Wednesday 15 July 2015

The Benefits of Polystyrene

When it comes to insulation for their homes or commercial buildings, there are many people, both professionals and homeowners, who now opt for polystyrene insulation over any other material.

Polystyrene is durable, can be made or fashioned into a variety of shapes and sizes and offers high quality insulation whatever the setting. If you’re considering insulation, polystyrene is fast becoming a favoured option.
 
Although many people are aware that they need insulation, they aren’t always aware of the many benefits that adding it will bring to them.

#1. Comfort

There’s nothing worse than drafts in the winter, or stifling heat in the summer to take the comfort out of your home. What most homeowners want is to be able to control their temperature and not have to worry about drafts coming through the home, taking the heat and making them cold. Having a layer of insulation makes it much easier to regulate the internal temperature and know that once you’ve set a temperature on a thermostat, that’s the way it will stay.

#2. Volume Control

Wherever you live, whether rural or urban in location, it can be extremely annoying and frustrating to have external noise disturb you. Whether you’re trying to eat, work, relax or sleep, there are few things worse than noise from the outside world encroaching on your home or business. A layer of insulation however can act as a highly effective sound barrier.

#3. Moisture Control

Houses with thin walls often suffer with damp and unwanted moisture. Although it might not cause a distressing problem to start with, over time damp and excessive moisture can not only make your living environment quite uncomfortable but in addition, can begin to cause damage to your property and possessions.

The additional layer of insulation can prevent the damage this can cause because that moisture is unable to penetrate. In addition to keeping harmful moisture away from your home, you have the added bonus of keeping allergens and pollutants away from yourself and your family.

#4. Energy Saving

The vast majority of people install insulation as a way of saving energy. The drafts mentioned earlier can leave a home vulnerable to escaping heat. This escaped heat is then replaced by cold air and the homeowner must then pay the cost of reheating the entire area. Insulation means that the hot air finds it far more difficult to escape through the walls of the home, meaning that in time it cannot be replaced by cold. In turn, the homeowner is likely to find that their energy bills are lowered as they don’t need to spend as much money on replacement heat.

Not only is this better for them from a cost perspective but, of course, energy saving measures have the additional bonus of being better for the environment. The homeowner is burning less fuel in order to heat their home and as a result fewer gases are sent into the atmosphere. For this reason, insulation is often seen as one of the most environmentally conscious measures a homeowner can take.

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