Blown-in insulation in Alhambra CA - an even layer out to the attic edges

At A&S Alhambra Spray Foam Insulation, most of the attics I look at already have some insulation, just not enough, and it's usually thinnest near the edges where the roof comes down low. The price turns mostly on the size of the attic, how many inches are already up there and whether they can stay, how much attic air sealing the gaps need, and how easy the attic is to reach. The schedule turns on whether the attic is ready, because damp insulation, old wiring or anything that needs testing gets dealt with before we blow, and the estimate I do at your house gives you your own figure.

I start by going up into the attic myself, because I want to see how many inches are already there, whether any of it is damp or full of droppings, and what the wiring looks like before anyone talks about a price. Damp spots and old wiring get sorted out before any blowing starts, since fresh insulation over a problem only hides it. Then our crew does the air sealing, closing the gaps around can lights, pipes and the attic hatch so the new layer isn't fighting a draft, and we set baffles, short guards that hold insulation back from the eaves, so the vents stay clear and the attic can still breathe. Last, we blow an even blanket across the whole ceiling, taking the hose out to the low edges rather than piling depth in the middle, and we clean up the path we used through your house.

If the old layer is soaked, moldy or full of droppings, we handle the insulation removal first and start from a clean attic floor. When the attic is only one part of a drafty house, the walls and floors come into it too, and our home insulation work looks at the whole house together.

The city's Building Division issues permits for most residential work on private property and decides whether a project needs one, so that's the office to call if you'd like to ask about your attic yourself. California's licensing board has a license class for contractors who install insulation, and the city lets only properly licensed contractors, or people exempt from the state's contractor law, pull a permit. I check with the city before work begins, and when a job needs a permit, we pull it and keep you informed through the inspections.

Many of the houses we see in Alhambra are older, with tight attics and low eaves where the insulation is thinnest and the rooms below run hottest, so we spend the extra time reaching those edges. We find the same kind of attics on jobs in San Gabriel and Monterey Park, and we work in many other cities around Alhambra too, so please ask if yours isn't listed.