Home Insulation ProjectHow heat is lost from the home.Heat is lost mainly from areas in the home which are least protected with insulation from the outside climate

... Home Insulation Project How heat is lost from the home. Heat is lost mainly from areas in the home which are least protected with insulation from the outside climate. In most houses the most heat is lost through the roof, this is because heat rises and many people don't live in their roofs/lofts so there is no point for having insulations in the floor, ceiling and walls if no one is going to be in their for very long periods of time. Convection currents form over land that is warmer than the surrounding land. The current of warm air are referred to as thermals. For example, when a portion of the atmosphere becomes heated by contact with a warm area of land, it rises into the cooler, higher altitudes, with the result that some of the moisture carried with it may be condensed to form clouds and precipitation. In houses that

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