C&L East Los Angeles Insulation is an insulation contractor based in East Los Angeles, and we fix, seal and insulate attics, walls and crawl spaces in Pico Rivera homes. Call (213) 329-0372 and I'll come take a look myself.
(213) 329-0372
Most of the houses we go into in Pico Rivera are single-story, with one low attic over the whole house and the heating and cooling ducts running through it. In a tight attic like that, the insulation near the eaves often ends up thin or shoved aside, and the vents at the edge get buried. That's where a lot of the drafts and hot back bedrooms come from.
Before I opened this business in 2017, I spent years hauling junk out of garages and attics around here, and I kept finding the same thing: insulation that was flattened, soaked or full of droppings. It's still the first thing we look for in Pico Rivera, whether the call comes from a family, a landlord with a rental, or someone who closed in the garage and never insulated it like the rest of the house.
We reply within one business day to set a time, and the estimate is free with no obligation to book. I come out to your Pico Rivera home 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 of our Pico Rivera calls are about the attic, so that's where we start, with air sealing first to close the gaps where air gets through, then blown-in insulation, loose fill blown through a hose, spread evenly out to the edges with the eave vents left open. When the old layer is soaked or full of droppings, insulation removal comes before any of that. Where the ducts run through a low attic, closed-cell foam insulation, a dense foam that also blocks moisture, can be the better fit. We also insulate walls and crawl spaces, put down vapor barriers and work on small commercial spaces.
Home construction in Pico Rivera goes through the city's Building Division, and work like additions and alterations gets zoning review, plan check where the city reviews the drawings, or both before a permit is issued, so a job that needs one waits on that review before anyone starts. The city's list doesn't name insulation on its own, so before anything else I check what your address and your job call for, and when a permit is needed we take care of that step with the city before work starts. For its express permits, the city asks the contractor for an active California contractor's license and an active Pico Rivera business license, so those are fair things to ask anyone bidding your job.
Price and timing both turn on what we find up there: how much old insulation has to come out, how many gaps need sealing, and how tight the attic is to work in. The estimate puts that in writing, with what the job needs and what has to come first. We do the same work in Montebello and up in Alhambra, and the low attics with ductwork running through them look a lot like what we see here.
I come out for every estimate myself. I go up into the attic or crawl space with you, check how many inches are already there and what shape they're in, and write down what has to come first. If your attic is fine, I'll tell you so.
We're best known for attic work done in the right order. Whatever's wrong gets fixed first, then the gaps get sealed, and only then does new insulation go in, because insulation laid over a problem only hides it. Your estimate lists that order for your house.
We're licensed and insured, and the work is backed by our satisfaction guarantee. A lead installer runs the crew on your job, then I walk the finished work with you, show you what we did and leave the house clean. Call (213) 329-0372 to set a time.
The price mostly comes down to whether your old insulation can stay or has to come out first, since removal adds a whole step to the job. Foam costs more than loose fill and seals air while it insulates, but sealing the gaps and topping up loose fill usually wins unless your ductwork runs through the attic. I'll write down the options and what each one involves at the free estimate.
That depends on how much old material comes out and how many gaps need sealing, and I'll go over it with you at the estimate. With blown-in insulation, most families stay home while we work. With spray foam, you, the kids and the pets stay out until the re-entry time, how long the foam maker says to wait before coming back in, and I give you that time before we start.
If it's wet, flattened or full of droppings, it needs to come out, because the moisture or the mess stays put under anything new. If it's dry and just thin, we usually seal the gaps and top it up instead. I'll check it with you at the estimate, and if it's fine, I'll say so.
Usually it's air sneaking through gaps around can lights, pipes or the attic hatch, or insulation that's deep in the middle of the attic and thin at the edges. Buried eave vents can make it worse, because the attic stops breathing and moisture can show up in the framing. We seal those gaps first and spread the new insulation evenly out to the edges with the vents left open.
Yes, the city puts re-roofing and HVAC work through zoning review, plan check or both before it issues a permit, as its online permit page explains. Its Permit FAQ also says installing or modifying HVAC requires a permit. If either is on your list, tell me at the estimate so we can plan the insulation around it.
