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Fiberglass Vs.
Cellulose Insulation
Why
Fiberglass is the way to go
Fiberglass in our opinion is the way to go its
versatile, long lasting, and less prone to mold. Fiberglass
is fire resistant class 1. Fiberglass unlike Cellulose is
light weight, repairable and efficient. Fiberglass facts
(blow in) are that it needs to be full so that air can be
trapped. Fiberglass blow in can easily be repair if
disturbed it is as simple as placing your hand underneath of
it, shaking your hand and letting it fall back on top of
itself. Fiberglass blow in will never settle. The reason for
it compressing is from people or things crushing it, if left
alone it will never move. Fiberglass is a green choice it
has 35% of recycled product in it. Unlike the old days of
past with itchy irritable long grain fibers the new
Fiberglass insulation that Owens Corning produces (Advanced
Thermacube) is soft, a lot less itchy and dusty. Advanced
Thermacube is a premium product produced from Owens Corning
and the preferred product used by Gulfside Insulation.
Why
not to choose Cellulose Insulation for (blow in) in for your
attic?
Cellulose insulation is a very heavy product. When you
install cellulose by it self eventually it will settle. When
you install Cellulose on top of fiberglass insulation blow
in or batting it will lose its R-Factor very quickly because
it is so heavy it compresses the fiberglass insulation.
Although Cellulose insulation is made with newspaper and
boric acid it will act as a bug repellant as advertised but
will in time settle to the bottom of the insulation and be
deemed useless thus having bug problems. One of the claims
Cellulose can’t guarantee you is that rodents will not nest
in it fact is it’s a perfect nesting material for them. The
other problem with Cellulose is when it is stepped on in the
attic after it is installed is it can’t be fixed and what is
meant by this is because it is so densely packed down its
difficult to put it back the way it was installed. The last
reason not to go with Cellulose is that it is very prone to
mold.
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