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Does Koala Insulation Retrofit Insulation? | Koala Insulation of North

Did you know that the majority of homes in the Magnolia area are underinsulated? That’s a lot of our community that is suffering unnecessarily through hot and muggy summers and cold and windy winters!

In addition to causing discomfort, underinsulated homes are also not very efficient and can be a strain on your energy bill budget throughout the year. While you might be thinking that your home needs an insulation upgrade, where do you start?

Insulation can be easily added to homes as they are being finished or renovated, but already finished or existing homes can also be retrofitted with the perfect insulation material that you need.

What Is Retrofitting?

The term retrofitting simply means that you are adding a component to your home that wasn’t originally there when your home was first built. That could mean anything from installing shutters and reinforcing pillars or joists to adding a solar attic fan or improving your insulation!

Each project typically requires some level of construction to accomplish, but often leaves your home with more protection or some level of increased energy efficiency.

Retrofitting jobs are truthfully some of the most common insulation projects that we take on. To start, our team will come out to your home to assess your specific needs. Our thermal imaging cameras can give us a literal behind-the-scenes look at your insulation and they will tell us where the energy loss is happening throughout your home.

Retrofitting Behind Finished Walls

If you have a room in your home that is always chilly in the winter or sweltering hot in the summer, we can add insulation to your walls without having to do any intensive construction work. We will use blown-in insulation and our specialized drill tools to install your insulation with as little mess as possible! Our drills will create small holes in your walls and then we can blow loose-fill insulation into the empty space.

Once your wall is filled, our team will patch up the holes and you would never know what took place other than feeling an immediate increase in comfort. This process can happen all over your home or

in a single room, which is part of why retrofitting insulation can be such a vital part in your home’s efficiency.

Retrofitting Insulation Elsewhere If you are in need of new insulation in your attic, we can assess the situation to determine whether or not your old insulation should be removed first. If so, we will remove it with specialized equipment and then lay out fiberglass batts, blow more blown-in insulation into place or use spray foam to immediately increase the comfort and efficiency of your attic.

No space is too tricky or too complicated for us to handle. We will find the right insulation material and the right technique to make sure your home is insulated the right way to keep you comfortable for years to come. We can retrofit your insulation right away! Contact us at Koala Insulation of North Houston today.