Open-cell foam insulation in Tallahassee FL - rooms that stay cooler and quieter

Most calls start with an upstairs that won't cool down, a room over the garage that's hot by noon, or a power bill that keeps creeping up. The price turns on how much roofline or wall gets foam, how deep it goes, how hard the space is to reach and whether old insulation or a leak has to be dealt with first. The schedule turns on that same prep, on any repairs, and on finding days your household can stay somewhere else. Sometimes foam isn't the answer, and attic air sealing, which closes the gaps before any insulation goes in, does the job for less. I look at the space in person and go over what I found before you get a number.

It starts with me in your attic or wall cavities looking at what's underneath, because foam over a roof leak or damp wood just hides it. Open cell fills gaps well and quiets a room, but it lets moisture through, so I tell you plainly where it fits your house and where it doesn't. Foam costs more than other routes and earns it by sealing air while it insulates, so if your ductwork lives in the attic, spraying the roofline usually makes sense, and if it doesn't, sealing the gaps and topping up loose fill usually wins. Before we book a date, we go over any health concerns in your household and plan your time away. On the day, our crew covers what needs protecting, pulls out old insulation that's soaked or full of droppings, and sprays an even coat so the edges get as much as the middle. I check the work before we call it done.

Foam is often one piece of a bigger fix. If the space under the house is damp, a crawl space vapor barrier deals with the ground moisture first, so the floors above aren't fighting it. For offices, rentals and other buildings, our commercial insulation work gets planned around tenants and business hours.

Whether your foam job needs a permit isn't settled by the city's list. The City of Tallahassee's Building Inspection Division issues permits to build, renovate, expand or alter a house, and insulation isn't named on that list. If your home sits outside city limits, the city sends you to the Leon County Development Services Department instead, so where your address falls decides which office you deal with. We look that up first, check with the office that covers you, and handle the paperwork when the job needs a permit. If you'd rather ask yourself, the division takes permit questions at 850-891-7001, option 2 and then option 1.

On jobs around here we see a lot of the same things: ductwork up in the attic, rooms over the garage that cook in the afternoon, and older houses with a few tired inches of insulation and gaps around the can lights and hatch. We size up the same things on jobs in Bradfordville and Quincy.