Reflective foil insulation is designed to prevent heat from moving into your home. It’s a type of insulation that works both to keep your home cool in the summer and warmer in the winter. This type of insulation doubles as a barrier against heat and a barrier to keep heat in.

Radiant barrier foil insulation works by creating a barrier between the sun and your home. Since the foil is highly reflective, it bounces the heat waves back out instead of allow them to reach the inside of your home.

The number one benefit of using Reflective Foil Insulation techniques is that you will notice your energy bill drop. It could be a dramatic drop, or a slightly significant drop. Either way, with the cost of energy on the rise it is a good thing to have in your home. Radiant barriers such as the reflective foil insulation, work for tons of other purposes as well. They can trap heat for food, which you see by using aluminum foil, by bouncing infrared light back.

There are also plenty of different types of reflective foil insulation as well, such as laminated and non-laminated, one layer and multi-layer. The best style to use would be the laminated foil with multiple layers. The special layering technology is extremely efficient at keeping heat out of your home, and takes virtually forever to wear through. Other types of foil can become damaged and dusty very quickly, making them tear or simply quit working.

Foil insulation is a bit more expensive than other more commonly used insulating materials, but it is still affordable at about $150 per roll. Insulating your entire home could cost thousands, but the energy saving potential make the cost worth it.  Insulating your house is a big part of justifiable home improvement that will actually pay for itself. It would take less than 5 years for the money saving benefits to exceed the initial cost, meaning more money for you, and less energy wasted on heat escaping or heating coming in from the outside.