Proper insulation is a major contributor to your overall comfort and energy efficiency at home. It helps control the transfer of heat between your home interior and the outdoors, so it’s important to make sure your entire home is properly insulated. When your home’s energy efficiency has started to decrease, usually you don’t have to replace existing insulation. However, there are a few different occasions when insulation removal is necessary.
For example, if your home has recently taken on water damage, it’s important to check your insulation for mold growth. Moldy insulation will need to be removed and replaced. This is because mold in any area of your home shouldn’t be permitted to stay, both because of the damage it can do to your property as well as the health risk that it poses. Insulation removal will help ensure that moldy insulation isn’t affecting your home’s indoor air quality or spreading mold spores to other areas.
Another time when insulation removal may be necessary is when a pest problem causes severe damage to your insulation. Pests, including rodents, birds, and various types of insects, love to rip apart and otherwise damage insulation, typically to make nests or some other kind of shelter. This can be disastrous. Not only will it take away from your home’s ability to maintain energy efficiency, but it can also result in contamination with droppings that can make people sick. Contaminated insulation should never be permitted to linger in your home.
If your insulation isn’t up to par but hasn’t been contaminated or severely damaged from outdoor elements, insulation removal isn’t necessary. Instead, you can call us here at Polk County Insulation and we’ll add more insulation to guarantee that your home is performing as energy efficiently as possible.