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What’s keeping the heat in?

The layers you rarely see shape the comfort you feel every day. Get to know insulation, air leakage and the envelope around your home.

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START WITH A QUESTION

Why is my house cold even with the heat on?

Illustration: separate mineral wool insulation sample and neatly coiled air-sealing tape on a wood workbench
INSULATION / FIELD NOTE

Insulation and air sealing: two different jobs.

A sweater keeps you warm. A windbreaker keeps the breeze out. Your house needs both ideas.

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Illustration: three clean insulation material samples of different thicknesses standing on a workshop table
INSULATION / FIELD NOTE

R-value is a starting point. Not the whole story.

The number tells you about resistance to heat flow. Installation tells you much more.

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