fbpx
A basement with a white tarp covering the floor.

Home Performance FAQ

A clean, sealed crawl space with silver ductwork and white plastic lining on walls and floor.

Your home should be somewhere comfy to rest at the end of the day, but it also shouldn’t cost you a fortune on your utility bills. Morris-Jenkins has solutions to keep your home at peak performance!

What Is Home Performance?

Home performance is term that covers a lot of different elements of your home! It includes the comfort, energy efficiency, and air quality in your home. When your home is cozy, your utility bills are reasonable, your home doesn’t use too much energy, and your air is clean, that’s the dream! And we’re here to make that a reality.

Some of the home performance services we offer include installing Comfort Cloud insulation, vapor barriers, and crawlspace encapsulation.

Why Do I Need Attic Insulation?

Even the best and newest heating and cooling system will have a hard time keeping your home cozy if you don’t have proper insulation. Insulation is the material in your attic that helps keep the indoor temperature indoors and the outdoor temperature outdoors. When your home doesn’t have enough insulation, you might have problems like:

  • An AC or furnace that runs all the time
  • High utility bills
  • Inconsistent temperatures in your home
  • Cold drafts
  • Walls and floors that feel cold to the touch
  • Some rooms that are hotter or colder than others

If you suspect your home needs more/better insulation, give us a call! We can have one of our experts out to do an assessment. They’ll not only check how much insulation your home has, but what it’s made out of, what kind of condition it’s in, and whether it truly is the cause of the problems you’re noticing. One way or another, we’re gonna get your home comfortable, so don’t worry!

What Is Comfort Cloud?

Comfort Cloud is the specific insulation we use. It’s high quality and will save you money on your utility bills. It does an amazing job keeping your home comfortable and helping your HVAC system run more efficiently. Because your home will maintain a good temperature easier, your heating and cooling system won’t have to run as often or work as hard to regulate your home. This also helps your system live longer!

Comfort Cloud is a permanent investment in your home—you’ll never have to have it installed again! Unlike other types of insulation, Comfort Cloud holds its form and depth, so you don’t have to worry about needing more.ether it truly is the cause of the problems you’re noticing. One way or another, we’re gonna get your home comfortable, so don’t worry!

Can I Install Attic Insulation Myself?

There are some types of attic insulation you can do yourself, like roll insulation, but none of them last as long or work as well as blown insulation. Comfort Cloud (the insulation we use) is a type of blown insulation. This means we bring a machine to your house (it stays outside), and we connect a big tube from the machine to your attic. We’ll use that to blow insulation directly into your attic, which fills all the nooks and crannies and gives you a thick, fluffy layer of insulation that’ll last a really, really long time. Read more about different types of insulation here: https://morrisjenkins.com/blog/types-of-attic-insulation-which-is-best/

What Is a Vapor Barrier?

If you have a crawlspace, have you ever noticed a thin layer of plastic across the ground? Maybe yours is still intact, or maybe it’s tattered and in a bunch of small pieces. If your house is old, you may not even have one at all.

That plastic layer is what’s called a vapor barrier, and they’re meant to keep moisture out of your crawlspace and home.

Why Do I Need a Vapor Barrier?

The ground in your crawlspace has moisture in it that could evaporate and make your crawlspace and home musty and humid. If you have a crawlspace, you might be due for a new vapor barrier if you’re noticing problems like:

  • Musty smells
  • Humidity issues
  • Hardwood floors buckling
  • Exposed dirt in your crawlspace

When you call Morris-Jenkins for help with your vapor barrier, we’ll send an expert out for a free crawlspace consultation. They’ll take a close look at your crawlspace to see if your vapor barrier is doing its job or if it’s time for a replacement. A new vapor barrier could help keep your home comfortable!

What Is Crawlspace Encapsulation?

When a vapor barrier isn’t enough to handle the extreme humidity issues coming from your crawlspace, it might be time to consider crawlspace encapsulation. This is a great way to keep humidity levels down in your home.

