Attic like an oven, or upstairs rooms that stay hot with the AC running? A lot of that heat starts at your sun-baked roof, and a radiant barrier turns back much of what the roof radiates. We install AttiicELEVATE™ in existing attics and LAYVEX under new roofs.
On a summer afternoon the sun heats your roof, and the underside of the roof deck radiates that heat down onto everything in the attic: the insulation, the ductwork and the attic floor. Insulation slows heat moving through it and vents let hot air out, but neither reflects the heat the roof radiates. A radiant barrier does.
We install radiant barriers for homes across Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Plano and nearby cities. Both products come from Attiic, a home improvement products distributor based in the Denver area.
AttiicELEVATE is a multi-layer reflective insulation made for home attics. It goes in from inside the attic and works with the insulation you already have rather than replacing it. Attiic reports a surface emittance of 0.03 under ASTM E408 testing, and from that infers roughly 97% of radiant heat reflected, subject to test conditions. That figure describes the surface, not a 97% drop in attic heat or energy use. What you notice depends on your attic, your insulation, your ventilation and the installation.
Replacing your roof? A radiant barrier can go on with it. LAYVEX is a roofing underlayment with a reflective surface, laid on the roof deck under your new roof covering. That means it goes on during a roof replacement or new roof, not as a separate job later. How much the reflective surface helps depends on how the roof is built and its air spaces, so we talk it through as part of your roof plan.
A simple, transparent process from start to finish
Contact us for an attic and roof assessment at no cost. We’ll tell you whether a radiant barrier makes sense for your home.
Receive a transparent proposal with material options, timeline, and pricing. We’ll answer all your questions before starting.
Our crew installs it to the product’s instructions, backed by our quality guarantee and warranty coverage.
Because the roof above it is baking in the sun. The roof deck soaks up that heat and radiates it down into the attic, so on a Dallas-Fort Worth summer afternoon an attic gets far hotter than the air outside. Poor ventilation makes it worse, and thin insulation lets more of that heat through the ceiling into your rooms.
Upstairs rooms sit right under the attic, so heat from a hot attic comes down through the ceiling, and warm air rises from the floors below. If your ducts run through the attic, the cooled air also picks up heat on its way to those rooms. The AC system itself, leaky ducts and sun through the windows can play a part too. A free attic inspection shows whether the attic is part of the problem in your home.
A Texas attic won’t be cool in summer, so the aim is to keep its heat out of your rooms. Three things work together: vents that let hot air out, enough insulation on the attic floor, and a radiant barrier that reflects the heat coming off the roof. We check all three in a free inspection and tell you what, if anything, your attic needs.
Think of it in two parts. Regular insulation slows heat moving down through your ceiling, and our attic insulation page covers how much a Dallas-Fort Worth attic needs. A radiant barrier or reflective insulation deals with the heat the roof radiates, and radiant barriers do the most in hot, sunny climates. Which your attic needs first depends on what is already up there.
Radiant barriers do the most in hot, sunny climates like North Texas. Whether one is worth it for your home depends on your attic, how much insulation you have and how well the attic is ventilated, so we look before we recommend anything. We don’t make any promises about your power bill.
Insulation slows heat moving through it. A radiant barrier reflects the heat a hot roof radiates. They do different jobs, so a radiant barrier works alongside insulation, not instead of it. If your attic is short on insulation, our attic insulation service covers that too.
In an existing home it goes in the attic, with the reflective side facing an open air space. How it is fitted depends on the product and your attic, and we follow the product’s instructions. With a new roof, a reflective underlayment such as LAYVEX goes on the roof deck, under the roof covering.
Yes. A reflective surface only works against radiant heat when it faces an air space. Pressed tight against another material, it passes heat along by contact instead. In the attic, we install it so the reflective side has that space. Under a new roof, the space depends on how the roof is built, and we go over that with you.
Yes, if LAYVEX suits your roof. While the old roof is off, it can go on the deck as your underlayment. LAYVEX RB is fastened down, and LAYVEX SA is self-adhered and also serves as an ice and water shield. We’ll tell you which one fits your roof.
It depends on the size of your attic or roof, how easy your attic is to get around in, and whether the radiant barrier goes on with a new roof. We give you a clear quote after the free inspection, before any work starts.
Yes, we provide free, no-obligation inspections to assess your attic and roof and recommend the best solutions.
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