Florida’s year-round summer heat can turn your attic into an oven, often reaching temperatures over 140°. This damaging heat radiates through your insulation and into your living space, making your AC run with less efficiency, creating temperature imbalances throughout your living quarters. Our Super R Plus Heavy Duty® blocks 95% of radiant heat transference, which prevents heat from entering the attic, creating a protective shield around your home.
This image was taken with a FLIR Thermal Imaging Device and shows the insulation material installed with a slit cutout. You can see a difference of over 45° versus the none insulated side.
Maximize Energy Efficiency and Comfort with Radiant Barrier Insulation
In Florida’s hot and humid climate, keeping your home cool and energy-efficient can be a challenge. At The Roof Guys, we offer top-of-the-line radiant barrier attic insulation that’s designed to reflect heat away from your home, helping you maintain a comfortable indoor environment while significantly reducing your energy bills.
Why Choose Radiant Barrier Attic Insulation?
Radiant barrier insulation is a high-performance, cost-effective solution that improves the energy efficiency of your home. Unlike traditional insulation that slows down heat transfer, radiant barrier insulation reflects heat away from your attic, preventing it from entering your living space altogether. This is particularly beneficial in Florida, where the sun’s intensity can make your attic a significant source of unwanted heat.
Benefits of Radiant Barrier Insulation:
How Does Radiant Barrier Insulation Work?
Radiant barrier insulation is a highly reflective material installed in your attic that reflects radiant heat away from your home rather than absorbing it, like traditional insulation does. The result is a cooler attic and a more energy-efficient home.
Our Installation Process
At The Roof Guys, we follow a meticulous installation process to ensure your radiant barrier insulation performs at its best:
Why Choose The Roof Guys?
As a trusted, family-owned business serving Central Florida since 2001, The Roof Guys are committed to providing high-quality, reliable roofing and insulation services. Our radiant barrier insulation is backed by years of expertise and a dedication to customer satisfaction. We use only the best materials and follow industry best practices to ensure your home stays cool, comfortable, and energy-efficient.
R-Value is a measure of heat absorption (slowing the heat). Radiant Barrier is measured in reflectivity (blocking the heat).
Typically, a modern-day cell phone won’t be affected by radiant barrier. First, our products are not made with copper or tin which block cell signals. Second, Radiant Barrier only covers the roof portion of the house. The signal goes from your phone to the cell tower in a straight line, generally never even going through the Radiant Barrier in the attic.
Just like wrapping a baked potato in aluminum foil keeps it warm longer by holding in the heat, covering your attic insulation with Radiant Barrier holds the heat in the house. Another analogy would be that in winter Radiant Barrier works just like a space blanket which, although very thin and lightweight, holds in your body heat. A thin space blanket can keep you warmer than several heavy blankets.
Like a space suit, Radiant Barrier reflects the sun’s heat before it can warm up the insulation in your attic. When the insulation stays cooler, your house will too. Just like a space suit or Thermos bottle, the reflective surface inhibits radiant heat transfer. If the bottle starts out hot, it stays hot because very little heat is transferred to the cooler outside. If it starts out cold, it stays cold because very little heat is transferred from the warmer outside.
For the Apollo program, NASA helped develop a thin aluminum metalized film that reflected 95% of the radiant heat. A metalized film was used to protect spacecraft, equipment, and astronauts from thermal radiation or to retain heat in the extreme temperature fluctuations of space. The aluminum was vacuum-coated to a thin film and applied to the base of the Apollo landing vehicles. It was also used in numerous other NASA projects like the James Webb Space Telescope and Skylab. In the vacuum of space where temperatures can range from 250°F above to 400°F below zero and heat transfer is only by radiation. Radiant barrier is a Space Foundation Certified Space Technology(TM). Radiant barrier was inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame in 1996.
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