Roofing is an integral part of your home. Without a cover over it, your house is incomplete and does not provide the shelter that you need. So it is definitely important to have a roof – and not just have it, but make sure that it is in good condition to shelter and protect you from the elements.
Your roof may need help to do its job, which is where roofing services can provide superior insulation to help.
What Is The Job of Insulation?
Homeowners certainly know about insulation, that layer of material that helps your roof keep a room warm or cool. Roofing companies tell their clients that it makes a huge difference when it comes to roofing. You can really feel the difference between a home with insulation and one without. Just stand in a room and feel it for yourself.
Insulation is an important part of the entire roofing system. It is strongly suggested by roofing services that when you get a new roof installed, upgrade the insulation to a higher grade.
What Are The Benefits of Insulation?
That layer of material between your roofing and the underlayment offers definite benefits to your home. The most notable of benefits is the fact that it helps to keep your home cool when it’s hot outside or warm when it’s cool outside.
In an ideal roof/insulation installation, the roofing interior temperature should not be too different from the temperature outside and should only vary by a few degrees. If this is achieved, your electricity bill will become much lower as the need for heating and cooling lessens.
Getting Insulation Installed
If your roof isn’t properly insulated, then it’s time to call a roofing company to have them come and do the work. The installation process is not difficult, perhaps only tedious; but the placement of the material is quite important in order to achieve full effectiveness.
Ideally, the material is put in by roofing services between ceiling joists. If batts are being used, it is important to use the paper or vapor retarder side against the ceiling in order to help with the water vapor’s movement. If you’re using loose fill, the roofing company will need to put a vapor retarder down over the ceiling joist bottoms before you install drywall.
If there is an attic under the roofing, it is ideal to have a gap-free insulation layer on the floor of the attic.This prevents heat gain/loss to the house below. It is also important to have a vapor retarder under the layer of insulation next to the ceiling to prevent moisture from coming up into the attic.
Whether you want to install the insulation yourself or you want to hire a roofing company help you do it, it’s important to make sure you get it sooner rather than later to protect not only your home, but also your roofing!
