Hot upstairs, drafty rooms and a climbing power bill? We spray the right foam in the right spots so drafts get sealed off.
Spray foam insulation in Longview, TX is foam we spray into your attic, walls or crawl space, where it expands into the cracks, so it seals air leaks and insulates in the same pass.
Most folks call me because the upstairs runs hot, the room over the garage never feels right or the power bill keeps creeping up, and plenty of them have never set foot in their own attic. Before anything gets sprayed I want to see what's already up there, because foam laid over a roof leak or old insulation full of droppings just hides the problem, and sometimes insulation removal has to come first. The price mostly turns on which foam goes where, how many areas we're covering and how much prep the space needs, while the schedule turns on the weather and on when your family can be out of the house. My estimate spells out which areas and which materials the job covers, so you can see exactly what you're paying for.
I look at the job myself and write the estimate, so the person telling you what your attic needs is the one answering for it. After that, our own crew lead and installers do the work, not a crew I've never met.
I started out blowing insulation into neighbors' attics around Longview on weekends and made it my full-time work in 2013. Most of what I learned comes down to doing things in the right order, because insulation laid over a problem just hides it.
We're licensed and fully insured, and we do the job the way the estimate says we will. When you're ready, call (903) 309-1886 or send the form on this page, and tell us which areas you want looked at.
Tell us which areas you want insulated and when your family could be out of the house, and we'll reply within one business day, a lot of the time with me on the other end of the phone. Then I come out, look things over and leave you a free estimate that spells out the areas and materials, with no pressure and no obligation.
I don't guess about permits, so before work starts we check with the building office for the city your house is in and find out what it asks for on that job. In Longview that's the city's Building Inspection office, whose staff go over the information and code requirements before a permit is issued, and if you're pulling your own permit, call them at 903-237-1074 before you submit it online. If a permit is needed, we take care of it as part of our work and tell you up front. The city updated its building codes this summer, and its list showed no change recommended for the energy code.
Around Longview we see a lot of older houses with a few settled inches in the attic, ductwork running through attics that bake all summer, rooms over garages that never keep up, and shops and metal buildings that sweat. We're based in Longview and do the same work in the cities around it across East Texas, including White Oak, Kilgore, Tyler and more.
The cost comes down to which foam goes where, how many areas we're covering and how much prep the space needs first, so I won't throw out a number before I've seen your house. Open-cell usually costs less as material, but it takes more of it to reach the same insulating value, which is why foam makers say to compare the installed price of the whole project. Your estimate gives you your own number on that basis.
Closed-cell is the pick when moisture matters, because it's the only one of the two that works as both an air barrier and a vapor barrier, and it insulates more per inch. Both types stop air leaks, so open-cell makes sense where moisture isn't the issue and there's room for a thicker layer. I'll walk you through which fits each spot when I come out.
Plan on everyone, kids and pets included, being out of the work area while we spray and for a while after, and some foam makers recommend 24 hours before anyone comes back in. That re-entry time, the wait before you can return, varies by product, so we follow the maker's instructions for the foam we're using and plan it with you ahead of time so you can line up a place to stay.
In most cases, yes. A spray foam trade group says the model building codes require foam to be covered by a thermal or ignition barrier, a protective layer over the foam, unless the product has passed large-scale fire tests. Ask me how your finished foam will be covered, and we'll go over it before the job starts.
It can. Past research on hot, humid climates suggests a sealed attic could leave a house more humid and less comfortable than a vented one, and controlling that humidity could eat into the energy savings and stretch out the payback. That's one reason I don't push foam at the roofline on every house.
Pick a time of year and a stretch of weather that suit the foam, because temperature and humidity both play a big part in how it cures. Ask us and the foam maker which season fits your job, and we'll set the date around that and around when your family can be out.
