J&K Carson City Spray Foam Insulation is an insulation contractor based in Carson City, NV. We seal and insulate attics, crawl spaces, walls and basements so the drafty room and the cold floors finally settle down.
Carson City is where I learned this trade on somebody else's crew, after figuring out an attic beats an office chair, and it's where I started J&K in 2017. In a normal week we're in older houses close to downtown, ranch homes from a few decades back, newer subdivisions out on the edges of the city, and the odd shop or rental for a landlord. The complaints sound alike, a drafty bedroom, a hot upstairs or a room over the garage nobody wants to sleep in, but the houses behind them are different, and we hear the same calls out in Dayton.
House age is usually the first clue. Older homes here tend to have a few inches of fill that's settled flat over the years, while newer ones more often run ductwork through the attic, and those two starting points lead to very different plans.
Spray foam goes on wet and expands into the cracks it touches, so we use it on rooflines and tight framing where batts or loose fill leave gaps.
Explore serviceIf upstairs runs hot, we start in the attic, measuring what's there and keeping the eave vents clear so new coverage reaches the edges, not just the middle.
Explore serviceBlown-in insulation is loose fill we blow through a hose, so it tucks around wiring and framing. We seal the gaps first so it isn't fighting a draft.
Explore serviceWhen the whole house feels drafty, we look at the attic, walls and crawl space and put the jobs in order, starting where your house loses the most.
Explore serviceOld insulation that got soaked or filled with droppings comes out first, because new material on top just buries the problem. We vacuum it out and haul it off.
Explore serviceCold floors usually trace back to the crawl space. We check for moisture first, then insulate the walls or the floor above, depending on how it's vented.
Explore serviceFor older walls with little or nothing inside, we drill small holes, fill the cavities and patch them. Your siding or stucco decides where we drill from.
Explore serviceAir sealing is closing the gaps that let air through, before we insulate. Across the house that usually means the crawl space, the garage wall and plumbing holes.
Explore serviceIf you want the basement to feel like the rest of the house, we insulate the walls and top framing, choosing material by how damp the concrete gets.
Explore serviceClosed-cell foam is dense foam that blocks moisture and air, so we use it where dampness is a worry, such as crawl space and basement walls.
Explore serviceOpen-cell foam is softer and lighter, so we use it for rooflines and interior walls where moisture isn't a concern. It usually costs less than closed-cell.
Explore serviceFor shops, offices and rental units, I walk the building first, then we schedule the crew around your business hours and your tenants.
Explore serviceA vapor barrier is heavy plastic laid over crawl space dirt so ground moisture stays out of the floor framing. We overlap and tape the seams.
Explore serviceOutside crawl spaces, we add vapor barriers in walls and basements when the insulation calls for one. On the wrong side it traps moisture, so we check first.
Explore serviceInsulation slows heat but doesn't stop air, so we seal the hatch, the can lights and the wire and pipe holes in the attic floor first.
Explore serviceRetrofit means insulating a finished house through hatches, crawl spaces and small drilled holes instead of open walls. How old the house is usually tells us what's inside.
Explore servicePermits in Carson City come from the city's Building Division. Under an older city ordinance, it issues permits to build, alter or repair a building and to install or replace electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing systems, and a permit has to be issued before the work it covers starts, so when a job needs one, that step sets the start date. The rules differ between Carson City, the counties and the cities around us, so we check with the Building Division about your address, and if your job needs a permit, we take care of the paperwork with them. We're fully licensed and insured.
The price of a Carson City job mostly comes down to what's already up there, such as whether old material has to come out, how many gaps need sealing, how tight the access is and whether foam makes sense or loose fill will do. The schedule turns on those same things plus the permit step, if there is one, and you get your own figure after I've been in the attic or crawl space with a flashlight and gone over what I found with you. Carson City is home base, so the installers you'll see here are the same ones working in Indian Hills and up toward Reno.
Tell us about the drafty room, the hot upstairs or the cold floors, and we'll reply within one business day, most of the time with me calling you back. I'll come out for a free estimate, look at the attic, crawl space or walls with you and go over what I found before you decide anything. There's no obligation, and if you go ahead, our installers do the work with a lead installer running the job.
(775) 227-5588The older city rule we've read doesn't name insulation on either list, so the current answer comes from the Building Division. That rule requires permits to alter or repair a building, and its permit-free list covers things like small sheds, low fences and decks, and finish work such as painting and carpeting, but the city keeps the current list. We ask about your address before your job goes on the calendar.
Under the older city rule, installing, altering or replacing a regulated electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system needs a permit, issued before that work starts. The homeowner or someone acting for them applies, and on most insulation jobs we work around wiring and ducts rather than change them. If something up there does need replacing, we'll point it out at the estimate so that work and its permit get planned before our crew goes up.
Usually not, unless your ductwork runs through the attic. Foam costs more and seals air while it insulates, but sealing the gaps and topping up blown-in fill usually does the job for less. When ducts live up there, foam on the roofline brings them inside the insulated space, and that's when I'll suggest it.
Carson City is home base, and we work across the cities around it, from Reno and Sparks down to Gardnerville and up to Incline Village, plus plenty of places in between. Pick yours to see what we run into there.
We pick up seven days a week, from early morning into the evening, so call (775) 227-5588 or send the form whenever the drafty room is on your mind.
If you've got a question about your attic or crawl space before you're ready for an estimate, send it over and I'll explain what's going on.
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