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New Construction - Custom Insulation

A Wilson Custom Home built in Yorktown, IN. The following 9 pics are from this house.

Here the technician dense-packing the stud lead uses a special hose to insure a tight "packing".

Tightly installed kraft-faced batts are used in cathedral ceilings where dense-packing isn't possible.

Extra air sealing & pillow-stuffing around plumbing under bath tubs prevents heat loss.

The technician here installs foam where gaps appear between studs & around electrical penetrations.

Insulating the bandjoist in a crawlspace can be done with cellulose, shown here, or fiberglass batt.

Prepping a bonus room with mesh for wall-sealing with cellulose.

Empty stud-leads are often overlooked when insulated a new home. Dense-packing is the proper method for insulating these areas.

Another shot of a well-insulated bandoist in a crawlspace.
 
 

Custom insulation with fabric mesh and "dry-packing" cellulose insulation

Angled cavities like these would be difficult to insulate properly with fiberglass batts.

It's very important not to forget to foam behind electrical outlets before insulating!

Wall-sealing is messy work, put the end result is very clean!

2-component foam-spray is applied to the undersides of a cathedral ceiling to enhance the thermal and pressure boundaries of the house.

Weatherization

Setting up the frame for a blower-door dignostic test.

Blower-door running

Checking for cracks and holes in the heat exchanger

Grip-tape is required for sealing ductwork properly. "Duct tape" loses its hold with heat & moisture.

Knee walls exposed to attic space are dry-packed with cellulose for maximum efficiency.

Caulking minor penetration

On a stairwell with no backing, kraft-faced fiberglass will work where wall-seal can't.

 

Blower-door installed and depressurizing the house to -50 Pascals

Using an infrared thermal-imaging camera to see "cold spots" in a house

A digital pressure gauge used with a blower-door describes exactly how a house performs.

Testing the register after sealing to ensure improved tightness.

A properly installed vapor barrior in a crawlspace should look like this.

A Carson Custom Home near New Castle, IN.

chaseway bypass to basement - sealed well

A tightly packed bonus room ceiling and walls ensures efficient comfort!

Great example of "dry-packing" a new home using fabric mesh and cellulose

 

Pressure-pan testing with the blower-door to measure duct leakage.

Cleaning and tuning a furnace in an INCAA class

Sealing ductwork properly can save up to 30% on energy and heat loss in a house.

ISI employee David Clevenger dense-packing sidewalls for his Building Technician test certification.

 

  
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