{"id":372638,"date":"2018-02-28T12:12:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T12:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leedpoints.com\/?guid=ab1f81d0c2c85c1dc6c664cbbc2e6b97"},"modified":"2018-02-28T12:12:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T12:12:28","slug":"advice-for-getting-the-most-out-of-your-insulation-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/advice-for-getting-the-most-out-of-your-insulation-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Advice for Getting the Most Out of Your Insulation Contract"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>Prime:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                     prime        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Subtitle:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    Hint: The same amount of insulation doesn&rsquo;t always give you the same R-value        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Images:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/articles\/dept\/building-science\/advice-getting-most-out-your-insulation-contract\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/insulation-blown-cellulose-complete-coverage-energy-vanguard.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Uniformly installed cellulose insulation\" width=\"144\" height=\"108\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/articles\/dept\/building-science\/advice-getting-most-out-your-insulation-contract\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/attic-insulation-lumpy-r-value-heat-flow.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Lumpy attic insulation\" width=\"144\" height=\"115\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/articles\/dept\/building-science\/advice-getting-most-out-your-insulation-contract\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/attic-insulation-r-value-average-uniform-flat-r30.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"R-30 insulation diagram\" width=\"144\" height=\"87\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/articles\/dept\/building-science\/advice-getting-most-out-your-insulation-contract\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/attic-insulation-r-value-average-nonuniform-lumpy-r17.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"R-17 insulation diagram\" width=\"144\" height=\"128\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/articles\/dept\/building-science\/advice-getting-most-out-your-insulation-contract\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/resnet-insulation-installation-grade-diagrams-showing-gaps.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RESNET insulation installation grades, missing insulation\" width=\"144\" height=\"432\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/articles\/dept\/building-science\/advice-getting-most-out-your-insulation-contract\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/fiberglass-batt-grade-i-installation-quality-habitat-for-humanity.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Grade I installation quality with fiberglass batts\" width=\"144\" height=\"108\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I love insulation. It&#8217;s a wonderful thing because it saves energy. It makes buildings more comfortable. And it&#8217;s pretty inexpensive considering how long it lasts (or should last). I get asked a lot for my opinion on the best insulation to put in a building and my answer is straightforward: A well-installed insulation is the best. I like fiberglass. I like cellulose. I like spray foam. I like mineral wool. I like blown, sprayed, batt, and rigid insulation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/articles\/dept\/building-science\/advice-getting-most-out-your-insulation-contract\" target=\"_blank\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3434],"class_list":["post-372638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-building-posts","tag-insulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}