J&K Carson City Spray Foam Insulation is an insulation contractor working in Reno, NV, sealing and insulating attics, crawl spaces and walls so the drafty room or the hot upstairs bedroom finally evens out.
Reno jobs tend to split between two kinds of houses. Closer to the middle of town we find older homes where the attic has a few inches of gray, settled insulation, shoved aside over the years by wiring, cable runs and somebody's holiday boxes, and often a wall or two with very little inside it. Out toward the edges of the city it's newer subdivisions, where the attic looks full but one bedroom, or the room over the garage, still runs hotter or colder than the rest of the house. We get calls from both, plus landlords whose tenants say a rental is drafty.
It's a lot like the mix we see next door in Sparks, and we bring the same approach to jobs down in Gardnerville Ranchos. In an older Reno house the first question is whether the old insulation can stay, and in a newer one it's where the air is getting in.
Spray foam expands into every gap it's sprayed on, sealing and insulating at once. In Reno we suggest it mostly where ductwork runs through the attic.
Explore serviceReno attic calls usually start with a hot upstairs or a cold bedroom. We seal the gaps first, then bring the edges up as deep as the middle.
Explore serviceBlown-in, loose fill blown through a hose, is how we top up an older attic that's settled to a few inches, without tearing out what's still good.
Explore serviceYou want the whole house comfortable, not just one room. We look at the attic, walls and crawl space together and fix them in the order that matters.
Explore serviceWhen old insulation is soaked, stained or full of droppings, we bag it and vacuum it out first, so the new layer isn't sitting on the old problem.
Explore serviceCold floors over a crawl space usually mean the insulation underneath has sagged or fallen. We put it back up and seal the gaps along the edge.
Explore serviceFor older Reno walls with little or nothing inside, we can fill the cavities through small holes and patch them, without opening up the whole room.
Explore serviceDrafts usually come through gaps around pipes, wires and the attic hatch. Air sealing closes those gaps, and it's often the first fix we'd make.
Explore serviceA finished or half-finished basement stays cold when the walls and the top edge are bare. We insulate them so the room downstairs is usable.
Explore serviceClosed-cell foam, a dense foam that blocks moisture, fits crawl space walls and tight spots where you need a lot of insulation in very little depth.
Explore serviceIf you want a quieter, sealed roofline over a room or attic you use, open-cell foam is the softer, lighter option, and it costs less than closed-cell.
Explore serviceFor Reno landlords and business owners, we plan around tenants and open hours, and pick materials that fit the building's framing and what's running overhead.
Explore serviceWe lay heavy plastic over the crawl space dirt and run it up the walls, so ground moisture stays out of the floor framing and insulation.
Explore serviceWhere a vapor barrier goes depends on the wall or ceiling, so we place it where it keeps moisture out instead of trapping it.
Explore serviceBefore any insulation goes up, we seal around can lights, the hatch, plumbing vents and wiring holes, so the new layer isn't fighting a draft from below.
Explore serviceYour house is finished and lived in, so we add insulation wherever we can reach it, from the attic, crawl space or wall cavities, without gutting rooms.
Explore serviceBefore I plan a Reno job, I find out whether your house sits inside Reno city limits, because inside them the City of Reno's Development Services Department issues building permits, and outside them a different office may cover you. We check with whichever office covers your address, and if your job needs a permit, we take care of the paperwork with them, so mostly what it changes is how soon we can start, not how much lands on you. We're fully licensed and insured.
Price on a Reno job mostly comes down to what's already up there and how hard it is to reach: the inches you've got, whether old material has to come out first, how many gaps need sealing, and how much room there is to crawl. Foam costs more and seals air while it insulates, but sealing the gaps and topping up with blown-in usually wins, unless your ductwork runs through the attic, and then foam starts making sense. The schedule turns on the permit, any removal, and with foam, the re-entry time, the wait before you, the kids and pets can come back in. You get your own figure once I've been up there with you, and we handle Reno the same way we do Sun Valley and the rest of the area.
Tell us about the room that's bothering you or anything you've noticed in the attic, and we'll reply within one business day, most of the time with me calling you back. I do the estimate visit myself, look at the attic, crawl space or walls with you, and go over what I found before you decide anything. It's free, done on site, and there's no obligation.
(775) 227-5588It can, since the City of Reno says most construction and building projects there need a building permit. Whether your particular job does is something we check with the office for your address before we start, and if it does, the paperwork is ours.
Homes inside Reno city limits go through the City of Reno, while properties outside the Reno and Sparks limits are handled by Washoe County as unincorporated Washoe County. The county asks owners to find that out first, since a property near the edge can fall within Reno's or Sparks' "sphere of influence," and that decides which office you visit for permits. I check this for your address before planning anything.
A Reno permit stays valid as long as it records a passed or partial inspection within its first 180 days, and again within each 180 days after that. A permit that goes a full stretch without one expires, so once a permit's pulled, the inspection belongs on the calendar right along with the work.
If the work needed a permit and didn't get one first, the city adds compliance fees to the permit for that work, on top of the regular building permit fees. That's an expensive way to find out, so it's worth settling the permit question before anyone climbs into the attic.
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. The cities listed here are the ones with their own page, so if yours isn't on it, call anyway.
If you can peek through the attic hatch and guess how many inches are up there, mention it when you call (775) 227-5588 or fill out the form, because it helps me know what to look for when I come out.
If something in your Reno attic or crawl space has you wondering, ask us and I'll explain what's going on before anyone talks about fixing it.
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