Insulating your home is one of the most important things you can do – not only to assure a high level of comfort for you and your family, but also to keep energy costs low and maximises the efficiency of your heating and cooling systems. There are all sorts of ways to think about insulation and numerous analogies to help you to understand how it actually works.   What Is Insulation? Before you start to consider how it works, it’s important to understand exactly what insulation is. The correct term is in fact ‘thermal insulation’ and this is used to describe the vast variety of products that reduce and prevent heat loss or gain. This is generally done by creating a barrier between areas of different temperatures.   A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words When Insulation is explained using a diagram, you’ll generally see an image of a home with a lot of heat escaping from the roof. This is why insulation is most commonly associated with being in the roof of a home – although it’s also often in the walls and floors too. Air is not a good conductor of heat, so insulation helps to track tiny … Continue reading How does insulation actually work?