Before & After Photos

Brian reached out because his two-story home had cold floors, drafty rooms, and noticeable temperature differences upstairs. Energy bills were higher than expected, and before starting larger renovation projects, he wanted to understand where energy loss was happening and fix the most important issues first.

After completing a home energy audit, our team focused on tightening the attic and stopping conditioned air from escaping at the top of the home. We sealed and insulated the attic, improved attic access, sealed top plates and penetrations, and upgraded insulation levels to reduce heat loss. These improvements helped stabilize temperatures between floors and made the attic easier to access for future work.

Now, Brian’s home has more consistent temperatures upstairs, reduced drafts, and lower energy loss; creating a more comfortable home today and a better foundation for future renovations.

Crawl Spaces can be dirty, stinky, and wet.  They are homes to spiders, moles, rats, birds, snakes, and groundhogs to name a few.  In worst cases, they are home to mold.  Mold in your crawlspace is no laughing matter. Most of the air you breath in your home comes from your crawl space. Yes, grossed out yet? When you have mold in your crawl space it can cause serious health problems. Mold can also cause serious structural problems.  Mold grows on and eats organic materials in your crawlspace, or in other words its eating the wood that is supporting your house. 

At Home Environment Solutions, we want you and your family to be safe.  We solve all your crawl space problems turning it into a safe clean environment that can be utilized for storage.  Crawl Space encapsulation is a process of closing your crawl space vents, insulating your walls using SilverGlo Wall Insulation Board and putting down a CleanSpace vapor barrier to prevent moisture seeping from the earth into your crawlspace. 

An encapsulated crawl space will not only make your home safer and more comfortable it will save you money on your energy bills and increase the life of your HVAC systems. As you can see here, the space previous to our insulation and barrier systems had a dirt floor and poorly installed insulation. After our work is done, the area is well sealed and super clean. These homeowners were extremely pleased with the outcome!

George saw the ad for Home Environment Solutions in the Clipper Magazine and called to schedule a free in home energy efficiently audit for his Pittsburgh, PA home.   Russ arrived and got to work looking for ways to make George's home more comfortable and economical.  Russ found that the upstairs in George's home was never comfortable.  Either too hot in the summer or to cold in the winter.   

The HES team arrived and got to work.   They removed the old inefficient attic insulation and began air sealing.  Next, TiteShell covers were installed over the recess lighting and SilverGlo foam insulation was used on the attic decking.   The final phase was blowing in the cellulous insulation.   George's home will now be more comfortable all year round and cost less to heat and cool.   

George saw the ad for Home Environment Solutions in the Clipper Magazine and called to schedule a free in home energy efficiently audit for his Pittsburgh, PA home.   Russ arrived and got to work looking for ways to make George's home more comfortable and economical.  Russ found that the upstairs in George's home was never comfortable.  Either too hot in the summer or to cold in the winter.   

The HES team arrived and got to work.   They removed the old inefficient attic insulation and began air sealing.  Next, TiteShell covers were installed over the recess lighting and SilverGlo foam insulation was used on the attic decking.   The final phase was blowing in the cellulous insulation.   George's home will now be more comfortable all year round and cost less to heat and cool.   

Bruce called the Home Environment Solutions team for help insulating the attic in his home.   Russ came out to the house and did an energy audit and evaluation.   

The HES team arrived and got to work removing the old insulation that was not longer efficient.   They began air sealing the attic  and installed recessed light covers to stop warm air from escaping the living space.  The next step was to air seal the rim joist in the basement  and out the CleanSpace encapsulation system in with the TerraBlock floor insulation.   

By dealing with the loss of warm air in the attic and the entry of cold air from the basement Bruce's home will stay more comfortable and have lower energy bills all year long.