Attic Foil Installation

How to install reflective foil in an attic.

Attic foil installation.

Add weatherstripping around the perimeter and a sweep to the door of a walk up attic. There are two main methods of installing radiant barrier. 48 wide perforated double sided radiant barrier foil best selling. Starting at one end of your attic install our ultima foil breathable radiant barrier across attic floor joists plywood decking or existing insulation.

Products 60 48 26 rolls. In a new house an installer typically drapes a rolled foil radiant barrier foil face down between the roof rafters to minimize dust accumulation on the reflective faces double faced radiant. The attic space above a home is notoriously known for losing energy such as air conditioning or heating during the changing seasons. Use a pen marker to mark a common distance on the rafters about 52 up from the floor joists to help guide your first run of foil.

Most customers end up getting about 80 90 coverage even if you miss part of the attic installing radiant barrier atticfoil will still be very effective. Use a zippered insulated tent to keep the enclosure draft free attic tent at 7 attic cover insulator 120. Attic hatch or door. Use a stick 1 4 furring strip with nail in the end works well to help push the barrier into the tight spaces of your attic.

It s easier to incorporate radiant barriers into a new home but you can also install them in an existing home especially if it has an open attic. Stapling it up to the rafters or laying it on the attic floor. This helps the foil stay level prevents uneven stapling that could result in crooked runs or useless overage on one end of the attic and it ensures about a 4 gap at the bottom of the install for air flow. Affix rigid foam insulation to the attic side of the hatch or door.

Installation methods are not based solely on where you are located. Pull down stair or ladder.