Cold floors, a hot upstairs or a power bill that keeps climbing? We find where your house leaks air and fix that spot first.
Home insulation in Carson City starts with finding where your house is actually losing heat, which is usually the attic. Then we fix what's wrong up there, seal the gaps and add insulation evenly, so the drafty rooms and the climbing power bill settle down.
Most calls start with something you can feel, like a drafty hallway, cold floors, a hot upstairs in summer or the room over the garage that never warms up. Usually the cause is overhead, where the insulation is thin or packed down, air is slipping through gaps around lights and pipes, or new material went in over an old problem and hid it. The age of the house tells me a lot about which one I'll find.
The price moves with how much space needs work, how many inches are already up there and what shape they're in, whether old material has to come out, how easy the attic is to reach, and whether foam or loose fill makes more sense. The schedule mostly turns on what has to be fixed before insulating and whether your job needs a permit. After my visit you get an estimate built on your house, and I go over everything I found before you decide anything.
Here's who shows up, from the first look in your attic to the day the crew packs up. To get started, call (775) 227-5588 or send us a request.
I do every estimate visit myself, so the person in your attic with the flashlight is the one who started this business in 2017, after too many years behind a desk. I'll show you what I'm seeing, explain it in plain words and put together an estimate from that visit.
Our installers do the work, and one lead installer is in charge of your house from prep to cleanup, so you always know who to ask. We cover the path to the attic hatch, clean up after ourselves, and I walk you through the finished job.
We're fully licensed and insured, and we back the work with one promise, "Your satisfaction, guaranteed." I'd rather explain too much than leave you wondering what we did up there, so ask me anything at any step.
When all you know is that the house feels cold, I start with a walk through the whole place and tell you which spot will make the biggest difference first. That's usually the attic, but sometimes it's the room over the garage or what's under the floor. Up top I check how many inches are already there and what shape they're in, because fresh insulation laid over material that's soaked or full of droppings just buries the problem. Spray foam is in our name, and I'll still tell you straight that foam costs more. It seals air while it insulates, but sealing the gaps and topping up with blown-in, loose fill blown through a hose, usually wins unless your ductwork runs through the attic.
If the old material is wet, moldy or full of droppings, it comes out first with insulation removal before anything new goes in. When the cold is coming up from under the house instead of down from the attic, crawl space insulation is often where your money does more good.
Doing things in the right order matters more than anything on an insulation job, so here's the order we follow.
We cover the floors and the path to the hatch. If your job uses foam, we tell you before we start whether you'll need to leave and what the re-entry time is, meaning when you, the kids and the pets can come back inside.
Anything the visit turned up gets handled before insulation goes in, because new material over a leak, a bad vent or damp framing only hides it. If something needs another trade, I tell you plainly and we wait.
Air sealing closes the gaps before we insulate. We seal around can lights, pipes, wires and the hatch so the new insulation isn't fighting a draft. It's the least exciting part of the job and usually the part you feel most.
We keep the eave vents clear so the attic can still breathe and moisture doesn't end up in the framing. Coverage goes full depth out to the edges, not piled deep in the middle and thin at the eaves, which is the most common mistake we find in attics.
Send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day, and most of the time it's me calling to set up a free visit. I'll look the place over with you and go over what I found before you decide anything, with no obligation to go ahead. If you'd rather talk now, call (775) 227-5588.
(775) 227-5588Usually, yes. Blowing loose fill into an attic generally costs less than laying batts and covers better, though installation costs vary from house to house. That comes from an older federal guide, so treat it as general advice, but for most attics it still makes sense to price blown insulation first and compare batts against it.
Wet or damp insulation, moldy or rotted rafters, little or no ventilation, and kitchen, bathroom or dryer vents that dump moist air into the attic instead of outdoors all need fixing first. National energy guidance recommends a professional handle those. A home with gas equipment that vents its fumes by natural airflow, such as some furnaces and water heaters, should get a combustion safety test, a check that fumes aren't spilling back into the house, and any problem gets fixed before attic work goes ahead.
Not until that wiring is dealt with. Knob and tube, an old style of wiring found in homes built before 1930, can be a fire hazard where insulation touches it, so the standard checklist holds insulation until any live wiring of that kind is replaced or properly boxed in. Work also stops if the old insulation turns out to be vermiculite, which may contain asbestos, and we won't disturb it.
The Carson City Building Division takes permit documents through the city's online portal for work that alters an existing house. Only the property owner, an authorized agent or a licensed contractor can legally sign and submit that application. Rules differ between Carson City, the counties and the cities around us, so we check with the office that covers your address, and if your job needs a permit, we take care of the paperwork with them. If you'd rather file it yourself, the division helps with completing or submitting an application at 775-887-2310.
If you're thinking about doing the work yourself, Nevada's contractor licensing rules don't apply to an owner improving a home on their own property that they live in and aren't planning to sell or lease. You apply for that exemption with the Nevada State Contractors Board. We're based in Carson City and work across the cities around it, from Reno and Sparks down to Gardnerville and up to Incline Village, plus plenty of places in between, and we bring the same walk-through and the same order of work wherever we go.
Call (775) 227-5588 or send us a request with your house's age, how you get into the attic and anything odd you've spotted up there, like damp insulation or old wiring, so I know what to look for before I pull the ladder down.
If one room in your house never feels right, send us a note and I'll come take a look.
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