space.

Sometimes it depends on the climate zone, as in Atlanta, an attic space and wall cavities are the spaces that demands the highest R-values while other spaces demands less efforts to be properly insulated.

Insulating your home properly can be difficult, as you see; you have to consider a lot of elements. It is better if you get advices from a professional, not only for choosing the best material but to install it properly so you can get the best results.

R-value: How much insulation needs my home

One can think that insulation is something easy to do. . . .” I can put some insulating material here and there and my home will be fine”. This is simply not true. The first thing we have to deal with is the R-value-and yes- we don’t know anything about it. Depending  on  the  area  that  we  want  to  insulate,  we  have  to  meet certain specifications,  for  example;  attic  insulation  should  have  about R-40.  That specification can be meet using different materials and keep in mind each material has a different R-value. But we have to keep in mind that the higher the R-value, the better it insulates per inch of thickness. In  that  order  of ideas,  the  higher  the  R-value  of  the  material, the less  quantity we need, so the R-value can help us to choose the right material and even save some money. Per  example,  we  can  choose  Fiberglass  as  insulating  material; fiberglass  r value  is  about  3  so,  we  need  about  14’’  thick  fiberglass  insulation  (for  attics). Other  materials  have  R-values  up  to  8  so,  with  less  quantity  we  can  get  the same results. How much insulating material does my project need?  It  depends  on  the materials you chose and  this  is  when  a  professional  can  be  helpful. 

Insulating your home can be tricky depending on the space we want to insulate. If  you  live  in  Atlanta,  Diaz  One insulation  team  can  handle  your  insulation project. We have the expertise to help you choose the right material. We like to focus in quality and cost efficiency.