How does a radiant barrier differ from conventional attic insulation?

Radiant barriers reduce the amount of heat that is radiated into the attic which lowers attic temperatures, conventional insulation traps the heat that is already in the attic and slows down, (doesn't stop it, simply slows it down) the heat transfer into the house.

Radiant heat is generated by many of the things around us. In summer, the sun is the primary source of radiant energy. It heats the exterior of your home, and this heat eventually is conducted into the interior. In this care, the spray on barrier helps keep your home cool by reflecting back the suns radiant energy and preventing heating build-up in your attic.

A single coat of our spray applied to the underside of your roof deck will block up to 81% of the sun's radiant heat from entering the attic of your home..

And in winter, the same radiant barrier will reflect back up to 65% of the heat that tries to escape from your home through the attic.

Yet unlike foil substrates ,installed with staples and tape to bottom of rafters thereby cutting of ventilation to open space of attic ,without labor intensive retrofit to each and every roof vent to allow proper ventilization,radiant barrier spray can be applied evenly over entire surface, with no gaps or holes,tape,or staples,to come lose,tear, causing maintainence, in occurance of a strong draft,with a breezey or sudden change in wind direction,that does occur in a properly vented attic.And because it is sprayed on, it can be appllied to new and exsisting structures,with certainty to hard to reach areas more economicly.

Not Only Saves Money -- Saves Energy As Well!

How do radiant barriers work?

All materials used in building construction brick, stone, asphalt, paper, and so on, regardless of their color, adsorb and then emit, (give off), thermal heat. On a sunny summer day, solar energy is absorbed by the roofing materials and roof sheathing, temperatures can reach as high as 140 - 160 °F. This absorbed heat radiates downward toward the attic floor.

When a radiant barrier is placed on the underside of the roof sheathing, much of the heat radiated from the hot roof is reflected back outside. This makes the attic insulation cooler and thus reduces the amount of heat that moves through the insulation into the rooms below the ceiling.

Our spray applied radiant barrier has the durability of a premium latex paint. It should give 25 years of service and more in an enclosed attic for long term energy savings!

Over time the accumulation of dust and grim on foil radiant barriers will diminish its effectiveness. However, since our sprayed radiant barrier coating is installed on the underside of your roof deck, it is safe to assume that minimal dust & grim will accumulate for extended energy savings with no maintenence issues!