Home Heat Loss

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Keeping your home warm during the winter is important here in the Portland area and MidCoast Maine. However, poorly insulated homes allow precious heat to escape, leading to hefty energy bills and unnecessary wear & tear on your HVAC system. In fact, homes with insufficient insulation can cause heat loss of up to 30%!

Where Home Heat Loss Occurs

Let’s take a look at common areas of heat loss in a home and how air sealing and insulation upgrades can help you get your comfort back.

Basements & Crawl Spaces

These areas are often left exposed to the elements, allowing both unwanted airflow and moisture to infiltrate a home’s living spaces. Basement encapsulation creates an added layer of protection.

Ceilings, Walls, & Floors

Poor insulation and air leaks in your home are leading contributors to heat loss. These leaks are often unseen but can amount to heat loss that’s like leaving a window open in your home all year long.

Attics

When an attic isn’t equipped with proper insulation, it can make your home prone to ice dams as heat rises. Attic insulation helps to combat heat loss by keeping it in your home, where it belongs.

Fireplaces

Does your fireplace have an open, missing, or broken damper? If so, it won’t keep your home comfortable, but actually contribute to heat loss.

Plumbing

If plumbing pipes and pipe connections are left uninsulated, the gaps they leave in your walls and foundation will allow unwanted airflow to increase your energy bills, but insulation can help.

Ducts & Vents

Unsealed ducts and poorly installed vents can create air leaks that cause significant heat loss of up to 40% of your HVAC’s output!

Stay Cozy With Insulation Upgrades

At Evergreen Home Performance, we’ve helped thousands of families in MidCoast Maine increase their home’s energy efficiency and comfort with our comprehensive insulation, air sealing, and encapsulation services. Get started with a home energy assessment and find out where your home is losing heat.

Unfortunately, 9 out of 10 homes are under-insulated—is yours? Find out with a home energy assessment. Call 207-594-2244 or contact us online to schedule.

Does your home have enough insulation?

Find out with Evergreen Home Performance 207-594-2244

The Evergreen Team did a fabulous job and was very tuned and responsive to the particular needs we had. The job was done right on budget and we are thrilled with the improved warmth and energy efficiency.

Ira M.

Rockland

Evergreen came back this year to finish insulating our house. We have been remodeling and renovating an 1850s cape for several years. Their employees are very professional and pleasant to deal with. Over several years Brian Robinson has been able to schedule us in for several small areas that needed addressing and finally turning a room we used to close off in the winter into a comfortable usable space. We primarily heat with wood and since Evergreens great work our furnace has only come on ONCE this winter. Fantastic. Really satisfied customer in Thomaston.

Chris F.

Thomaston

Greetings one and all! I am writing to express my gratitude to all involved in my insulation project. From start to finish, I appreciate the universal theme which was maintained by each and every one of you, to ensure that my home was insulated and protected from freezing pipes as if it was your home. Andrea, thanks for helping me navigate my way to the project. Nate, thanks for the thorough initial assessment and the time you took to explain this project to me, step by step. Brian, thanks for setting up my project - so happy

Michele

Very Satisfied with the work performed by Evergreen. Professional employees, high quality work done in a timely manner. My sales rep was Justin, and he was phenomenal During the initial walk around my house, he gave me great ideas for how to improve the efficiency of our home. We will consult with Evergreen for our future home projects.

Adam G.

Westbrook

We absolutely loved our experience with Evergreen. The team was incredibly kind, professional and great to work with. We're very impressed with the quality of work of the Evergreen team and how easy they made everything! Our house had barely any insulation ahead of this project and the results are amazing. Insulating the attic, walls and basement with Evergreen allowed us to tear a 50-year-old furnace, ductwork and oil tank out of the basement and now heat the home with new heat pumps. Evergreen also added 100 sq ft of clean, new storage space to the attic!

Nick S.

South Portland

I had gotten estimates from several other companies, but Evergreen was in another league entirely with their professionalism. If you want the job done correctly, I couldn't recommend this company enough.

Rayna Mayo

Freeport

I was extremely pleased with the professionalism and quality of service that I received from the Evergreen team. I met Richard to discuss options for insulation. I knew immediately that I wanted to do business with them because he did not try to over-sell extra services that I did not need. Dave was the project manager. He was not only kind, but very respectful of my home. I would highly recommend this company.

Darlyann M

Bath

We initially contacted Evergreen through Efficiency Maine for an energy audit, which was conducted promptly and professionally by Justin McEdward, one of their Energy Advisors who is BPI-certified. After a thorough inspection of our newly purchased home, Justin explained in great detail what we needed and did not need. It was agreed that Evergreen would remove all of the existing attic insulation, which was not adequate, and replace it with blown in cellulose, to a rating of R-60.

Thomas W.

Scarborough

The Evergreen crew from initial inception to installation were professional, on time, and left our place spotless. The end result was exceptional.

John Brown

Thanks Evergreen Home Performance for helping to make our home more efficient. Many thanks as well to Bryan for the initial walk through and recommendations to make our home more efficient and to Dave, Roland, and Jacob for a job that was done professionally and courteous. We were amazed at the level of efficiency and everyday they made sure to protect our floors, carpets, and furniture. We had daily discussions with Dave about progress and what was being done and where they were at in the project.

Carol Fink

Last week, my oil company asked if we were using some other kind of fuel because our usage was so much less than they had expected We are very happy with the results; the house is much more comfortable

Steve T.

St. George

A thorough inspection of our (older) house and its energy needs. Competent and personable work crew.

Jacob Watson

I never leave reviews, but had a great experience with Evergreen and wanted to spread the word! In short, we worked with them to insulate our roof this winter and have noticed surprising immediate results. The constant ice dams I have wrestled with are completely gone, and the home is noticeably more comfortable. It's a little too early to tell if our oil bill is going to reduce, but I imagine we will see an impact there as well.

Joel W.

Portland

Working with Brian and with Nate and the rest of the crew was a pleasure. They made everything very easy and understandable. This was a major renovation and they were always at the ready with a lot of information. We had an extensive renovation on the basement which was a dirt basement and it came out beautifully. We can already tell from all of the insulation work what a difference it's made in sound and temperature. Brian worked with me on the rebates that are available when you do this kind of work. I would highly recommend this company to…

Valerie L.

Rockland

We had Evergreen come out to our tiny old (100+ year old) house to see what they would recommend for decreasing our carbon footprint, saving money, and increasing our comfort in the cold season. Richard and Bryan were great to work with, patiently answering our many questions and walking us through multiple options. We could only afford to tackle a few areas this year; we ended up replacing some windows and having them weatherize the entire house.

Alan M.

Falmouth

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