Drafty rooms, a hot upstairs or a power bill that keeps climbing? We close the gaps into your attic so the insulation can work.
Attic air sealing in Seaside, CA closes the gaps between your rooms and the attic, around light fixtures, pipes, wiring, ducts and flues, so the house loses fewer drafts, lets in less dust and fewer pests, and the insulation up there can finally do its job.
Most people call us because the upstairs never feels right, the room over the garage is always cold, or the power bill keeps creeping up even after they added insulation, and usually that's air slipping around the insulation through openings nobody sealed. The price mostly comes down to how big your attic is and how much is in the way up there. The schedule turns on what we find, because a roof leak, old wiring or soaked insulation that needs insulation removal gets handled before we seal anything, and I'll give you your own figure once I've seen the attic.
I come out myself, go up into the attic and write the estimate, so the person pricing your job has actually seen it. Our installers do the work, and when they're finished I walk through it with you so you know exactly what was done.
Before I started this business in 2023, I spent years doing upkeep for a property management company, crawling through attics and under floors. That's where I learned to do things in order, because insulation laid over a leak or bad wiring just hides the problem.
We're licensed and fully insured. Our work is backed by our satisfaction guarantee. If you'd like us to look at your attic, call (831) 204-4546 or use the form on this page, and I'll set up a time to come out.
We reply within one business day, and I'll set a time to come out, look over your attic and write a free on-site estimate myself, with no obligation to go ahead. If you have a gas furnace or water heater, or know of old knob and tube wiring or vermiculite up there, mention it in the form so I can plan for it.
Whether attic air sealing at your address needs a permit is up to the city or county building office where you live, and it isn't something I'll guess at. Before we start, we check with that office, and where a permit is needed, we take care of the paperwork and set up the inspections. In Seaside that's the city building office, at (831) 899-6825 if you'd like to ask them yourself.
We're based in Seaside and work in cities across Monterey County, into Santa Cruz County and over to Gilroy, including Monterey and Marina. A lot of the attics we open around here are in older houses that got insulation a layer at a time over the years, with can lights, pipes and wiring poking through it and nothing sealed underneath. If you're not sure we come out your way, just ask.
Yes, seal first and insulate second, because insulation laid over open gaps lets air keep moving right through it. Building science guidance puts safety and ventilation ahead of both, then the air sealing, then the insulation. If you're planning new insulation, book the sealing as the step just before it.
Most of the leakage comes through a few big holes, where the walls meet the attic floor, over dropped ceilings, and behind or under kneewalls. The small gaps around pipes and wires count too, but plugging those big openings is where the real savings come from, which is why our crew starts there.
If your furnace or water heater burns fuel and vents by natural draft, the guidance calls for a combustion safety test first to catch exhaust spilling back into the house, and anything it finds gets fixed before attic work goes ahead. Active knob and tube wiring has to be replaced or properly boxed before insulation goes over it. If the old insulation is vermiculite, which may contain asbestos, work stops until that's dealt with, so tell me about either one when you call.
There's no fair number until someone has been up in your attic, because the price turns on its size, how easy it is to move around in, and how many big openings like dropped ceilings and kneewalls it has. Ducts or a flue up there add work, and so does old insulation that has to come out first. I come out, look and write the estimate myself, so the figure fits your house.
Only a small one, and only under strict conditions. California's limit for minor work by an unlicensed person is now $1,000, up from $500, and it covers only work that needs no permit, done by someone who employs no one on the project. If they bring a helper or the job needs a permit, that exemption doesn't apply, so ask before you hire.
