We're Evergreen Seaside Spray Foam Insulation, an insulation contractor in Seaside, CA, and we come over to Gilroy to work on attics, crawl spaces and walls. We seal the air leaks first and then insulate, so the heat stays out in summer and stays in when it's cold.
(831) 204-4546
Gilroy summers run a lot hotter than the coast where we're based, and by afternoon that heat has come through the roof and filled the attic. When someone tells me it's hot upstairs and the bedrooms won't cool down, the attic is usually the first place I look, because thin or uneven insulation up there lets the heat straight through the ceiling. In winter it turns around, and the complaint is cold floors over a drafty crawl space.
Termite risk in Gilroy is rated very high, and that matters to us because insulation covers wood. Before we add anything in an attic or crawl space, we look at the framing and at what's already there. If the old insulation is soaked or full of droppings, it comes out first so the problem doesn't stay hidden under new material.
Send the form or call (831) 204-4546, and we'll reply within one business day to set a time. I come out to your Gilroy house myself, look at the attic or crawl space and write the estimate. There's no obligation to go ahead.
(831) 204-4546Most Gilroy calls start in the attic, where we do attic insulation and attic air sealing, which means closing the gaps before the insulation goes in, so the summer heat stops coming through the ceiling. Under raised floors we do crawl space insulation and lay a crawl space vapor barrier when damp is coming up from the ground. When the old material is wet or dirty, insulation removal comes first. We spray closed-cell foam, a dense foam that also blocks moisture, where a space needs both. Where a house has a below-grade room, basement insulation keeps it from feeling cold and damp.
In Gilroy, building permits come from the city's Building Division, which issues them for renovation work, so whether your insulation job needs one is its call. I check with them about your address before we set a start date, because work started without a needed permit can sit on hold until it's brought under the current rules. If a permit is needed, we take care of the paperwork and set up the inspections, and the start date follows from that. The city also requires a business license from every business working in Gilroy, including ones based outside it, so it's fair to ask any contractor about that, us included.
Gilroy is a longer drive for us than Rio del Mar or Watsonville, so we have the crew and materials lined up before we head over instead of making extra trips. What moves your price is the size of the attic or crawl space, how tight it is to work in, how much old insulation has to come out, how many gaps need sealing and whether foam or loose fill is the right call. The schedule turns on the permit, if there is one, and on removal, since hauling out soaked or dirty material adds a step. Your own number comes in the written estimate after I've looked at the space.
I come out myself and get into the attic or crawl space to see how many inches are up there and whether it's wet or dirty. If a roof leak or old wiring needs fixing first, I'll say so, because insulation over a problem only hides it.
We close the gaps around ceiling lights, pipes and the attic hatch first, because insulation laid over a draft just fights it. We keep the eave vents clear so the attic can still breathe, and we carry full depth out to the edges, where it usually runs thin.
Our installers do the work, and then I walk through it with you so you know exactly what we did and why. We're licensed and fully insured, and the work is backed by our satisfaction guarantee. Call (831) 204-4546 or send the form to start.
Spray foam costs the most, and for most attics the better buy is sealing the gaps and topping up with blown-in, loose fill we blow in through a hose. Foam earns its price when your ductwork runs through the attic, because it seals around the ducts and keeps that space closer to the temperature of the house. I'll put your number in the written estimate once I've seen what's up there.
Most of the crew's time in your attic goes to prep, sealing the gaps and pulling out any soaked or dirty insulation, not to laying the new material. An attic that only needs a top-up goes quicker than one where everything has to come out first. Once I've been up there, I can tell you which kind yours is.
For spray foam, yes. You, your kids and your pets stay out until the re-entry time, the wait the foam maker sets before it's safe to come back inside, and I'll give you that time for the product we're using before the job starts. Blown-in and air sealing work usually doesn't need you out of the house.
You can look it up on the city's GO Permit portal, which tracks building permit applications, plan review and inspections. When your job needs a permit we file it and book the inspections, but the portal lets you see where things stand any time you like.
Usually it's thin or gapped insulation in the ceiling, walls and floor around that room, plus air leaking in from the attic and the garage, so the summer heat comes in from several sides at once. We seal the gaps first and then fill whichever surfaces are falling short. In an older house I also check whether the walls were ever insulated at all.
