We're an insulation contractor based in West Lafayette, and we seal and insulate attics, walls and crawl spaces for Lafayette homeowners whose upstairs runs hot, whose floors run cold or whose power bill doesn't make sense.
(765) 250-8264
Most Lafayette calls start with a room that won't hold heat, a drafty older house or a heating bill that keeps climbing. In the older houses we usually find a few inches of tired, settled insulation in the attic, open gaps where pipes and wires come up from below, and walls with little or nothing in them. Newer houses bring a different call, usually a hot room over the garage or cold floors above a crawl space.
We're based next door in West Lafayette, so Lafayette is home turf for us, and I'm the one with the flashlight in your attic before anybody talks numbers.
Call (765) 250-8264 or send the form, and we'll reply within one business day to set a time. I'll come out to your Lafayette house, look at the attic and crawl space, and walk you through what I find. The estimate is free, on site and comes with no obligation.
(765) 250-8264Most Lafayette jobs start in the attic, so attic insulation and air sealing, which means closing the gaps before any insulation goes down, make up most of our work here. We also insulate walls and crawl spaces, spray foam attics where the ductwork runs, and pull out old insulation that's wet or full of droppings so the new material isn't sitting on the old problem.
Inside Lafayette city limits, the City Engineer's Office issues building permits for alterations, repairs and changes to existing buildings, and the city only issues them for addresses inside those limits. When your job needs one, the city's review comes before we start, so the permit can set the start date more than the install does. The licenses the city takes applications for cover electrical and tree work, and on work that needs a permit its bond policy can ask a contractor for a bond, insurance or both, so ask whoever you hire for proof of insurance before they start.
Before your estimate I check which office covers your address on the city's permits and maps page, because a house just past the line deals with a different office, and when your job calls for a permit we handle that side with the right office. The price moves with how much is already up there, how many gaps need sealing and how easy your attic is to get into, and the schedule turns on the permit and whether old material has to come out first. The estimate is where you get your own number. We work the same way down in Crawfordsville and the other cities around us.
I'm the one who comes out to look at your attic and give the estimate, and I'm up there with our crew on install day. What we talked about at the hatch is what gets done, and you have one person to ask when something comes up.
Insulation laid over open gaps around can lights, pipes and the attic hatch just fights a draft, so we seal those first. We keep the eave vents clear so the attic can breathe, and we build the edges up as deep as the middle, not thinner.
If your attic already has enough and the problem is somewhere else, I'll tell you instead of selling you a top-up. We're fully licensed and insured. Satisfaction guaranteed on every job. Call (765) 250-8264 or use the form when you're ready.
There isn't one price, because it turns on what's already in your attic, how much sealing it needs and which material fits, so I give you your number after I've looked. Sealing the gaps and topping up with blown-in, which is loose fill blown through a hose, is usually the better buy. Spray foam costs more because it seals air while it insulates, and it mostly earns that when your ductwork runs through the attic.
Hot upstairs rooms, cold floors and a power bill that doesn't make sense usually point to the attic. When I come out I check how many inches are up there, whether the old material is wet or full of droppings and has to come out, and where air is getting through. That sets the order of the job, because new insulation over a wet or open attic doesn't fix anything.
The city lists residential building permit fees at .15 cents per square foot with a $200 minimum, and commercial at .25 per square foot with a $250 minimum, based on the project's square footage. You can see the current fees on the city's building permits page. If your job needs a permit, that fee is separate from what we charge for the work.
The city says residential reviews can take up to seven days and commercial reviews up to ten business days. The clock only starts once every required document is in and the administrative requirements are met, so a missing piece holds things up. When your job needs a permit, we plan the install date around that review.
Yes, on a residential project the city lets you do the work yourself when you live at the house or plan to. You send in a copy of your homeowners insurance along with it, and the city's license, bonding and insurance page lays out what it asks for. If you'd like a second set of eyes on the attic before you start, give us a call.
With blown-in insulation you can usually stay home while we work. Spray foam is different, so everyone, kids and pets included, stays out until the re-entry time, the wait the foam maker sets before you come back inside, has passed. I'll tell you those hours before the day so you can plan around them.
