Drafty rooms, a hot upstairs and a climbing power bill usually trace to leaks. We find them, seal them and show you the result.
Our air sealing services in Seaside close the gaps where outside air slips into your house, around door frames, ducts, fans and the holes cut for pipes, vents and wires. Your rooms stay closer to the temperature you set, and the insulation you already have can finally do its job.
You usually notice it as a drafty room, cold floors, the upstairs running hot in summer or a power bill that doesn't fit the size of the house. Most of that air moves through gaps hidden in the attic under the old insulation, which is why adding more attic insulation by itself often doesn't fix it. The price moves with how many leaks there are, how hard they are to reach and whether old insulation has to come out first. The schedule turns on how easy the attic is to get into and whether a roof leak, old wiring or a gas appliance fix has to come before we seal. You'll get your own figure once I've seen the house.
I come out, look at the attic, the crawl space and any gas appliances, and write the estimate myself. Our installers do the sealing, and when they're done I walk through it with you so you know exactly what we did and why.
I spent years doing upkeep for a property management company, crawling through attics and under floors, before I started this business in Seaside in 2023. That's where I learned that insulation laid over a leak or a problem just hides it.
We're licensed and fully insured, so you aren't carrying the risk of our crew working in your attic. Our work is backed by our satisfaction guarantee. Call (831) 204-4546 or use the estimate form, and mention your home's age and any gas appliances.
We reply within one business day, the estimate is free and done on site, and there's no obligation. After you send the form, we'll set a time for me to come out, look over the attic and any gas appliances, and write up what your house needs. It helps to mention your home's age, how you get into the attic and any fuel-burning appliances.
The City of Seaside recommends that owners contact its Building Department before any building project or major repair to find out whether the work needs a permit, and I won't guess whether sealing your house does. So before we start, we check with the city or county building office for your address, and where a permit is needed, we take care of the paperwork and set up the inspections. Projects the city takes in now follow its updated California codes and local amendments, and the state's energy standards for a home's outer shell depend on the building's climate zone, so we go by what applies at your address.
We're based in Seaside and work in cities across Monterey County, into Santa Cruz County and over to Gilroy, including Monterey and Marina. Around here we see a lot of older houses where the attic insulation has packed down over gaps nobody sealed, and rooms over the garage that never feel right. If you're not sure we come out your way, just ask.
Yes, you can caulk the gaps you can see, around window and door trim or where a pipe comes through a wall, and that's worth doing. Small, hard to find leaks are a different matter, especially in the attic of an existing house where they sit under layers of insulation, and that's the work you hire a crew for.
Across the US, air sealing with caulk, spray foam and weatherstripping usually costs about $500 to $1,500 per job. That's a national range, not our price. Where your house lands depends on what I find in the attic, which is why I look before I quote.
We find that out before any work starts by checking with the building office for your address, as I explained above. If a permit is needed, we handle the paperwork and the inspections, so you don't have to chase it.
We test the house afterward so you can see the result for yourself. Federal best-practice guidance calls for a blower door test after sealing, where a fan set in a doorway pulls air through whatever leaks are left, with the results given to the owner. That shows whether the house meets or beats the target tightness.
Tell us beforehand about any vinyl flooring that isn't glued down, because a blower door test has been known to lift it. The test can also pull some dirt and pollen into the house, so it's good to know that going in.
