Retrofit Walls
Did you know that a massive 35% of heat is lost through the un-insulated walls of your property? And 25% through an un-insulated roof? Cavity Wall Insulation is the single biggest energy efficiency measure a homeowner can make to reduce their carbon emissions and help protect our environment. Insulating your home isn’t just throwing money away the insulation pays for itself in normally less than 1 year, by saving you money in your heating and cooling bills.

We offer several types of retrofits to meet your homes needs and your budget.

• Cellulose Wall Retro
  While the process of adding cellulose to the walls of existing buildings is a little more complicated, many homeowners of existing homes will benefit with Cellulose Insulation in the walls. A simple, quick inspection by an insulation professional is all that is needed to determine whether your home would benefit from additional wall insulation. Please call our office to setup an appointment for a FREE home inspection.

• Foam Wall Retro
  Premium Foam can be foamed-in-place between the brick veneer and cement blocks during a retrofit application. The application is done by drilling a 5/8 inch hole in the mortar, between the brick/block. The Foaming hose is reduced to a 5/8 inch tube and the foam is injected in The wall. As soon as the cavity is filled, it can be patched with the
  dyed-matched mortar. The foam reduces infiltration and fills all voids and cracks while easily flowing around all obstructions.

Retrofit Walls Inside the Home
Generally, there are only two choices in insulating framed walls: injecting cellulose, or tearing off the plaster, and insulating using conventional materials, followed by drywall. Both methods, when professionally done, will provide good end results. By using the conventional approach, you will be able to upgrade wiring, plumbing and telecommunications wires. The greatest advantage with cellulose is that the end result in terms of energy efficiency is the same (high R value at about R14) but the cost is only a fraction, and the retrofit can be done in a few days, as opposed to a few weeks.

A 2 inch hole is drilled into the top of every stud cavity.

Cellulose is pumped into the hole and then a plug is inserted to conceal the hole.

We routinely see huge opportunities to improve the efficiency and comfort of existing homes. People who have five inches of insulation or less can definitely benefit from having more insulation blown into their attics. The feed-back that we have received from our retrofit customers has been outstanding. They feel much more comfortable and they are saving money - "what a concept!"

Retrofit Walls Outside the Home

Our most popular service, this process is the same as inside the home service. See our photo section for examples of our completed projects.

A 2 inch hole is drilled through the siding and into the wall cavity then insulation is pumped in. Afterwards the hole is plugged with a 2 inch wooden plug.

The Same process is used for 2-Story homes and homes with vinyl siding. The exception being a 2" vinyl plug is used instead of wood.

Home with vinyl siding, will have no visible marks after job completion. The siding is unlocked and relocked after wall cavity is insulated.

Retrofit Walls Foam
Thermal Foam Insulation is injected into existing wall cavities and concrete block hollow cores. This will greatly increase in thermal resistance and reduce the sound transmission of the component being injected. Foam is great for retro insulating existing older homes, insulating concrete block walls, insulating between a brick veneer and masonry wall and those hard to get to places. Thermal Foam will drill holes in the component being insulated or sound deadened. The Foam is injected into those holes. The foam will seal the holes. An existing wall may be injected from either the inside or the outside.

A 5/8" hole is drilled into the mortar and into the stud cavity.

Foam insulation is then injected into the wall cavity. After foam dries the excess is removed and the hole is remortared to match existing.

For more examples of our work please visit our photo section.