3 Causes of Ice Dams on Michigan Roofs

It may look like a winter postcard when thick icicles line your roof, but for Michigan homeowners, they are often the first warning sign of an ice dam. Ice dams form when heat escapes your home in the wrong places, melting snow on the upper roof and allowing it to...

Check Your Attic Insulation

As the temperature dips, checking your home for ways that heat can escape is vital. Not just to prevent higher heating bills, but also to increase the overall comfort and longevity of your home. Plus, it can prevent bigger damage and heftier repair bills down the...

Adding Insulation to Your Existing Home

You can lower your energy bills by installing extra insulation in your home. Many older homes are usually less insulated than newer homes, but adding insulation can help pay for itself in a matter of years. To decide if you should add insulation, you first need to...

Attic Insulation, The Forgotten Hero

It Does So Much, And Asks For So Little Our attic insulation may be relegated to “out of sight, out of mind”. Its value is sometimes forgotten. (Especially if we’ve wisely chosen “blown” attic insulation.) Here’s a brief reminder of...

How Attic Insulation Affects the Whole House

Let’s be honest, we’re all looking for ways to save money. Sometimes the ways that we’re letting good money go to waste are so obvious, it’s hard to believe that we didn’t notice them. If you’ve been trying to save on your heating...