Attic Flooring Removed Hyattsville, MD

This homeowner purchased a home in Hyattsville, MD that was built in 1950.  The home was in need of many energy efficient upgrades.  Our home comfort specialist, Merv Roussell, performed a home energy audit and recommended a number of improvements.  We ran a blower door test and found that the home was 1.96 leaker than a home its size should be.  Part of the air leakage came from the attic where there were multiple problems:  the home had attic flooring which made it difficult to air seal the penetrations and there was insufficient insulation levels through the attic.     We removed the attic flooring, air sealed all the pentrations to stop the excessive air leake.  We installed TruSoft cellulose insulation to bring the insulation levels up to R-49 as recommended for our climate zone.  These homeowners have moved into the home and are feeling the benefits of these improvements.