Attic Radiant Heat Barrier

Radiant barrier is a home insulation type that is focused on reducing summer heat gain.

Attic radiant heat barrier.

This thin reflective material is designed to bounce the sun s heat away from your home instead of allowing your attic to absorb the heat and pass it into your home. By reducing the amount of radiant heat reaching the insulation in your attic the insulation remains cooler and is able to keep your home more comfortable. It is meant to supplement insulation not replace it. The barriers consist of a highly reflective material that reflects radiant heat rather than absorbing it.

A radiant barrier is designed to increase the effectiveness of your thermal envelope. The hotter it gets the better radiant barriers work. They don t however reduce heat conduction like thermal insulation materials. A cooler attic space means less heat moving to the cooler space below the attic.

Radiantguard radiant barrier foil insulation installed in an attics can reduce attic temperatures by up to 30 degrees when stapled with a staple gun to the underside of roof rafters by reflecting up to 97 of the radiant heat that strikes its surface thereby reducing heat transfer from the attic to living spaces resulting in lower utility bills. The best way i have seen to describe this effect is it s like putting your home or office under a shade tree. Benefits of radiant barrier sheathing when utilizing osb radiant barrier sheathing you can reflect up to 97 of solar radiation which translates into an. Unlike traditional thick layers of insulation radiant barrier is a thin reflective material.