Wisconsin Insulation Services

At Wisconsin Home Improvement, we offer one-stop home performance services to ensure that your southeast Wisconsin home is healthy, comfortable and energy efficient. We also work closely with contractors and builders to ensure that new construction and remodeling projects are designed to perform well in all conditions, long-term and year-round. Our expertise is built on years of insulation contracting. Our team holds Building Performance Institute (BPI) certification, and is one of a select few Owens Corning Certified Energy Experts in the country.

Located in the lovely village of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Home Improvement and Wisconsin Insulation Services brings a wealth of specialized experience and a dedication to home performance done right for both your existing and new construction home. Our new construction insulation business, Wisconsin Insulation Services found in 1936 offers meticulously installed spray foam insulation and fiberglass insulation. A perfect complement to our new construction services is Wisconsin Home Improvement specializing in delivering comfort, durability, and energy efficiency to your existing home for over 35 years.

Does your home feel drafty or cold in the winter? It could be outside air leaking in. An important step in improving your southeast Wisconsin home's energy efficiency is to seal the tiny gaps and cracks that can rob you of energy dollars and prevent home heat loss. As part of your home energy assessment, Wisconsin Home Improvement uses a blower door test in addition to infrared thermal imaging and diagnostics to identify where you home is leaking air. Sealing the gaps and cracks in your home may help stop unconditioned outdoor air from infiltrating your home, but if your insulation is lacking, then those cold outdoor temperatures are still going to find their way into your living space.

The attic can be the site of a good portion of your home's heat loss and energy inefficiency, primarily because heat rises. Poorly-insulated homes can lose as much as 25% of their energy through the roof and attic! For this reason, our team pays special attention to everything directly under the roof when we conduct a home performance audit. Our home performance audit will measure and review your attic's current insulation and identify areas where conditioned air is leaking from your home's living areas.

Looking for an expert in home insulation? You've come to the right place at Wisconsin Home Improvement. Our founding company has been a trusted home insulation contractor since the 1930s. In 1984, we created a separate company-Wisconsin Home Improvement- to focus exclusively on improving the performance of existing homes with insulation. Our long history with different types of insulation means we understand the unique characteristics and benefits of many types of insulation solutions to make your home comfortable and efficient.

With the variable weather throughout the year here in Wisconsin, there are months where your home needs to be cool and others where you can't seem to turn the thermostat up high enough. Spray foam insulation can help ensure your home is energy efficient, healthy and comfortable all year round. Spray foam's ability to simultaneously air seal and provide high-performing insulation make it an excellent choice for your home. On top of these benefits, you will save on your home's energy bills. Air leakage accounts for about 40% of your home's energy loss.

Our sister company, Wisconsin Insulation Services, provides professional new home insulation, remodeling services and basement waterproofing to ensure the highest level of comfort in southeast Wisconsin. We have a deep understanding of how your home's performance can affect your comfort and efficiency. Our new home construction partners know us well-we might be working with your builder already! We are set up to provide the best pricing, expertise and execution to keep your building project moving along on schedule and on budget.

An essential component of enhancing your home's performance is improving indoor air quality. A well-sealed, well-ventilated home reduces the amount of indoor pollutant levels that can affect your family's health. Wisconsin Home Improvement home performance audits include several tests to assess your home's indoor air quality and identify areas that need attention. The substances that cause indoor air pollution take many forms: gases, contaminants/particulates, mold, bacteria and more. Wisconsin Home Improvement's inspection can improve home air health by identifying areas in the home that contribute to poor indoor air quality.

When talking about insulating a home, most people think about attics and walls. But insulating the floors over the basement or an unconditioned crawlspace can improve your home's comfort and improve energy efficiency. Sealing up the gaps and spaces where air can infiltrate into the main floor living areas can also prevent moisture and mold from building up. If your home feels cold and drafty, deficient floor insulation is one place to look. Wisconsin Home Improvement's home performance audit will help identify overlooked and under-insulated areas in your home, from top to bottom, including floor areas that separate conditioned spaces from those that are not heated or cooled.

The attic is one of the most important areas of the home, and that's not because it may house sentimental items or holiday decorations. Your attic is key when it comes to your home's energy efficiency. Regardless of the season in Wisconsin, if your attic is not properly insulated and air sealed, it can cause you to suffer with uncomfortable indoor temperatures and high energy bills month after month. The first step to ruling your home is to rule your attic. By determining the state of your attic's insulation, you'll be able to formulate a plan to make improvements.

The importance of indoor air quality in a home is becoming more and more of a priority for Wisconsin homeowners, as they learn more about the ways that air pollutants and contaminants concentrated in the air they breathe inside can affect the health and wellbeing of themselves and their family. One of the most dangerous indoor air pollutants is carbon monoxide, or CO. Luckily, with combustion safety testing services from Wisconsin Home Improvement, you can protect yourself inside your Milwaukee metro area house and help create a healthy home environment.

If not properly insulated, the walls of your home can account for as much as 35% of your home's lost energy. If you think about it, exterior walls probably have the biggest impact on your comfort-they're usually the largest total area of the house that can lose conditioned air. If you have rooms that feel drafty, too cold, too hot, but never comfortable, then your wall insulation may be a big factor. Wisconsin Home Improvement can help to assess your home's wall insulation and recommend next steps for an efficient home.

No two Milwaukee area homes are the same, and at Wisconsin Home Improvement, we help local homeowners save money and improve their home comfort by choosing the right insulation type to upgrade their houses with. One of the best kinds of insulation we use in our home retrofit work is blown-in insulation-learn more about how blown insulation can benefit your home. There are two main insulation materials used for blown in insulation installation: fiberglass and cellulose. Fiberglass is often made from recycled glass and plastic.

Insulation can lose its effectiveness over time for several reasons and can begin to break down especially if moisture, pests, or other contaminants start affecting it. For these reasons, many homes in Southeastern Wisconsin are in need of updated insulation, and some require insulation removal. Our insulation experts will inspect your old insulation to determine if removal is necessary before the installation of any new insulation. If your insulation is wet, moldy or rodent infested, you'll want it removed before new insulation is installed in your home.

Professional air sealing keeps the unconditioned, outdoor air from infiltrating your living space. In most homes, there are air leaks in a number of places - both along the home's exterior and throughout its interior. With a blower door test, all of the doors and windows of your home are shut, and a large temporary fan is attached to the front door. This fan creates a negative pressure inside of your home, and gives your WHI technician a reading of exactly how air tight your home is. An infrared camera uses heat mapping to show exactly where your home is hot and cold.