While no 2 projects are exactly the same, we can almost always get you a firm bid simply based on 1. the square footage of your attic floor(usually this is the square footage of the living area under it) 2. the approximate existing insulation level you have up there now, and 3. just the number of recessed lights in the ceiling and the soffit vents around the perimeter of the attic floor that are up there (if any). That's it!
We have been doing this for over 17 years and we know our Denver Metro attics-even sight unseen we can provide accurate, firm, and reasonable prices.
If you have some weird attic layout or need an in-person bid for any reason, no sweat-just say the word!
Our bread and butter, our raison d'etre...
We blow either: 1. Premium expanding fiberglass, made by several manufacturers and featuring a recycled glass component. This stuff has no smell and almost no dust, so for lots of jobs it is a great option. 2. GreenFiber's Low Dust cellulose insulation, a non-toxic natural product made from 85% recycled paper fiber, thereby reducing landfill waste. Each bag contains the equivalent of about 46 Sunday newspapers. It is processed by electrically-driven mills that consume relatively little energy when operating, and which can be shut down completely at the end of the production day. This lowers energy consumption and allows the company to efficiently adjust manufacturing to meet customer demand. The bad? It's super dusty and it's pretty stinky in the summer and it costs more than the fiberglass option, too.
We are generally insulating attics these days to R60, the current Dept of Energy standard for Denver, but whatever R-value fits your budget and desire works for us.
We do retrofit wall insulation with expanding fiberglass. It's a super clean product so it goes in great and this can really help with preventing heat loss/heat gain and with noise, as well. We drill 2.5" holes and then plug&rough patch them when the blow is complete.
Yes! We have a super-sucking vac and if you'd like everything out to start over with a clean slate up there, we'd love to help you out with that! Same-day remove/replace jobs are our specialty but if you need a few days between the remove and the replace to install bath fans or lighting or whatever up there, that's no problem at all.
Air Sealing: I can't tell you how to live your life, but I'll try: if you get a competitor's salesman in your home telling you their crews don't airseal because "a house needs to breathe," please send them packing back to 1985. In terms of overall comfort and energy savings, this step is as important as adding insulation. We use caulk and foam to stop the leaks between your attic and home where we detect them, because we don't want that nasty superheated/super-freezing attic air mixing with your home's clean, treated air (does anyone say "Duh!" anymore?) The more we can keep the extreme temperatures in your attic separate from your living space below, the better off you'll be, and the more you'll save on your Xcel bill. If you are getting cheap bids that skip this step, you could be making a very costly mistake-when there are only a couple inches of existing insulation, the only good thing about that is that we can get in there and really seal everything up before all the new insulation is added, and then you get a great one-two punch. Once all the insulation has been blown in, there will likely never again be an opportunity to really thoroughly seal it up, so when this step is skipped, it is a real missed opportunity.
Crawlspace Insulation: Cold floors? We can help! Installing thick poly sheeting on the dirt floor, adding thick thermal blankets to the walls and then foaming sill plates&rimjoists down there to get them airtight and insulated-this work can make a huge improvement as far as the temperature of your floors, and for that, you (and your dog) will thank us!