Before & After Photos

This family in Springfield, MA had a basement that was causing condensation, rot, cold floors, drafts and high energy bills, Their crawl space wasn't insulated properly, so Fogarty's Home Services was called to fix this uncomfortable home. In the winter, vents let cold air directly into our homes. Floor insulation sags away from the sub-floor and the cold air gets above it - rendering the insulation useless. In the summer, the vents let warm, humid air in which is cooled by the subterranean crawl space. This caused the relative humidity to go way up and condensation to form all over the crawl space surfaces including floor joists and ducts. This was why the homeowners were experiencing discomfort.  Fogarty's Home Services sealed up the vents and other leaks to the outside. The walls were insulated with SilverGlo™ foam to increase the R-value by 24% over standard foam. A dimpled plastic drainage matting was installed across the floor to  create an airspace and thermal break, and TerraBlock™ floor insulation was installed over it. Finally, the heavy duty crawl space encapsulation liner was installed permanently across the dirt floor - sealed with mechanical fasteners to the walls and spiked to the floor.  Now this family will feel much lower humidity, much warmer floors upstairs, less drafts, a more comfortable house, and lower energy costs.

Steps from your basement to the outdoors are convenient, but the (metal) hatch doors that cover them are completely uninsulated and leak lots of air. Cold winter air gets sucked into your home continually in winter. In summer, warm humid hair enters the basement and causes condensation on cool floors, walls, and ducts. Results - Cold basement, cold floors on the first floor, drafts higher heating/fuel costs, condensation in summer, higher electric costs for A/C. Proper framing is installed and a new insulated exterior door with weather-stripping  and locking knob is installed. Now, "inside" the house is inside the door, and "outside" is outside the door, so it doesn't matter that the hatch door is uninsulated and leaks air. Results - Warmer basement and floors over the basement, drier basement in the summer, lower fuel and electric costs, less drafts, house is easier to heat, more security.

This homeowner in Springfield, MA called us hoping to get her bulkhead door replaced. Their bulkhead door was old, wooden, and rotting, and was therefore in need of replacement. 

Luckily, Fogarty's Home Services was able to help this customer. We were able to install a beautiful new bulkhead door. We caulked around the edges and installed flashing behind the door to ensure a tight fit. Now, it looks amazing, and the homeowner is happy! 

This homeowner in Springfield, MA called us hoping to get his attic insulation removed. He wanted to have an electrician do some work in his home, including in the attic. To do that, though, he needed all of the fiberglass insulation removed from his attic. The insulation was blown-in fiberglass, with some additional plastic-wrapped batts of fiberglass insulation added on top of some areas. 

We were able to help this customer. We first bagged the batt insulation and removed it from the home. After that, we were able to use a large vacuum to remove the loose fiberglass as well as the leftover pieces from the batt insulation. The hose from the vacuum was routed out a window and into our truck, where the loose insulation was bagged and sealed. Now, we will be able to dispose of the old, dirty insulation, and the homeowner will be able to do the necessary work in his home before re-insulating his attic! 

Attic Insulation job to help make rooms warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer.