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Does the Inflation Reduction Act contain a tax credit for homeowners who have their attic insulation upgraded? Absolutely, YES! The great news is that this is a very robust tax credit for homeowners. The federal government is incentivizing energy efficiency upgrades, and boy does this one hit a homerun. Let me be quick to say […]
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Once you have decided to replace or improve your attic insulation, the next question is, “How much attic insulation do I need?” Someone would say, “get as much as you can afford”! However, for our area of Georgia (metro Atlanta), there is a point of diminishing returns. You don’t want to waste your investment. […]
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You believe you need fresh attic insulation, but how big is your attic? In this article, I will show you the quick and easy methods we use to get a good idea of the size of your attic during your virtual phone estimate! Of course, the absolute most reliable method for knowing the size of […]
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Is there such a thing as “Pest Resistant Attic Insulation”? Very often – after we’ve scheduled their job, my client will ask, “Bob, you’re installing the insulation that kills bugs, right?” To my knowledge, after 20+ years in the Atlanta market working for homeowners, I’ve found only one type of attic insulation that insects don’t […]
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I get this question a lot. If you’re thinking about your attic insulation, you’re probably wondering if you should replace it with fresh insulation. The short answer is: you should replace your attic insulation if it is 30 years or older, soiled from insect or rodent infestation, or if it poses health risks. Doing so […]
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Let’s face the truth: here in north Georgia, including Atlanta – we’re surrounded by water. You thought you were surrounded by mountains to the north and rolling hills to the south! Oh no! You are surrounded by water. And the sooner you realize this truth, the better equipped you can be to manage the high […]
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Have you flown over the Atlanta area, and noticed how green we are? Landing and taking off at the Atlanta airport gives you the opportunity to see just how many trees we have in north Georgia! From the air, it looks like our Peach state is carpeted with trees – so much so that you […]
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It’s time I cleared up the confusion surrounding our decision to “get out of spray foam”. We are constantly being asked why we “don’t do foam”. For many, many years we provided homeowners with a spray foam insulation retrofit service. This is where we removed the old attic insulation, and sprayed the roofline and any […]
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Just this week My client is traveling in Africa, and has a house in the Atlanta area with a tenant living there. Our homeowner contacted us because the tenant has complained of high cooling costs to keep the house comfortable this summer. After speaking with Dan, (our BFI virtual estimator) and getting her virtual estimate […]
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It’s hot in Atlanta. And humid, too. Add hot and humid, and you get: miserable! So with 3 or 4 months of hot & humid temperatures, what can you do to help your home’s AC keep your house comfortable? Ideally, if you have a recent (last 10 years) AC system in your home, it was […]
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Are Solar Panels Right For Me? Bob Bird Bird Family Insulation In 1976, as a senior in high school, I won a nation-wide competition for a white paper I wrote entitled “Ecology in America”. It must have been the content that caught the judges attention, because apparently I couldn’t write very well. Later that year […]
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Is airsealing my attic floor really that important? Is it so important that I should pay extra to have it done, before adding attic insulation? Four in-house appointments per day, four days a week. That’s my life. And on Fridays, add two more appointments. On average, about 15 to 18x a week, I’m having this […]
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