Insulation Before or After Radiant Barrier?

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If you are going to add insulation to your attic, do it after you tromp through your attic to install the radiant barrier. Insulation depends upon being fluffed up, since the more air pockets you have, the greater the insulation effect. Every time you step down on insulation, you are reducing its effectiveness (if not [...] [...]

Radiant Barrier Installation Video – Part 2

there’s really not a lot involved in stapling up the foil. start at one end and staple the foil to the rafter. Unroll the foil as far across the rafters as your roof structure allows (yes, this help tremendously if you have another person helping). I have done this without help and it is extremely [...] [...]

Radiant Barrier Installation – Part 2

The next step in installing a foil radiant barrier is to figure out what you are looking for in a foil. Different vendors sell their foil in different configurations (i.e. lengths). The most common size in bulk seems to be a 4 foot long roll at either 500sqft or 1000sqft long. How you install the [...] [...]

Radiant Barrier Installation – Part 1

The first part in installing a radiant barrier is figuring out how much barrier you will need. This is all about roof square footage rather than house square footage. You may have a 2000sqft house, but the square footage of your roof is quite a bit more. You need to know this so you do [...] [...]

Radiant Barrier Installation Video – Part 1

or just download the movie: radiant barrier equipment video [...]

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