We're C&L East Los Angeles Insulation, and we insulate attics, walls and crawl spaces in Maywood homes and rentals. We clear out what's failed, seal the gaps and only then put new insulation in.
(213) 329-0372
Maywood is a small city built close together, and much of what we work on here is older houses and rentals on narrow lots. Up in the attics we usually find insulation that's been flattened for years, gaps around can lights and pipes nobody sealed, and sometimes droppings, which is why rooms feel drafty and the power bill keeps climbing.
We're an insulation contractor based in East Los Angeles, a short drive away, and we see the same kinds of houses in nearby Huntington Park. We hear from landlords between tenants as well as from homeowners, and the work starts the same way for both.
We reply within one business day, and the estimate is free with no obligation to book. I come out to your Maywood house myself, look at the attic, walls or crawl space with you, and write down what the job needs and what has to come first.
(213) 329-0372Most Maywood calls start in the attic, where we pull out flattened or soiled material with insulation removal, close the gaps around lights, pipes and the hatch with air sealing services, and then add blown-in insulation, which is loose fill blown in through a hose. Where the ductwork runs through the attic, spray foam insulation seals air while it insulates. Under cold floors we do crawl space insulation, and for drafty rooms we offer wall insulation, along with the rest of the services on this site.
In Maywood, the city's Building Division issues building permits, and it requires them for all new construction and in most cases for modifications, replacements and remodeling. We start every job by checking which office covers your address, since each city around here runs its own building department, and when your job calls for a permit we take care of that step with the city before work starts, so the permit sets the earliest start date. The city also checks that contractors hold a valid state license and the required workers' compensation insurance, and it fines both the owner and the contractor when a required permit is missing, so ask any contractor you're considering about both, and about Maywood's own business license.
Price and schedule here mostly come down to what's already over your ceiling. How many inches are up there, whether the old material is soaked or full of droppings and has to come out first, how many gaps need sealing, and how easy the attic is to get into all move the price, while removal and any permit wait move the schedule. On close-set lots we also plan where the truck parks and how the hose reaches your attic, the same as we do in Monterey Park, and your own figure comes from the estimate.
I'm the one who looks through your attic, walls or crawl space at the estimate and writes down what the job needs and what has to come first. A lead installer runs the crew on the job, and I look over the finished work with you.
Fresh material laid over soaked or soiled insulation keeps the problem in place, so the old stuff comes out first. Then we seal around can lights, pipes and the hatch, keep the eave vents clear so the attic can breathe, and keep the edges from running thin.
I'd rather tell you your attic is fine than sell you a job you don't need. When we do work, we leave the house clean and tell you plainly what we did. We're licensed and insured, in business since 2017, and backed by our satisfaction guarantee.
The price for a Maywood attic is set by what we find up there, so you get your figure at the estimate, not from a number on this page. The choice that moves it most is usually the material, because foam costs more than sealing the gaps and topping up loose fill. Sealing and loose fill usually win unless your ducts run through the attic. Call (213) 329-0372 to set up a visit.
When a permit is needed, it adds the time it takes to get on the city's calendar, because Maywood handles building permits by appointment and does inspections only on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The city's staff directory lists permit appointments on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and on Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., but another city page gives different hours, so check current times with the city. We set the start date around those slots.
For sealing and loose fill, you can usually stay home while we work. Foam jobs come with a re-entry time, the wait before anyone goes back inside, and the foam maker sets it. I tell you at the estimate how long the crew will be there and when the kids and pets can come back in, so you can plan around it.
Maywood requires construction and demolition projects to use its franchised waste hauler, Universal Waste Systems, at 562-287-7888. When your job includes removal, we check with the city how that applies before anything leaves your house, and we leave the attic and rooms below it clean.
Maywood has adopted the California building, residential, energy and green building codes, along with several others, so those are the rules work in the city is held to. The energy code is the one that matters most for insulation, and when a permit is involved, we plan the job to meet what the city checks.
