Professional Insulation Equipment (Mini Course)

Professional Insulation Equipment (Mini Course)

(1.5 CEUs) Insulation installers need a lot of special equipment to install insulation correctly. This lesson covers the most important tools and methods insulators need to install insulation the right way. You’ll learn about the blowing machines, hoses, power tools,...

Insulation Performance Factors (Mini Course)

(1.5 CEUs) This lesson covers the most important installation issues you’ll encounter when inspecting insulation. This lesson covers how to evaluate the performance of installed insulation. Insulators should install insulation using established procedures that...

Mobile-Home Shading (Mini Course)

(1.5 CEUs) Older mobile homes lack overhangs to shade windows and newer homes may have an overhang that provides little shade. The roof colors of mobile homes are often a dull grey or a dark color of shingles. These characteristics lead to excessive summer solar gain....
Professional Insulation Equipment (Mini Course)

Mobile-Home Floor Insulation (Mini Course)

(1.5 CEUs) Mobile home factories frame floors from 2 x 6 lumber. The floor cavities are usually uninsulated. The manufacturers insulate the floor with a long and wide blanket underneath the floor joists. A waterproof fabric or asphalt impregnated fiber board protects...
Professional Insulation Equipment (Mini Course)

Mobile-Home Wall Insulation (Mini Course)

(1.5 CEUs) Some workers think that insulating mobile home walls is either impossible or not cost-effective. Many weatherization agencies and private contractors insulate mobile home wall successfully, nonetheless. This course demonstrates two ways to insulate mobile...