Best Home insulation

How Heat Moves The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics The 2nd law of thermodynamics tells us that heat, energy, and pressure move from high to low.  This is important to understand because when it’s hot outside like it often gets in Fresno, that heat outside wants to attack the cooler air indoors.  If your home has…

In the Fresno and surrounding areas, Balanced Comfort provides general contracting services to improve efficient and sustainable residential homes.  We provide efficiency upgrades including: insulation removal and air sealing, insulating, window upgrades, and heating ventilating and air conditioning systems.  We can assist you with identifying your home’s needs and providing strategies to make improvements to…

The Benefits of Air Sealing your Attic Once the old insulation is removed, the next step is to air seal your attic, making it as tight as possible. The benefits of air sealing your attic are plentiful, and in this post we will highlight the top three advantages for the homeowner and inhabitants. During cold months,…

When looking to insulate your attic floor there are a variety of different types of insulation that you can choose from. By far the two most common and most effective types are batt and blown-in insulation. Which one should you use in your attic? Well, to answer this there are a variety of different factors that you…

Are Whole House Fans Good Or Bad?Make sure your whole house fan is insulated and airtight so it doesn’t look like this! There are a number of companies promoting and selling large fans that are installed in the ceiling of a central location (typically) that pull in air from the outside and force that air…