Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Insulation
Frank inspected our home and found that some insulation was needed in the attic. Contacted Warranty Dept and corrected within a week! Frank D and sons are the best!!!!
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"Very easy to identify who that contractor was via the warranty department."
Very good suggestion and I will follow up on it. And by the way, I was in the garage and up on the ladder especially when he was blowing 'other' areas, I feel certain that he did add insulation in low areas as I watched his blowing tube. I inspected with an LED flash light after everything settled and the insulation appears much higher. I do believe his comments. |
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To add some clarification here.....The Villages typically uses blown in fiberglas on all flat ceiling surfaces, and Batt insulation in vertical or peaked areas. This does vary.
A few areas in The Villages did experiment with foam icynene insulation in some Villas a few years ago. They no longer do that. The R- value differs a bit with the different manufacturers, but the white blown in fiberglas has an APPROXIMATE R value of 2.5-3.0 per inch.....not 1 per inch. If it were 1 per inch, to have an R-38 you would have 38 inches of insulation....an absurd amount. To have the now standard R-38 you will see insulation levels at about 13-14 inches. The Villages used to blow up to an R-30. Then they started blowing an R-30 AND using the roof sheathing with a Radiant barrier to achieve an energy rating. Folks complained about cell phone reception with the Radiant barriers........so NOW they use regular OSB roof sheathing and blow 13-14 inches of white fiberglas insulation giving you an R-38. All the new batt insulation they now use is also an R-38, and is marked accordingly. Lastly, The Villages does not insulate above unconditioned space, so the Lanai's and the garages are not insulated. When someone pays an aftermarket insulation company to insulate above their lanai, those installers need to walk back there to do it. the better installers when backing out of the attic should always blow over their footprints, so it looks like they were never there. This is what one may see when they think they are blowing in other areas. Hope this helps. Frank D.
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In your opinion does insulating a Garage Door make sense. |
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Great question.....usually yes, especially if your garage door faces south, but anything other than north I would say yes. Now understand, in doing this you are NOT insulating the garage...we actually often do not recommend that. BUT...if your garage door is hot to the touch, you can usually lower the temperature of your garage by 10-15 degrees if you insulate the garage DOORS.
What you are doing is stopping the radiant heat build up in the garage. In Florida your garage will always get hot...especially with driving in hot engines, etc. But...it is a good thing to cut that RADIANT heat build up from the garage doors. Sadly, The Villages seems to make it a bit difficult to order your garage doors already insulated. They use the usual builder grade garage door, when an insulated one from the factory does not cost much more. Hope that helps! Frank
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Does this person know every inspector operating in TV? What qualifications does this person have to evaluate inspectors? What qualifications does this person have to evaluate the end product? Has this person personally inspected “every house” to find deficiencies? I personally don’t know anything about the quality of construction or inspectors here. So I don’t comment on this topic.
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