Drafty rooms, a hot upstairs and a power bill that keeps climbing usually trace back to gaps we can find and close.
Air sealing services in East Los Angeles close the gaps where outside air slips into your house, like the ones around pipes, wiring, ceiling lights and the attic hatch, so rooms stop feeling drafty and your heater and AC don't work as hard. Most of the work happens from the attic, and it comes before any new insulation.
Most people call us because the upstairs is hot, the room over the garage never feels right, or the power bill keeps going up with the thermostat left alone. The price mostly moves with how many leaks there are, how much old insulation is sitting on top of them and how easy your attic is to move around in. The schedule turns on whether old material has to come out first and whether a permit step comes before work starts. If you're adding attic insulation too, it's usually best to plan both as one job. On the estimate I write down what your house needs and what has to come first, and if your attic is already in good shape, I'll tell you so.
I come out for every estimate myself and look at the attic and crawl space with you. A lead installer runs the crew on the job, and when we're finished I look over the work with you, so you hear plainly what we sealed and why.
I spent years hauling junk out of garages and attics around here and kept finding insulation that was flattened, soaked or full of droppings. That's why I opened this business in 2017, and why we fix the problems and seal the gaps before anything new goes in.
We're licensed and insured. California gives insulation work its own contractor class, for anyone installing insulation to control heat or sound, so it's fair to ask any contractor which license covers that part of your job. Call (213) 329-0372 or use the form to set up a visit.
Call (213) 329-0372 or send the form, and we'll reply within one business day to set a time. I come out myself, look at the attic and crawl space with you and write down what the job needs and what has to come first, free and with no pressure to book. It helps to know which appliances run on gas, like the furnace, water heater or stove, and whether you're planning new insulation too.
Before anything else, we check which office covers your address, because the cities around here run their own building departments. For East Los Angeles and other unincorporated parts of the county, building permits come from LA County Public Works, which has an East Los Angeles Building and Safety office, and that's where the permit question for your job starts. When a job calls for a permit, we take care of that step with them before work starts.
Most California houses have vented attics, and on a hot afternoon a typical one runs hotter than the air outside, so a sealed ceiling with a good layer of insulation on top works as a pair to keep that heat out of the rooms below. In the older homes we see around East Los Angeles, the leaks usually sit around pipes, wiring and ceiling lights, often under insulation that's been flattened for years. We do the same work in Montebello, Monterey Park, Downey, El Monte, Pico Rivera and other nearby cities.
Air leaks usually do, because outside air slips in through small gaps and makes rooms feel drafty. Those same leaks make your heater and AC work harder, which lowers their efficiency and raises the bill. Sealing them is usually the first fix I suggest.
It can be done safely once the venting has been checked, because fuel-burning appliances that run short on air can release dangerous gases like carbon monoxide into the house. A tighter house also needs enough fresh air, or moisture and stale air can build up inside. That's why the venting check comes before any sealing on our jobs.
Seal first, then insulate, because guidance on attic work says the major leaks should be sealed before insulation goes in, while they can still be reached. Once new insulation covers them, the gaps are much harder to get to. If you're planning both, tell me on the estimate and we'll write them up as one job in that order.
I can't give you a fair number until I've seen your attic, so the free estimate is where you get your own figure, written down. The price goes up when old insulation has to come out first, when foam is the better fit or when an appliance's venting needs attention before we seal. It stays lower when the attic is easy to reach and the job is sealing the gaps and topping up loose fill.
Ask them to explain the permit rules for your job, because California's energy guidance says a contractor should be able to walk you through them. That talk should cover HERS testing, an energy test of the work, which may be mandatory depending on the job and is triggered by properly permitted work. Ask, too, what order they'll do things in.
