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Insulating Chicago Bungalows and Cape-cod Style Homes

By combining advanced materials like spray foam and dense-pack cellulose, you can achieve year-round comfort, lower energy bills, and a more durable home

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9 Areas to Insulate in Your Home

Proper insulation in these areas is particularly important in Chicago, where the weather fluctuates between cold winters and warm summers.

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Better Home Comfort on a Budget

If the coldest room in the winter also has the coldest air from the register or the coldest radiator, you likely have mechanical issues

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Insulating Vaulted Ceilings

The cost of roof replacement from poor choices at the point where you can do it, will cost you much more than just doing it right on the front end.

Both Open and Closed Cell SPF maintained significantly higher effective R-values than fiberglass insulation.

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Spray Foam Outperforms Fiberglass in Chicago

Both Open and Closed Cell SPF maintained significantly higher effective R-values than fiberglass insulation.

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How To Keep Your House Cool

This summer June 2024, we are getting very hot weather much earlier in the summer than normal. :earn how to stay cool at home for free.

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Chicagoans: Why is My Home So Hot?

A properly spray foamed room will reduce the tonnage needed to cool and average home by 50% over a non-spray foamed roof /attic.

What Type of Roof Do You Have?

Chicago, renowned for its diverse architecture, showcases an array of roof styles that reflect both historical influences and modern innovations.

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How to Properly Insulate a Mansard Roof

Mansard Roofs, also known as French Roof, Curb Roof, Dual-Pitch Roof, Gambrel Roof (Gambrel only has two complex sides, not four) Broken Roof or even for people of a certain age a Pizza Hut Roof.

Benefits of Closed Cell Spray Foam VS Open Cell Spray Foam on Roof Decks

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Open-cell foam benefits include: moisture management, cost-effectiveness, good insulation properties, enhanced sound dampening, structural flexibility, lower environmental impact, and ease of installation—make it particularly suited for residential and commercial buildings in Chicago.

Insulating Chicago Bungalows and Cape-cod Style Homes

9 Areas to Insulate in Your Home

Better Home Comfort on a Budget

Insulating Vaulted Ceilings

Spray Foam Outperforms Fiberglass in Chicago

How To Keep Your House Cool

Chicagoans: Why is My Home So Hot?

What Type of Roof Do You Have?

How to Properly Insulate a Mansard Roof

Closed Cell VS Open Cell Foam

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