Super Attic: Advanced Conversion System -- converts your attic from a vented attic into an unvented attic, while still maintaining a vented roof assembly by installing SilverGlo™, graphite-infused insulation boards with a radiant barrier on both sides on the bottom of your roof rafters.
Read the transcript on our SuperAttic™: Attic Conversion System video.
The attic plays a critical role in a home's energy performance. The average house wastes hundreds of dollars on heating and cooling every year because it has too little attic insulation and too much air leakage into the attic space.
That's why building performance experts place a high priority on air-sealing the attic and upgrading attic insulation.
The trouble is that many attics are partially or fully floored to provide additional storage space. It's not possible to air-seal the attic and install extra insulation unless you rip up and remove the attic flooring - a messy operation that adds extra expense to this energy upgrade while eliminating a valuable storage area.
Dr. Energy Saver has the perfect solution for this kind of situation - get in contact to discover if SuperAttic™ is right for you!
The SuperAttic™ system from Dr. Energy Saver eliminates the need to remove attic flooring and lose valuable attic storage space in order to make major energy-saving upgrades in the attic.
The SuperAttic™ system utilizes proprietary SilverGlo™ rigid foam insulation panels to fully seal and insulate the attic directly beneath the roof rafters and directly inside the gable ends. The SuperAttic™ system creates a continuous air and insulation barrier directly beneath the attic roof, with no thermal bridging to compromise energy performance. With the SuperAttic™ system, roof ventilation is maintained without allowing exterior air to enter the attic space. As an added benefit, SilverGlo™ insulation panels include an integral radiant barrier that further reduces heating and cooling costs.
Tight sealing techniques. Each SilverGlo™ insulation panel is sealed to attic framing and to neighboring panels. The result is a thick, uniform layer of insulation that includes a radiant barrier for additional energy savings.
Building scientists, the experts who study how buildings use and lose energy, have known for years that a house loses more energy through the attic than anywhere else, due to the Stack Effect. Inside the house, warm air rises naturally by convection, leaking into the attic through numerous gaps, cracks and passageways. Air leaking out of the house causes an equal volume of outside air to be drawn into the house through leaks in lower areas. With conditioned air leaking out of the house and unconditioned air leaking in, you're wasting energy and money 24 hours a day.
Sealing leaks in the attic floor can short-circuit the Stack Effect, but it can be difficult to do this effectively. There are simply too many leaks and too many obstacles like existing insulation, ductwork and attic flooring. So air leakage and energy losses continue. Blowing additional fiberglass or cellulose insulation into the attic will reduce energy losses, but the effectiveness on this added insulation is compromised by gaps around recessed light fixtures, HVAC components, chimneys, vent pipes and attic flooring.
Dr. Energy Saver invented the SuperAttic™ system to overcome common attic insulation and air-sealing problems and offer homeowners a high-performance alternative to blowing fiberglass or cellulose insulation into attic spaces. The SuperAttic™ system has already drawn praise from customers who are enjoying vastly improved energy performance along with attic storage and the system's neat, clean appearance.
Once and done. A typical SuperAttic™ installation can be completed in one or two days, and is a permanent, no-maintenance "green" improvement.
The SuperAttic™ system is more suitable for some attics than for others. To find out if a SuperAttic™ system makes sense for your house, see how many of the following statements are true.
If more than two of the statements above apply to you and your house, a SuperAttic™ system could be a smart investment. Call or contact your local Dr. Energy Saver dealer online to get started on installation!
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