At A B Pest Control & Insulation, we offer multiple services for your convenience. From pest control to lawn maintenance and turf management to insulation services, we can handle all of these tasks for you! This week, we'll be continuing our series by discussing two different sectors of our business with A-Z with A B Pest Control & Insulation: Hairy Critters & Heat Flow.
Hairy Critters
This time of year brings more than just cold temperatures. For homeowners, it can also bring unwanted guests into your home. While most common household pests are hibernating this time of year, there are still a group of hairy pests that are seeking shelter and warmth in the comfort of your home. So, who's hanging out in your attic?
Common attic dwellers in the winter months include raccoons, squirrels, rodents, and bats. While the thought of one of these little guys hanging out in your attic may not seem like such a big deal, they can wreak havoc on your home's insulation and cause all kinds of damage to your property. Plus, these hairy critters can also carry pathogens that cause disease and can be harmful to humans and our pets.
If you do happen to come across any of these hairy critters in your attic or home, contact A B Pest Control & Insulation. We'll come out and safely remove these creatures and relocate them where they can thrive and continue to benefit our ecosystem!
Heat Flow
Ever wonder why your home has those persistently hot or cold rooms that seem impossible to cool down or heat up? It all boils down to thermodynamics.
The first law of thermodynamics states:
- Energy moves from place to place
- Energy changes from one form to another
- Energy cannot be created or destroyed
The second law of thermodynamics states:
- Heat moves from warmer to cooler
- Air moves from higher pressure to lower pressure
- Moisture moves from wetter to drier
Heat moves around your home by conduction, convection and radiation. On a cold day, convection causes warm air in your living space to rise. That air moves by conduction through the ceiling to the attic floor. If the house is leaky, the heat will also move into the attic space by convection. The heat from the attic floor radiates to the roof. The heat conducts through the roof assembly and out.
Insulation wraps the house in a layer of material that slows the rate of heat loss to the outdoors. In large empty spaces such as wall cavities, heat can be lost across the air space by convection and radiation. Insulation divides the air space into many small pockets of still air, inhibiting heat transfer by convection. At the same time, the insulation material reduces radiation across the space. Controlling airflow protects building materials from moisture damage, improves comfort and makes for a cleaner, healthier, safer and quieter home.
The easiest and most efficient way to ensure that your home has the proper insulation levels is to call a professional. A B Pest Control and Insulation can evaluate your home and make the proper recommendations for the best insulation to meet your needs. With proper insulation, your home can easily stay warm when it's cold outside.
If you have unwanted pests around your house or would like to have us take a look at your current insulation situation, give your Lake of the Ozarks pest control company a call! From pest control to lawn maintenance and insulation services - A to Z, we cover it all!
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