Historic homes offer a certain charm and sophistication that can’t be recreated today. However, with that old world charm and sophistication comes a variety of issues. Homes built prior to the start of World War II were typically not insulated, and to make matters even worse, the materials of these homes naturally tend to disintegrate as time has soldiered on.
This deterioration allows the conditioned air inside your home to escape from every little nook and cranny. The lack of insulation combined with the degraded building materials can turn your quaint turn-of-the-century charmer into nightmare when it comes to keeping it warm this winter.
Luckily, there are a variety solutions to help keep your historic home nice and warm this winter without having to sacrifice its historic beauty. The first step in assessing where the conditioned air of your home is seeping out is to have a blower door test. This test will indicate where the air leaks of your home are and will test the effectiveness of your home’s air seal.
After the initial blower door test, the specialists of Goley Inc. can then decide which type of insulation is best for your historic home. When determining which insulation product creates the most insulating effect, the area of the home in which it will be installed is taken into account.
For attics and internal walls of historic homes, there are multiple options including fiberglass insulation, blown-in cellulose insulation, and especially spray foam insulation. For basements, fiberglass and spray foam insulation are terrific, and for crawlspaces, spray foam works well too. All of these are great choices when it comes to deciding how to best keep your historic home warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
There’s an insulation type for every space in a historic home, and choosing which one works best is key. So schedule an appointment with the trusted home insulation specialists of Goley Inc. today at 618-286-3355 in Illinois or 314-621-1422 in Missouri to help keep your historic home feeling as good as it looks this winter!