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Sustainable Comfort for Every Home
Insulation & Air Sealing
Air sealing is a crucial step for Bay Area homeowners looking to enhance their HVAC system's efficiency, ensuring that conditioned air stays inside while preventing unwanted drafts and moisture infiltration.
Understanding Air Sealing
Enhance Your Home's Efficiency
Home Performance Air Sealing
Maximize Comfort and Savings
Proper insulation combined with effective air sealing creates a barrier against heat loss and gain, ensuring your home remains comfortable year-round. This synergy not only enhances the efficiency of your HVAC system but also significantly reduces energy costs, making it a smart investment for any Bay Area homeowner.
Create a Healthier Living Environment
By minimizing drafts and maintaining consistent temperatures, insulation and air sealing contribute to improved indoor air quality. This results in a healthier living space, reducing allergens and pollutants, and promoting overall well-being for you and your family.
Enhancing HVAC Performance Through Air Sealing
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Why Insulation Matters
Poor attic insulation allows heat to escape in winter and traps excessive heat in summer—leading to discomfort and high energy bills. Upgrading your attic insulation can reduce heating and cooling costs by up to 40% and improve year-round comfort.
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Our Proven Process
We thoroughly inspect and test your attic, then air seal leaks, seal and insulate ductwork, and install the proper insulation level tailored to your home for maximum efficiency.
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What we Include
Our comprehensive service includes attic duct encapsulation, air sealing (including hatches, recessed lights, and major gaps), sealing vented knee walls, using cellulose insulation, and converting your attic into a conditioned space.
Wall Insulation
Wall Insulation
Unlike attics and crawl spaces, wall cavities in existing homes are harder to access since they’re located behind drywall and exterior siding. However, insufficient wall insulation can significantly impact your home’s energy efficiency and indoor comfort. At Premier Eco Builders, we upgrade wall insulation by drilling small holes between each stud and densely packing the cavities with cellulose insulation. Once installed, we use infrared imaging to ensure complete and consistent coverage throughout.
Cellulose Blown-In Insulation
Blown-in cellulose insulation is an eco-friendly material made from recycled content and treated for fire resistance. It’s an excellent choice for topping off attic insulation or dense-packing enclosed spaces like wall cavities. Dense-pack cellulose not only improves thermal performance but also offers added protection against fire, pests, and mold. Treated with boric acid, this insulation helps repel insects and rodents, making it a long-lasting and reliable solution for your home.
Crawlspace Insulation
Often overlooked, the crawl space is typically one of the coldest, dampest, and most neglected areas of a home. Many homeowners are unaware of the energy loss, cold floors, and air quality issues that can stem from an underinsulated or improperly sealed crawl space. As a critical part of a home’s building envelope, crawl spaces are a major source of air leakage and discomfort.
Unfortunately, many crawl spaces either lack insulation altogether or have the wrong type—usually outdated fiberglass batts. This outdated method not only absorbs moisture, causing it to lose effectiveness and sag, but also promotes mold growth, wood rot, and pest infestations, which can threaten the home’s structural integrity.
At Premier Eco Builders, we specialize in modern crawl space insulation solutions that create a clean, dry, and energy-efficient environment beneath your home. By properly sealing and insulating your crawl space, we help eliminate cold floors, improve indoor air quality, and reduce heating and cooling costs. Contact us today for a free inspection and discover how we can transform your crawl space into a source of comfort and efficiency.
Frequently Asked Questions
Understanding air sealing and insulation is crucial for optimizing your home's HVAC efficiency. Here, we address common questions to help you make informed decisions about your home's energy performance.
What is air sealing?
Air sealing involves closing gaps and cracks in your home's envelope to prevent air leaks. This process enhances HVAC efficiency by ensuring that conditioned air stays inside, reducing the workload on your heating and cooling systems.How does insulation work with air sealing?
Insulation complements air sealing by providing a barrier against heat transfer. Together, they create a more energy-efficient home, maintaining comfortable temperatures and lowering energy costs.What are the benefits of air sealing and insulation?
The primary benefits include improved indoor comfort, reduced energy bills, and enhanced air quality. By minimizing drafts and maintaining consistent temperatures, you create a healthier living environment.How can I tell if my home needs air sealing or insulation?
Signs include fluctuating temperatures, high energy bills, and drafts. An energy audit from Premier Eco Builders can help identify specific areas needing attention.How long do air sealing and insulation upgrades last?
With proper installation, air sealing and insulation can last for decades. Regular maintenance and inspections can help ensure their effectiveness over time.
Ready to enhance your home's efficiency?
Contact Premier Eco Builders today to schedule an energy audit and discover how our air sealing and insulation services can transform your living space.
Enhance Your Home's Efficiency