I run D&T West Lafayette Spray Foam Insulation, and our crew insulates and air seals attics, walls, crawl spaces and basements here in West Lafayette. We fix cold rooms, drafty older houses and power bills that don't make sense, and we start with the gaps most crews cover over.
(765) 250-8264
We're based in West Lafayette, so most of our calls come from right here, and they usually sound alike. The upstairs is hot all summer, the room over the garage won't stay warm, the floors are cold over the crawl space, or the power bill jumped for no clear reason. In the older houses I usually find a few inches of tired insulation in the attic and a lot of open gaps under it.
Plenty of houses here are rentals, and landlords often call us between tenants because an empty house is the easiest one to work in. Newer houses have their own pattern, with decent depth in the middle of the attic and thin coverage out at the edges, which is backward because the edges are where the cold gets in.
Call (765) 250-8264 or send the form with your street address and what's going on, and we'll reply within one business day. I'll set a time to come out, look at your attic and give you the estimate on site, free and with no obligation. Your address lets me check which office covers your house before I get there.
(765) 250-8264Most jobs here start in the attic, because that's where older houses lose the most heat and where the gaps hide. We seal around can lights, pipes and the hatch first, then add blown-in insulation, loose fill blown through a hose, to an even depth while keeping the eave vents clear so the attic can still breathe. When floors run cold, we insulate crawl spaces and basements and put down vapor barriers, and we pull out old insulation that's wet or full of droppings instead of covering it. Spray foam insulation costs more and seals air while it insulates, so I steer most attics toward sealing plus loose fill and save foam for attics with ductwork running through them.
Inside city limits, permits come from the city's Building Department, which issues them for new construction, structural changes and electrical work. That list doesn't settle insulation work, so I check your address and your job with the office that covers you, and when a job calls for a permit we handle that side with them, which can add a wait before we're in your attic. The city won't issue a permit until the contractor's bond is on file, $25,000 for a general contractor and $5,000 per trade for a sub-contractor, so that's something you can confirm with the department before permitted work starts. If your house is in the New Chauncey Historical District, plans go to the city's Historic Preservation Committee before permit review, which adds a step.
The price moves with the size of your attic and how easy it is to get into, how many inches are already up there, how many gaps need sealing and whether old insulation has to come out first. The schedule turns on the same things, plus a permit if your job needs one, and with foam, the time the maker says you stay out afterward. Houses on our side of the Wabash look a lot like the ones across it in Lafayette, but that river changes which office you deal with, and we do the same attic and crawl space work there and out in Frankfort.
I'm the one who comes out to look at your attic and price the job, and I'm up there with our crew when we do the work. The person who found the gaps on your estimate is the same one making sure they get sealed.
Insulation over open gaps just fights a draft, so we seal around can lights, pipes, wiring holes and the hatch before anything goes down. We keep the eave vents clear so the attic breathes, and we carry full depth out to the edges.
If your attic already has good depth or the roof is leaking, I'll tell you the job isn't worth doing yet. We're fully licensed and insured, with satisfaction guaranteed on every job. Call (765) 250-8264 or use the form to set up a visit.
The cost comes down to your attic's size and access, how many inches are already there, how much air sealing it needs and whether old insulation has to come out first. Spray foam runs higher than loose fill. I'll give you a real figure once I've been up there and seen it.
The biggest factor is whether old insulation has to come out, because wet or droppings-filled material gets removed before anything new goes in. Sealing gaps and topping up a clean attic goes much faster than a removal and reinsulation. Once I've seen your attic, I'll walk you through how the work lays out.
Yes, with spray foam you, your kids and your pets stay out until the re-entry time, the hours the foam maker's instructions set before anyone comes back inside. We'll tell you that window ahead of the day so you can plan around it. Blown-in loose fill usually doesn't require you to leave.
Look up your address on the city's city limits map. If you're outside the line, you'd contact the City of Lafayette at 765.807.1050 or the Tippecanoe County Building Commission at 765.423.9225 instead. Send me your address and I'll check it before the estimate.
The city's permit FAQ says reroofing needs no permit unless structural materials are being replaced. That doesn't settle the insulation side, so I check your job with the department and handle the permit if one's needed. Get the roof dry first, because insulation under a leaking roof is money thrown away.
Usually it's open gaps and thin or missing insulation under the floor, and dampness makes it worse. An older print of the city's stormwater code notes that property in and downstream of West Lafayette floods at times, so we look for water before anything else. If the space stays damp, we lean toward a vapor barrier and closed-cell foam, a dense foam that blocks moisture.
