Wood floors buckling because of moisture Bonnie and Joe Meteye bought their Metairie home less than a year after Hurricane Katrina, but held off on replacing the original wood floors until five years later when they were adding on to their home. They found a contractor who was more than happy to install their new […]
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Spray Foam versus Batt Insulation We are giving you a fact-to-fact comparison on spray foam insulation versus batt insulation for you to see the cost-saving benefits. Your argument; aw, come on. Batt insulation is cheaper. Do I really need to spring for spray foam instead? While you might save a few bucks upfront by choosing
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Ahhhh. Nothing beats the sound of peace and quiet. Except maybe the jingle of extra money in your pocket. Insulate your home with spray polyurethane foam, and you can treat your ears to both kinds of beautiful music. Soundproof your home with spray foam insulation Spray foam helps cut down on airborne sound transmission, creating
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What do you get when you cross a 110-year-old double shotgun camelback house with no sub-flooring and crawl space insulation? A lot more comfort and more money in your pocket. At least, that’s what Roger C. discovered after having Sunlight Contractors, LLC do a closed spray foam insulation makeover on his Uptown District New Orleans
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Crawl Space Encapsulation Eliminates Cold Winter Floors Crawl space encapulation can stop cold winter floors unlike regular standard fiber glass insulation. [gallery_bank type=”individual” format=”thumbnail” title=”true” desc=”true” responsive=”true” animation_effect=”bounce” album_title=”true” album_id=”32″] Can your floors stand up to old man winter? Winter always comes back — even to subtropical Southern Louisiana. And when it returns, so can
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Why your floors need protection now, and what you can do about it. Do you shudder because of your once-beautiful hardwoods cupping and buckling? Are your subfloors being overtaken by mildew and decay, and termites making a buffet of your home? Peter Reichard’s 2009 article in New Orleans Homes and Lifestyles got it right: Even
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“Don’t even think about insulating the floor of your raised Louisiana home.” It’s common advice, based upon two dreaded words: moisture problems. Many types of insulation can actually contribute to moisture problems, but unless you want to freeze on the cold days and mop sweat on the sultry ones, all while paying through the nose
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Crawl spaces are not uncommon in hot, flood-prone southern Louisiana. Many historic homes were built raised to prevent flooding, but crawl spaces also created a way to allow cooling air to circulate throughout a home before air conditioning. Today, many homes still have crawl spaces to provide easy access to pipes and other equipment that’s
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Spray Foam New Orleans By Sunlight Contractors installed closed cell spray foam to a raised New Orleans home. Spray foam New Orleans by Sunlight Contractors offers home services that save money & energy. No other energy solutions provider can offer the savings and services that Sunlight Contractor for the services of spray foam insulation in
