Home Environment Solutions Before & After Photos

A Cape Cod home is a story-and-a-half design. Most Capes have second-floor bedrooms featuring 4-foot kneewalls and two sections of sloped ceiling. The sloped ceiling sections usually rise to meet a narrow horizontal ceiling in the center of the house. Most Capes have triangular attics behind the second-floor kneewalls and a tiny third-floor attic that is too cramped to stand up in. If you squeeze behind the kneewall in a Cape, you never know what you’ll see. You might see a space with no insulation at all — or perhaps just some thin insulation between the kneewall studs. You might see a space with insulation on the floor, but not along the roof slope.You might see a space with insulation everywhere — on the floor, between the studs of the kneewall, and following the roof slope — with all of the insulation in terrible shape.You will almost never see any attempts at air sealing work.

The basic problem with a Cape is that most examples have a poorly defined thermal boundary. Should the triangular attics behind the kneewalls be considered indoor space or outdoor space? From a building science perspective, the answer is clear — these attics should be inside the home’s thermal boundary. However, most builders don’t have the foggiest idea where the thermal boundary in a Cape belongs. That’s why builders and homeowners are always scratching their heads when they contemplate where to put the insulation in a Cape.

This is why you should call the professionals at Home Environment Solutions! 

Kelsi called Home Environment Solutions saying she would like to schedule an appointment to determine why her energy bills are high and where she is loosing her heating and cooling. We scheduled our expert Russell to perform a free energy audit of her home. Russ found old batt insulation, uninsulated scuttle cover, numerous penetrations left unsealed such as recessed light, wire and pipe runs. We sent our insulation team out to remove all of the old insulation and dispose of it. They air sealed and insulated the scuttle cover with Silverglo, installed Titeshell recessed light fixture covers, sealed all pipe/wire runs and insulated attic floor with Trusoft cellulose.

Mold Remediation, Crawl space Encapsulation, SmartSump Pump, Sedona Dehumidifer, SilverGlo Insulation, 

Michelle wanted to replace the bent, broken gutters on her home.   She saw the Guttershutter truck and called for more information.   Russ met with Michelle and talked about the otions and showed her the benefits of the seamless gutters with the raindrop shields.   Michelle was sold, not only is it exactly what she wanted, she is also able to get the gutters to match the color of her shutters.  

Michelle wanted to replace the bent, broken gutters on her home.   She saw the Guttershutter truck and called for more information.   Russ met with Michelle and talked about the otions and showed her the benefits of the seamless gutters with the raindrop shields.   Michelle was sold, not only is it exactly what she wanted, she is also able to get the gutters to match the color of her shutters.