Ceiling Insulation Has More Benefits Than You Would Imagine

When my wife and I decided to get ceiling insulation installed in our home we did it for a number of reasons but there's one benefit of having it that we weren't conscious of before getting it installed. Allow me to explain: we have a teenaged son that aspires to be a drummer with a band when he goes to college. Of course, I'm conscious that lots of adolescent boys have a fascination with noise-makers of every type from dirt bikes with the bafflers removed to musical equipment hooked up to speaker systems but my son is in fact rather a good drummer. He takes his drumming lessons seriously and already has an amateur 'garage band' going with his friends. Regrettably, they do not really have a garage to play in hence they use our games room adjacent to the home. I've permitted my kid and his two friends to utilize the games room because we live on a plot that means the neighbours are not bothered by the noise they produce but the problem is, they used to disturb my better half and I. That is, until we got ceiling insulation installed.

As mentioned, we did not put in ceiling insulation with the express purpose of absorbing the musical noises my son creates but that is precisely what transpired. At first we desired it to help us to conserve electricity because our home heating and cooling bills were massive. My lady was particularly pleased with getting it installed as the insulation utilised nowadays doesn't present a health threat as it is no more made from asbestos but from recycled spun glass or cellulose. Yet another overall health benefit is that the stuff prevents the growth of moulds and fungi, which we liked, as well as the eco-friendly perspective. What is more, the insulation products you find these days is fire-retarding and doesn't contain any particles which could emit toxic gas or poisons should a fire actually break out.

However, to return to my story, our youngster was banging the drums when the service provider arrived to do the measurements for the insulation. He noticed the disturbance and recommended that we get the walls insulated along with the ceiling since this would deaden the noise substantially. The contractor explained that sound can cause the walls to vibrate and that wall insulation would go a long way to deadening the sound. After a brief confab, my spouse and I agreed that getting the walls insulated would be worth the extra expense as our kid's musical efforts were beginning to get on our nerves. And what a good idea that has been! We no longer need to turn the television sound up to block out the noise or possibly even tell him to disconnect the speaker from his drums.

What is more we learned that ceiling insulation has even more long lasting benefits than those I have just talked about. We haven't had a rat invasion ever since it was installed and I have observed a reduction in the number of other bugs you generally find in dim, dusty ceiling areas. The insulation has furthermore stopped the dry decay in the roof timber and requires absolutely no upkeep, which is of interest to me personally because my significant other has more than enough jobs for me to do around the home as it is.