PSA: My home office hit 72 degrees after I added floor insulation

So I've been renovating my home office in the attic space above my garage in Phoenix. It was always either freezing in winter or an oven in summer. I finally got around to adding R-30 insulation under the floorboards last weekend. After three days of work, the temp dropped from 85 to 72 degrees according to my thermostat. I was shocked because I thought insulation was mostly for walls and ceilings. That number surprised me because my AC used to run 10 hours a day just to keep it bearable. Now it cycles maybe 3 times total. Did anyone else see a big temperature change just from floor insulation or is my situation unique?

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owens.laura13d ago

Floor insulation? Never would have guessed that matters so much. That's a wild shift for just under the floor.

oliver_baker4913d ago

Funny how fixing one small thing can make everything else work better.

thomasb4113d ago

Fixing the root issue often makes everything else fall into place.