Hot upstairs, cold floors or a power bill that keeps climbing? We fix the gaps first, then insulate so your rooms feel more even.
Home insulation in East Los Angeles means adding insulation to the attic floor, the walls and the crawl space so your rooms hold their temperature better and less outside noise carries in. Most houses need it in one or two of those places, not all three.
It usually starts with a room that won't cool down, like the upstairs bedroom or the room over the garage, and most of that heat comes through the attic, which is why attic insulation is often the first piece of the job. The price turns on how many areas we cover, what shape the old insulation is in, how much sealing and repair has to happen first, and which material fits, since foam costs more than blown-in insulation, the loose fill we blow through a hose. The schedule turns on those repairs, how easy your attic is to get into and whether your address needs a permit first, and the estimate puts all of that in writing for your house. California licenses this work under its own contractor class, the C-2 Insulation and Acoustical Contractor, so it's fair to ask anyone who bids your job, us included, whether they hold it.
I come to every estimate myself and look at your attic, walls or crawl space with you. On the job, a lead installer runs our crew. When the work is done, I look it over with you so you can see exactly what we did.
We've been in business since 2017, nine years now. Before that I ran a hauling business clearing garages and attics around East Los Angeles and kept pulling out flattened, soaked insulation. It's why I'd rather tell you your attic is fine than sell you a job you don't need.
We're licensed and insured, and every job is backed by our satisfaction guarantee. If you'd like us to take a look, call (213) 329-0372 or use the form on this page, and tell us a little about what's going on in the house.
We reply within one business day to set a time for your free estimate on site, and there's no pressure to book. At the visit I go through the attic, walls or crawl space with you and write down what the job needs and what has to come first. If attic access is tight, or you've seen gray, flaky insulation up there or have a gas furnace or water heater, mention it in the form.
Before anything else, we check which office covers your address, because the cities around here run their own building departments. LA County Public Works issues permits for unincorporated county property, and its East Los Angeles Building and Safety Office also serves cities that contract with the county. The county's permit list names alterations, repairs and mechanical systems but doesn't mention insulation, so whether your job needs one is a question for the office that serves your parcel. When a job calls for a permit, we take care of that step with them before work starts.
On jobs here, we see a lot of older houses with thin, flattened insulation in the attic, rooms over the garage that bake in summer, and raised floors with little or nothing underneath. The work is the same in the cities nearby, from Montebello to Downey, and in plenty of others around East Los Angeles.
For attic floors and closed-up walls, blown-in loose fill such as cellulose, fiberglass or mineral wool is the usual choice, because it gets into hard-to-reach spaces well. Sprayed foam works in both places too and seals air while it insulates, but it costs more and needs a certified installer, so ask about certification if you're weighing it. When your ductwork runs through the attic, foam earns its price more often. Otherwise, sealing the gaps and topping up loose fill usually gets you there for less.
Usually with drill and fill, where small holes go near the top of each wall cavity and blown-in insulation fills the space behind them. It's one of the less invasive ways to insulate an older wall. If you're planning new siding, that's the ideal time to insulate from the outside, so it's worth pairing the two jobs.
Insulation jobs of any kind in the Los Angeles area usually cost about $1,500 to $5,500 per job. That's the going range around here, not our price, and where your house lands depends on how much of it needs work and what has to be fixed first. At the estimate I write down what your house needs and what comes first.
Wet insulation, moldy or rotted rafters, vents that exhaust into the attic, poor ventilation and old knob and tube wiring all get dealt with first, since that wiring is a fire hazard when insulation touches it. We put those repairs and the air sealing on the schedule ahead of the insulation so nothing gets buried. If you can, clear stored boxes off the attic floor before we come, because the insulation needs to lie level against the floor.
It can be, because that's often vermiculite, which may contain asbestos. It should stay undisturbed until an approved lab tests it, and your local health department can name one. Mention it when you book so we plan around it and nobody stirs it up.
Sometimes it can, because a tighter house can make gas or oil appliances back-draft, pulling combustion gases indoors instead of up the flue. ENERGY STAR suggests testing those appliances before and after sealing. Tell me what's in the house at the estimate so that testing goes into the plan.
