We're an insulation contractor based in Longview, TX, and we top up attics, seal drafty houses and insulate crawl spaces for homeowners in Gladewater. If one room runs hot upstairs or the power bill keeps climbing, we'll find out why.
(903) 309-1886
Most Gladewater calls start the same way: a bedroom that's hot upstairs, cold floors in winter, or a power bill that won't come down. When I climb into the attic, I usually find a few inches of old insulation that's packed down over the years, thin at the edges where it matters most, and a hatch nobody has sealed since the house went up.
The ground matters here too. Much of the land around Gladewater is low and flat with clay in the soil, so water hangs around after a good rain and crawl spaces under older houses tend to stay damp. That's why I look under the floor before anyone talks about piling more insulation on top.
We reply within one business day, and a lot of the time I'm the one calling you back. Then I come out to your Gladewater house, look at the attic and crawl space, and write a free estimate that spells out which areas and materials the job covers. There's no pressure and no obligation.
(903) 309-1886Most of our work here is in the attic. We do air sealing first, closing the gaps around can lights, pipes and the hatch, and then add blown-in insulation, loose fill sprayed through a hose, until the coverage is even all the way out to the eaves. Under the floor, we insulate crawl spaces and lay vapor barriers so the damp coming off the clay stays out of your house. When old insulation is soaked or full of droppings, we pull it out before anything new goes in. For the room over the garage, spray foam often does the job better than loose fill. If you're not sure where your house is losing heat, our home insulation work looks at the whole house, top to bottom.
Before we start a job in Gladewater, I check with the city's public works office, which the city lists for permits, and find out what it asks for on your job. If a permit is needed, we take care of it and tell you up front, because waiting on one can set the start date. Texas licenses electricians through the state licensing department, so if we find wiring in your attic that needs fixing, that goes to a state-licensed electrician before we insulate around it. Your price and schedule mostly turn on what's already up there and how much has to be cleaned out or sealed first, and the estimate spells out which areas and materials the job covers.
We're based in Longview, so Gladewater is close to home, and besides houses we insulate shops and metal buildings for business owners around here that bake all summer. We do the same attic and crawl space work over in Tyler and Kilgore, so if you've got family across East Texas, they can call the same number.
When you call, I'm the one who comes to your house in Gladewater, climbs into the attic and writes the estimate. Our own crew lead and installers do the work after that, so the job runs off the same plan I walked you through.
Insulation laid over a roof leak, a soaked batt or a nest of droppings just hides the trouble until it shows up in the framing. We deal with what's wrong first, seal the air gaps next, and only then add insulation.
Plenty of folks have never set foot in their own attic, and that's fine. The estimate spells out which areas and which materials the job covers, and I'll tell you plainly when foam or a full tear-out isn't worth the money for your house.
I started out blowing insulation into neighbors' attics on weekends around Longview and made it my full-time work in 2013. We're licensed and fully insured, and our work comes with satisfaction guaranteed. Call (903) 309-1886 or use the form to get started.
The price comes down to what's already in your attic and what has to happen before new insulation goes in. The biggest swings come from whether old insulation has to come out, how many gaps need sealing, and whether you pick blown-in or foam. Foam costs more and seals air while it insulates, but for most attics, sealing the gaps and topping up loose fill gets you more for the money unless your ductwork runs through the attic.
For blown-in insulation and air sealing, most folks stay home while we work. With spray foam, you'll be out of the house until the re-entry time, the point when it's safe to come back, has passed, and we'll tell you before the job how long that is so you can plan for the kids and pets. How long we're up there depends on the attic's size, whether old insulation comes out first and how much sealing it needs.
Usually it's air getting through, not a lack of insulation. Gaps around can lights, pipes and the attic hatch that were never sealed let hot attic air push straight in, and coverage that's deep in the middle but thin at the edges leaves the outside rooms exposed. We seal those gaps first, even out the coverage to the eaves, and keep the eave vents clear so the attic can still breathe.
Keep the ground's moisture out first, then insulate. Insulation under a floor that sits over wet ground just soaks up the damp, so we usually lay a vapor barrier, a sheet that stops moisture rising from the soil, before insulating. Where a crawl space stays damp, closed-cell foam, a dense foam that blocks moisture, is often worth the extra cost.
The city's building inspector checks that construction meets the building code Gladewater has adopted. On top of that, the state sets a minimum energy code for single-family homes that applies across Texas, and that's where the insulation rules for houses live.
The city posts a fee schedule online, but it was last updated in late 2021 and the city says it may not show current pricing, so it asks you to call City Hall at 903-845-2196 to check. If your insulation job needs a permit, we'll know before work starts and you'll hear it from us up front.
Most of Gladewater lies in Gregg and Upshur counties, and small parts of the southwest side fall in Smith County. For an insulation job inside the city limits, the city is who we check with, whichever side of the county line your house is on.
