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Adding Insulation to Your Attic Pays for Itself
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, raising the R-Value of your attic insulation from R-19 to R-60 will save 20% on your summer cooling and winter heating costs. Adding insulation to your attic is one of the best energy-saving upgrades you can make to your home. It’s a home improvement that pays for itself.

Rite Window is an Authorized Owens Corning Contractor
Owens Corning is the undisputed leader in the insulation industry. As an authorized Owens Corning contractor, all of Rite Window’s service teams have been trained in the application methods prescribed by Owens Corning. Our service is backed by a A+ rating from the BBB, and the Angie’s List Super Service Award.

Schedule a FREE attic inspection. Learn the R-Value of your current insulation, and receive an accurate price quote to solve any deficiencies.

Why Add to Your Attic Insulation?
- Less drafts and a warmer house in the winter
- More efficient cooling in the summer
- Lower your heating-cooling costs by up to 20%
- Recover your project costs in 5 years or less.
- Eliminate ice dams on roof

All Quotes Include
- Complete R-60 insulation application
- Rafter ventilation baffles
- Address chimneys, pipes, & major penetrations
- Insulated hatch or stair cover
- Retrofit of storage area (if needed)

Over 80 Million Homes in America are Under Insulated
Most homes in New England were built when energy efficiency and green practices were less of a concern. Attics in the majority of homes built before 1990 are insulated to the lower standards of that time. Unless you’ve added to the original level of insulation it’s likely your home is under insulated by today’s standards.

Attic floor with bat insulation between floor joist timbers.

If you can see the floor, you need more
The most common form of attic insulation consists of rolled-out bat laid between the floor joist. The result is 5-7 inches of insulation with an R-Value between R-13 and R-19.

This is less than the renewly revised recommendation. The Department of Energy has coined a simple rule of thumb regarding attic insulation: "If you see the floor, you need more."

The U.S. Department of Energy recommends 12 to 20 inches for New England, or R-49 to R-60

The recommended R-Values were increased in 2008
Prior to 2008, building codes in New England allowed attic insulation R-Values of R-13. Today the minimum standard is R-49, more than double the previous level.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s revised recommendations for attic insulation
In 2008 Energy Star and the Department of Energy revised their recommended attic insulation R-Values for the entire nation. Massachusetts and Southern NH are in Zone-5, with R-49 to R-60 recommended.

Insulation Map

The Advantage of Owens Corning Blown-in Expanding Insulation
Rite Window uses an application device specially designed by Owens Corning to cast an equal layer of fiberglass insulation. It’s applied over the previous insulation, creating 3-times the previous R-Value.

Owens Corning Blown-In Expanding Fiberglass Attic Insulation Blown-in fiberglass versus rolled-out batting
The rolled-out bat form of insulation is much thinner, and allows for air leaks where the strip meets the wood floor joist.

Blown-in fiberglass versus blown-in cellulose
Cellulose insulation is made from recycled newspaper, and is more susceptible to moisture damage, and the risk of fire.

Blown-in fiberglass provides total coverage
As shown on the left, Owens Corning blown-in fiberglass insulation creates a seamless area of coverage. A total blanket of Owens Corning insulation.

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Rite Window of New England is locally owned and operated. Rite Window serves the entire New England region with offices in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. We provide homeowners the highest quality replacement windows for a better price; as our motto says "the right window, professionally installed, for the right price". All of our window products are certified by Energy-Star, and engineered to the highest standard of energy efficiency. Our 5100 Series is a well built attractive window, easy to clean, and affordable. We back our products and installation with a transferable 50-year warranty, You can be assured that our window products are built and installed to last. Rite Window of New England sells double hung windows, bow and bay windows, casement and awning windows, garden windows, slider windows, patio doors; professionally installed by Rite Window of New England.