SAN LEANDRO — Even if you don’t spend much time in your attic, you shouldn’t neglect this area of your home. At least once a year, you should inspect your attic for potential issues. Furthermore, if your attic isn’t thermally efficient, you should consider making upgrades to bring it up to code.
Why should you do these things? If you’re like most people, you’re motivated by four factors: health, wealth, love and happiness. A clean, energy-efficient attic can contribute to each of these factors. Here’s how:
Health
In seven of every 10 homes Atticare visits, we find rodent infestation in the attic. Rodents can cause a lot of problems in your attic—they can chew on your insulation, which compromises thermal efficiency; they can chew on electrical wires, which increases the risk of fire; and they urinate and leave droppings, which can impact your home’s air quality and lead to health risks. Even if there aren’t rodents in your attic, there may be moisture-related problems like mold and bacteria, which can also lead to health issues. That’s why it’s wise to inspect your attic annually and have any problems addressed by a professional.
Wealth
Saving money is equivalent to making money. That’s why it makes sense to invest in upgrades that decrease your home’s energy bills, and the attic is a great place to start. Simply increasing the R-value of your attic insulation can substantially reduce your heating and cooling costs.
Another worthwhile measure is air-sealing your attic, which involves sealing cracks and gaps around light fixtures, vents, pipes, and electrical wiring. Prior to being sealed, the air transmission through these gaps commonly adds up to the equivalent of an open 2’x 2’ window. By performing air-sealing along with upgrading attic insulation, you’ll save money on your monthly energy bills.
Love and Happiness
If there’s one thing we all have in common, it’s the planet we live on. That’s why taking part in the conservation effort is a great way to love yourself, love others and be happy. One way you can participate is by maximizing the energy efficiency of your home. Consider this: By completely reinsulating a 1,000-square-foot space (the equivalent of a small residence), you can prevent roughly 4,000 pounds of emission of gasses like CO2. That’s why we recommend upgrading the insulation in your attic and other parts of your home.

4 Reasons to Inspect and Upgrade Your Attic

Explore essential reasons to inspect and upgrade your attic for enhanced energy efficiency, improved home value, and optimal comfort.

4 Reasons to Inspect and Upgrade Your Attic by Sean Madar

By Sean Madar of {BR} Atticare Construction

Benefits of a Whole House Fan

Is Your Attic Under-Insulated?

Video: A Crucial Part of Upgrading Your Attic


while upgrading your attic insulation
will improve your home's energy
efficiency there's another related attic
improvement you shouldn't overlook to
learn more we're in San Leandro with
Gilda Ava of paddock air speaking on
behalf of our diamond certified expert
contributor Sean made our upgrading your
attic is a once-in-a-lifetime project
let's talk about a step that many
homeowners are unaware of air sealing a
sealing is closing up all the cracks and
gaps around light fixtures vents pipes
and electrical wiring prior to
performing air sealing all these gaps
add up to a 2x2 open window so make sure
your contractor seals up all the cracks
and gaps in your attic according to
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Video: Addressing Attic-Related Issues

Video: Whole House Fan Benefits


if you are looking for an alternative
option for cooling your home consider
the benefits of a whole house fan today
we're in San Leandro with diamond
certified expert contributor Sean Modar
and Paul Doan of attic Aaron to learn
more water in your home in the summer
can be uncomfortable and pricey
installing a whole house fan can help
you save fifty to ninety percent on your
energy bills but there are also side
benefit to it Paul can you tell us a
little bit about what is the whole house
fan and how it works sure a whole house
fan is a fan installed in the attic and
it's designed to cool and ventilate the
entire living space and the reason
people will purchase a whole house fan
primarily is for cooling they want to
stay cool and stay comfortable which an
air conditioner will do but they're
expensive which leads us into the second
benefit of a whole house fan energy
savings right through the fans people
can keep their a/c off saving money with
their fan on increasing comfort ability
and the last reason somebody would
install a whole house fan is for
ventilation and indoor air quality where
indoor air quality is not good and
outdoor air quality is something that
the experts say we want to be
introducing into these homes so a person
will typically purchase a whole house
fan for cooling ventilation and energy
savings great great okay tell us a
little bit about how it works of course
the system is installed in the attic and
in the evening night times and morning
times when the outside temperatures drop
and they're more desirable a homeowner
will open a few select windows turn the
fan on and the fan pulls that outside
cool air into the home through the
windows cooling and ventilating the
living space and flushing the heat out
of the attic great that's where the
energy savings is coming and can you
tell us a little bit about the other
benefits that most homeowners don't know
about sure the cooling and energy
savings are what typically draws people
to the fan but the ventilation and
air-quality where you can ventilate
cooking odor
pet odor pet dander steam smoke germs
all year long including the wintertime
when indoor air quality is often at its
worst where people lock up their homes
is probably the best-kept secret of a
whole house fan where not only does it
cool your home and save you money but it
ventilates your home and introduces
fresh air that's absolutely great so if
you want to protect your family save
money on your energy bills and most
importantly be comfortable at your home
you should consider a husband
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Video: Why Inspect Your Attic?


when it comes to preventative home
inspections one area you shouldn't
overlook is your attic
today we're in San Leandro with diamond
certified expert contributor Sean Modar
of attic care to learn more here in
Ithaca we recommend that you will
inspect your attic and crawl space once
a year now why do you need to do that
nobody is really going through the Attic
right well that's not entirely true
seven out of ten homes we visit we find
rodent infestation so let's talk about
it for a second what people are all
about today health wealth love and
happiness right so let's talk about
health first
when rodents are staying in your attic
they leave a mess behind they chew on
electrical wires which can cause fire
they also to up insulation which
increasingly it's inclusive energy bill
also they leave droppings feces and
urine which is very bad for you it's
decreased the air quality inside the
house and eventually cause allergies and
cardiovascular diseases so it's very
important to clean it up also moisture
related issues like mold bacteria fungus
things that are growing in your attic
very important to clean out talking
about wealth saving money is exactly
like making money sometimes so you all
know that by putting up insulation
increasing insulation value will save
you tons of money and you're going to
save on your energy bills and also what
people don't know is when you're trying
to sell a house inspector we're going to
come in you're going to expect the Attic
you're going to inspect the crawlspace
you wanna make sure that your
installation is up to code so that can
potentially help you selling quicker and
hassle-free the last part is about love
and happiness and we're all about saving
the environment and saving the planet
just so you understand by re-insulate
1,000 square foot
which is a small home we save about
4,000 pounds of emission of gases like
co2 and this is very important for the
planets for the environment and for all
of because of all these reasons I highly
recommend that you will inspect your
attic or crawl space at least one
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