The choices you make about insulating your home deserve some carefulattention. After all, you’ll be living with this decision for as long as youown your home!

Unfortunately, most homeowners assume that all insulations perform thesame and are content to let installation price serve as the determiningfactor in making their decision. However, there are many factors toconsider. Among the most important are comfort and performance.

Aren’t all insulations the same?No. Absolutely not. The R-value listed oninsulation products is a standard that comesfrom laboratory testing. Real world testsdemonstrate just how vastly superiorApplegate Cellulose Insulation® is incomparison to conventional fiberglass.

For example, Researchers at Oak RidgeLaboratory found that, “R-19 (glass fiber)batts have an R-value of 13.7 when installedas commonly found in actual walls.”1

And other testsdetermined that on thehottest and coldestdays, fiberglass’efffectivenessdecreases whileApplegate CelluloseInsulation® maintainsits full insulationvalue.2

How is that possible?The walls, ceilings, and floors are full of oddshaped cavities and obstacles like plumbing,air ducts, and wiring. According to GuardianFiberglass, “About half of all wall cavities inresidential construction are nonstandard inwidth and height, or obstructed with wiringpipes and other things. Any void area inconventional battinsulation canreduce the R-valuesignificantly.”

For insulation towork effectively itmust completelyfill around theseo b s t r u c t i o n swithout voids orgaps.

What do I really need to know about insulating my home?

ApplegateInsulation®

has anR-value of

3.8 per inch,nearly twiceas much as

typical blownfiberglass!

The Applegate® DifferenceApplegate CelluloseInsulation® is sprayed orblown into walls,conforming to your homeand surrounding you andyour family with a tightthermal barrier.

Fiberglass batts, on theother hand, are cut andpieced together, leaving voids that reduce it’sability to insulate. So even though it may be lessexpensive to install initially, fiberglass batts donot deliver the same effective insulationproperties as Applegate®.

Sealing the building envelope with a seamlessblanket of natural fibers, Applegate® can also be

installed in attics andcathedral ceilings.Our StabilizedCellulose® Insulationlocks in place andvirtually eliminatesdust and settling.

Another study comparedfiberglass and celluloseinsulation in attics.3 Bothstarted at R-19, but fiberglassstarted to lose its effective R-value as temperaturesdropped to just 32o! It wenton to lose up to 50% of itseffective R-value astemperatures continued to drop.

Applegate Cellulose Insulation®, however, notonly maintained its R-value; its insulationeffectiveness actually increased to more than anR-20 as temperatures were lowered below -18o F!

When you choose Applegate® CelluloseInsulation, you will receive what you paid for!

800-627-7536 www.ApplegateInsulation.com

“Utility billswere 32%

lower in thecelluloseinsulatedbuilding.”

-Leominster Housing

Autho9rity

What can I do for my existing home?Whether your home was built a century ago or completedyesterday, it’s not too late for you and your family to enjoythe benefits of Applegate Insulation®. Your attic and wallsmay be insulated with fiberglass that is doing a poor job.

Covering the loose-fill fiberglass in your attic with more ofthe same stuff “fails to restore the lost R-value”4 that naturallyoccurs with fiberglass. But researchers at Oak Ridge foundthat when you “cap” your loose-fill fiberglass with cellulose,it not only adds R-value, it actually restores the effective R-value that fiberglass loses during cold weather.5

FIREApplegate Insulation® actually helps make homes saferby providing up to 50% better fire resistance thanfiberglass.6 This means thatoccupants have more time toreach safety. ApplegateStabilized’s® unique two-stage process injects bothdry and liquid fire retardantsthat penetrate deep intocellulose fibers for addedsaftey.

HEALTHApplegate Stabilized Insulation® eliminates irritating,abrasive, airborne glass fiber particles, providing youwith peace of mind regarding your indoor air quality.Applegate Insulation® was recently chosen by theAmerican Lung Association of Virginia to insulate theirBreathe Easy® Office complex.

MOLDApplegate® restricts air movement that can bring moistair into wall cavities where it could condense andactivate mold spores. One of the additives used inApplegate Insulation® as a fire retardant is boric acid,a natural mold inhibitor.

SOUNDIt’s amazing how quiet homes are when interior wallsare filled with Applegate®. Applegate Insulation®

provides much better sound control when compared tomost other insulations.

ENVIRONMENTAccording to Environmental Building News,

“Cellulose insulation should be apreferred insulation material for the

environmentally concerned.”

Reduce your heating and coolingbills up to 32%!

If your new home wasinsulated with fiberglass,adding a layer of ApplegateInsulation® to your attic boostsr-value and cuts utility costs.

Older homes usually have verylittle insulation in the side wallsand attics. Adding ApplegateInsulation® will help lower yourheating and cooling bills.

APPLEGATE PROTECTION

Your authorized Applegate installer is:

1. J.E. Christian, J. Kosny, and P.W.Childs, “The Whole Wall Thermal Performance Calculator”2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. “Evaluation of Cellulose Insulation” 1991 Int. Symposium3. Ibid.4. Energy Design Update. “Fixing Fiberglass Problems with Cellulose”5. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. “Evaluation of Cellulose Insulation” 1991 Int. Symposium6. National Research Council Canada. “Fire Resistance Tests”

Siding carefully removed.

Siding carefully replaced.Applegate® installed.

Small holes drilled.

Many older homes were built with little or no insulation inthe sidewalls. Your local trained Applegate professional canadd Applegate Insulation® to your homes’ sidewalls, makingyour home more energy efficient—saving you money!