Insulation Contractor in Spanish Springs, NV - Even Rooms and Sealed Attics

It can depend on the work, so we check before anything starts rather than guess. Washoe County's building office issues building permits for any project that isn't on the county's list of exempt work. When a job of ours needs one, we take care of applying for it.

Look up your address on the county's quick maps, which show whether a property falls under unincorporated Washoe County, the City of Sparks or the City of Reno. That tells you whose permit rules apply, and we run the same check on every job before we schedule it.

Yes. The Nevada State Contractors Board requires anyone who builds, alters, repairs or improves a building to be licensed before contracting, and that includes bidding or quoting you a price. A business that comes into unincorporated Washoe County to work also needs a county business license, and we're fully licensed and insured.

The price comes down to how big the attic is, how many inches are already up there and whether any of it has to come out first. Sealing the gaps and topping up with blown-in usually costs the least, while spray foam costs more and earns it mainly when the ductwork runs through the attic. I'll measure what's there and give you a written figure for your house.

With air sealing and blown-in you can usually stay home, and the time depends on the size of the attic and whether old insulation comes out first, which I'll tell you at the estimate. Spray foam is different, so plan to be out while it goes on, and I'll give you the re-entry time, the wait before you, the kids and the pets can come back, for the product we're using.

Usually it's the floor and the short walls under the roof slope, which sit over or beside spaces that aren't heated or cooled and often have gaps the rest of the house doesn't. I check the garage ceiling, those walls and the attic around that room before suggesting anything, because more insulation won't help if air is still leaking in around it.