Most homes with crawlspaces just need a vapor barrier, but if you struggle with extreme humidity issues in your home, this might be a better choice for your family. In its most basic sense, crawlspace encapsulation is when we wrap up your crawlspace entirely in a thick white membrane. We also take some other measures (more on that later) to make sure your humidity problems are a thing of the past!

Why Do I Need My Crawlspace Encapsulated?

If you’re having any of these problems in your home, crawlspace encapsulation might be the right move for you:

  • Uncomfortable humidity in the home
  • Bowing hardwood floors
  • Bad odors (musty smells)
  • Creaking floors
  • Rotting floor joists
  • Growth on the floor joists

Sometimes, a vapor barrier is enough to help, but not always. Give us a call and we can send one of our experts out for free to take a look at your crawlspace. They’ll inspect some things in your home and ask you some questions to get an idea of the full scope of your home’s humidity problems. Then, they can recommend the best course of action to get your home cozy and moisture-free before you know it!

What Is Involved in a Crawlspace Encapsulation?

When you decide to have us encapsulate your crawlspace, our team will clear out anything in your crawlspace, including old insulation. We’ll add insulation under the floor or against the brick, seal it with a white membrane (it feels like a pool liner!), and handle any water mitigation (this can be things like French drains or a sump pump). No matter the details, we’ll talk to you about it before we start any work, so you know what to expect! Because it’s a complex process, it tends to take us a few days to finish, but you’ll be proud of your crawlspace when we’re done.

When we’re done, you’ll have a humidity solution that can last forever if it’s taken care of!

What Is Pure Flow?

The air that’s in your home has been there a while, getting recycled and breathed over and over again. How sure are you that your air is pure?

Have you ever heard of ductwork? It’s those big, crinkly looking silver tubes in your attic or crawlspace. They deliver air from your heating and cooling system to the rest of your home! Pure Flow is the specific ductwork Morris-Jenkins uses to get your home the purest air and the best flow to keep your family comfortable.

Why Does My Home Need Pure Flow?

Think of your heating and cooling system as the heart of your HVAC system and your ductwork as the arteries. A lot of the time when you have airflow issues, the problem isn’t with the heart—it’s with the arteries. It might be time to talk to a Morris-Jenkins tech about installing Pure Flow if you’ve been having problems like:

  • Rooms that are hotter or colder than others
  • Strange smells (such as lingering food or pet odors)
  • High humidity
  • Allergies
  • Growth on your intake vents

When someone in your family has a virus and they’re coughing or sneezing, that virus can circulate through your ductwork, infecting other family members. If you cook and don’t have a range hood, food smells can get trapped in your ductwork and recirculate through your home well after that meal. If you take a shower and don’t turn on the exhaust fan, moisture from your bathroom can get into your ductwork and lead to humidity problems or even growth. And if your ductwork has any holes or leaks in your crawlspace or attic, you’re also looking at musty air, pesticides, and more getting into your family’s air. Installing Pure Flow with Morris-Jenkins gives your family pure air with the best flow possible, keeping you feeling better and more comfortable!

What to Expect When We Install Pure Flow

After you’ve talked to one of our experts and decided installing Pure Flow is the right move for your home, you wanna know what the installation is gonna be like! Don’t stress, we make things easy for you. Usually, installing Pure Flow takes us between one and two days from start to finish, so we’ll be out of your home in no time! We’ll carefully remove all your old ductwork and keep your home clean throughout the process. Once your Pure Flow is installed, we’ll go through different rooms to test and make sure your air is both pure and flowing well. We won’t call the job done until it’s something we can be proud of!

Whenever we install Pure Flow, a county inspection is required, but don’t worry, we cover the cost and handle scheduling it, so you don’t have to think about it. Just sit back and enjoy the clean air in your home!

Home Performance Services Done Right

Your home’s performance impacts your family every day! When things aren’t optimized in your home, not only will you spend more money over time paying your utility bills (and maybe even replacing your heating and cooling system sooner than you’d otherwise have to), but you won’t be as comfortable.

Call, text, or message Morris-Jenkins today to get one of our pros out to evaluate your home’s performance. We can let you know the best ways to get and keep your home comfortable, plus save you money in the long run!

Latest Posts