This type of insulation is made of fiber glass, mineral fill, or plastic beads and commonly placed in attics.
What is loose fill?
100
This area of the house loses the most heat during the winter and gains the most heat during the summer, sometimes it is not insulated.
What is the attic?
100
Insulating cuts this bill during the winter. Think oil, natural gas, coal, or wood.
What is heating bill?
100
This keeps moisture from leaving the living area of a house.
What is vapor barrier?
100
The measurements taken to define the amount of insulation needed for a specific part of the room.
What is area?
200
This insulation is placed between studs and joists. It typically comes in widths of 15" and 23".
What are batts?
200
The book discusses three ways to better insulate doors: one is chinking with insulation scraps, the use of two doors, or this made of metal, rubber, or vinyl cord.
What is weather stripping?
200
According to the book there are four things you can do to conserve energy in the home: reduce size of home, lowering ceiling heights, decrease window sizes, and this.
What is increase insulation amounts?
200
Insulation comes in two distinct ways, this is in reference to the vapor barrier or lack there of.
What is faced or unfaced?
200
This is the formula for area.
What is length x width?
300
A rigid board made of brown fiber or blue styro-foam board. It also doubles as sheathing.
What is board insulation?
300
This is used to seal around outlets and joints specifically near doors and windows to prevent the exterior of the house from leaking air or water.
What is caulking or sealing?
300
Installing insulation does this in the warmer months.
What is reduce energy costs for cooling?
300
This is the specific resistance of any material to its thickness.
What is R-value?
300
During the installation process, this is placed toward the warm side of the room during the winter.
What is the vapor barrier or kraft paper?
400
This insulation is like batts, but is much wider and comes in bulk. It is typically used in commercial construction.
What are blankets?
400
When insulation installation is complete you want to be sure and do this. It involves paneling or gypsum board (drywall).
What is place an interior wall covering over it?
400
This is how one would compile total R-value of multiple layers of insulation.
What is add them together?
400
Insulation creates this between warm air inside the structure and cold air outside.
What is dead air space?
400
This is the technique used for insulating around a wire.
What is splitting the insulation around the front and back of the wire?
500
As discussed in the video this insulation is used in new construction and is made of recycled paper. It is typically blown in the framework of the house.
What is cellulose insulation?
500
Inside the house air circulates by this effect, it is hard to pronounce.
What is thermosiphon effect?
500
The formula for resistance is this. It is used labs to test products and materials for R-value.
What is 1 / C?
500
The resistance of any material to the transfer of heat depends on these two characteristics, which are directly related to the thickness of the material.
What is composition and physical?
500
This is the amount of compression the insulation should have when installed properly.