Insulating your home is paramount to ensuring that you get the full efficiency value from your air conditioner. If less energy is wasted in the form of cool air escaping from your home, your air conditioner won’t need to work as hard and will have an extended life. In fact, some people erroneously believe they need an air conditioner repair service, when in fact, they need better insulation in their home. Furthermore, you will use less energy which is wonderful for the environment as well as save you boatloads of money. Insulating your home is especially important in the Colorado area due to the extremes in temperatures.

While some areas of the US are extreme outliers and are typically cold or hot for the vast majority of the year, Colorado has four distinct seasons. The main benefits insulation will provide you with include: cost controls, energy conservation, and moisture control. The following are some of the areas that have the most impact on lost energy and air conditioner inefficiency.

Ductwork Insulation

The ductwork in your home is essential to carrying cold (or warm) air throughout your home. However, if your ductwork is not insulated, your air conditioning system won’t work at an optimal level. Essentially, you will lose a lot of energy and cold (or warm) air as it leaks out of the ductwork while in transit to a specific area.

Attic Insulation

An attic that hasn’t been insulated will wreak havoc on your homes cooling efficiency. Roofs have the ability to absorb large amounts of heat, and that heat is drawn in by your attic. In turn that heat is transferred through your ceiling to make your air conditioner work much harder. Furthermore, the opposite is true in winter months regarding your heater. Your heat will have the ability to seep out your home through your attic unless you take measures to insulate your home.

Basement Insulation

Many people misunderstand basement insulation. They tend to think that since their basement is naturally a cooler part of their home that they don’t need to insulate their basement for the sake of air conditioning. However, insulation will protect you from two things: changes in ground temperature and moisture. Because basements are naturally cool, dark, and damp, they create the perfect breeding ground for mold. Furthermore, a mold problem could be compounded if it finds its way into your cooling system, in which case you would need air conditioner repair services to clean out the mold or even replace your AC unit.

External Walls

Insulating any wall that is exposed to the great outdoors is critical to ensuring that you don’t waste large sums of money on heating and air conditioning. In addition, insulation in these types of areas ensures that your home doesn’t become the victim of another mold outbreak. It only takes a little bit of mold to expand into an uncontrollable problem that leaves you seeking the help of experts in a last ditch effort to attempt to maintain the value of your home. Instead of allowing the problem to become so out-of-hand, insulate your home before it is too late.

Repair Considerations

If you notice that your AC unit is working double-time, you may or may not need an air conditioner repair. It could just be that your home is poorly insulated. Take the time to consider the big picture by taking your home insulation into account before moving forward with repairs.