- What makes my house hot?
Sunlight (solar energy) turns into heat (heat energy) when it strikes solid objects, i.e., your home! Windows are transparent holes in your home, allowing sunlight in and turning solid objects inside your home into room heaters. Furniture, floors and, yes, your interior window curtains, shades and blinds, are heating up your home! Only exterior shading can intercept solar energy before it enters and heats your home.
Sun Screens and Solar Shades
We have fabric awnings that add a splash of color, and "de-light-full" character to your home. We custom make exterior removable Sunbuster Screens for your windows, patio doors and skylights. Sunbuster Screens allow a clear view out, while stopping 70% of the solar heat gain before it reaches your window. |
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| Using Sun Screens like the one above help keep your house cooler by blocking the sun's warm rays from heating up your home. |
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| Even when installed, sun screens still allow
a lot of light into your home while blocking the sun's heat. |
We can even put motorized sun screens on sky lights to block out the heat from its most penetrating angle but without you loosing too much of the sun's light. |
Attic Insulation and Ventilation
Insulate yourself from hot exterior surfaces, roofs and walls. Roofs reach 180°; attics 140°; walls 120°. We can blow insulation into your attics; flat and cathedral roofs; and walls. We can add reflective surfaces to flat roofs. We can ventilate attics and custom make wood or metal screens for your windows and doors. We do wonders for garages, too!
Keep your home closed and tight during the day, ventilate at night. We can weatherize your windows and doors and seal the holes. And we can install a whole house fan in your ceiling to bring in the cool night air and cool clown your thermal mass (walls, floors, furniture, etc.) to help keep you cooler all day.
Not cool enough yet? Then you are ready for a properly sized, smaller, more efficient evaporative cooler or air conditioner. You've reduced the load with the above tips. We now can discuss the pros and con's of evaporative cooling vs. air conditioning. You make the call-we do the rest. THAT'S COOL!
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Beat The Heat!
We can help make your home more comfortable starting with a Home Comfort Audit. To learn more about the audit and for a special Independence month deal, Click Here. |
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