Insulation contractor in Smiths Station, AL - cooler upstairs rooms, drier crawl spaces
Quality Auburn Spray Foam Insulation insulates attics, crawl spaces and walls for homeowners in Smiths Station, AL. We seal the gaps first, then add insulation, so the room over the garage and the upstairs bedrooms stop fighting the weather.
Newer subdivisions and older houses on bigger lots
Smiths Station sits in Lee County southeast of Opelika, and most of the calls we get there come from homeowners rather than businesses. There are newer subdivisions full of two-story houses with a bonus room over the garage. There are also older brick ranches and farmhouses set back on bigger lots along the county roads.
Those two kinds of houses need different things. The newer ones usually have a reachable attic with ductwork running through it, and the older ones often sit over a crawl space where the floor insulation has sagged or gone missing, so the first thing we work out is which house we're standing in.
What we deal with on jobs in Smiths Station
Building permits in Smiths Station come from Lee County Building Inspections, a county office, and the city's planning and zoning page lists 334-737-7014 for permit questions. On a new house, the city's site plan approval, land disturbance permit and stormwater approval all come before that county permit, so a new build's schedule follows those reviews. For insulation in a house you already live in, we check with the county office for your address before we start and pull any permit the work calls for, and if one is needed, that review sets our start date. When you're comparing contractors, Alabama's Home Builders Licensure Board licenses anyone paid to build, repair or improve a home when the job runs over $10,000, and a city business license here comes only through Avenu Insights and Analytics, so both are fair things to ask about. We're licensed and insured.
We're an insulation contractor based in Auburn, AL, and Smiths Station is one of the cities around it we work in, along with Tuskegee and plenty of others nearby. What moves the price is how much attic or crawl space there is, how many inches are already up there, whether old material has to come out first, how many gaps need sealing and whether the house needs foam or loose fill. The schedule turns mostly on the permit question and on whether removal has to happen before the new work. I write all of that down on the estimate in the order we'd do it, with the price beside it, so you're not guessing at your own number.
Services in Smiths Station, AL
Attic insulation
In the two-story houses in the newer subdivisions, the upstairs usually runs hot because the attic insulation is thick in the middle and thin at the edges, where the roof comes down low and it's hard to reach. We even out the depth all the way to the eaves while keeping the eave vents clear, so the attic still breathes.
Home insulation
The older brick ranches out on the bigger lots often have a little insulation everywhere and not enough anywhere, from the attic down to the floors. Our home insulation work starts with walking the whole house, so we fix the drafty rooms and cold floors in the order that makes sense.
Attic air sealing
In a lot of houses here, the draft upstairs comes through the gaps around can lights, pipes and the attic hatch, not through the insulation itself. We do the air sealing first, closing those gaps before any insulation goes on, because insulation laid over an open gap just sits in a draft.
Insulation removal
Attics under roofs that leaked, or that let critters in, sometimes hold insulation that's matted, soaked or full of droppings. We pull that out before anything new goes down, because fresh material over a bad layer keeps the problem right where it was.
Crawl space vapor barrier
Houses here that sit over a crawl space take on damp from the ground through the humid months, and that's often why the floors feel cold and clammy. We cover the dirt with a vapor barrier, a heavy plastic sheet that keeps ground moisture down, before we touch the floor insulation.
Wall insulation
Some of the older houses on the county roads were built with little or nothing inside the outside walls, which is why a room can stay cold even after the attic is done. We fill those walls through small holes and patch them, after checking for wiring we need to work around.
What Smiths Station summers do to your attic
An Alabama summer turns an attic into an oven, and in a lot of houses here the ductwork runs right through it, so your cooled air spends the afternoon passing through the hottest spot on the property. When the ducts live up there, I'll usually point you toward foam on the underside of the roof, because it costs more but seals air while it insulates and brings those ducts inside the cooled part of the house. When they don't, sealing the gaps and topping up with blown-in insulation, which is loose fill blown through a hose, usually does the job for less money.
The 2019 tornado did major damage to homes in Smiths Station, and plenty of roofs here were patched or replaced afterward. When I'm in an attic under one of those roofs, I look for insulation that got wet back then and never came out, because a covered mistake is still a mistake.
Get a written insulation estimate for your Smiths Station house
Send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day to set a time. I come out to your house in Smiths Station myself, look at what's bothering you and write the estimate, which is free, done in person, with no pressure and no obligation.
How a Smiths Station job goes
Call or send the form
Call (334) 780-0054 or fill out the form and tell us what's going on, whether it's a hot room, cold floors or a power bill that keeps climbing. We'll set a time for me to come out to your house.
I look and write it down
I come out myself, go up in the attic or under the house, and it helps if you're home to show me the room that bothers you. You get a written estimate with the steps listed in the order we'd do them, so you know the cost before anything starts and can hold it up against other quotes.
We check permits, then install
Before we start, we ask the county office about your address and pull any permit the work calls for, and if a question comes up only they can answer, we ask instead of guessing. Then our crew lead runs the job, with the gaps sealed before any insulation goes down.
Walk through the finished work
I look over the work before the crew leaves, then walk it with you and show you what we did. The job is backed by our satisfaction guarantee.
Smiths Station insulation questions answered
How much does it cost to insulate an attic in Smiths Station?
The price of an attic job in Smiths Station comes down to the size of the attic, what's already up there and what has to happen before new insulation goes down. Pulling out soaked or dirty insulation and sealing a lot of gaps adds cost, and choosing foam over blown-in adds more, while an open attic that only needs topping up costs the least. I'll put your figure on the written estimate once I've been up there and seen it.
How long does attic insulation take, and do we have to leave the house?
A straight top-up of an attic is the quickest kind of job we do, while pulling old material out first or spraying foam takes longer, and I'll tell you on the estimate what to expect for yours. With blown-in insulation you can usually stay home while we work. With spray foam, the foam maker sets a re-entry time, the wait before you, the kids and the pets can come back inside, and we go by it, so plan on being out.
What causes the room over the garage to stay hot in my Smiths Station house?
Usually it's the walls and floor of that room, not only the ceiling. Bonus rooms have knee walls, short walls with open attic behind them, and a floor over a garage that isn't cooled, and the insulation in those spots is often thin, loose or missing, with gaps letting attic heat straight in. We seal those gaps and fill those spaces, and spray foam often earns its place there because it fits the odd shapes batts don't.
Do I need a state stormwater permit for insulation work in Smiths Station?
The state's construction stormwater permit is aimed at sites that disturb an acre or more of ground, and the state environmental department lists home repairs and maintenance among the work that doesn't need it. That only settles the state permit, though, and city and county permits are a separate question. That's why we still ask the county office about your job before we start.
How do I find out if my house in Smiths Station is in a flood zone?
You can search your address on AlabamaFlood.com, a state map of FEMA floodplain data, which you'll find through the state's floodplain lookup page. It's worth knowing before we work under your house, because a crawl space on low ground usually deals with more water, and that changes how we handle the floor and the ground below it.
What is the best way to insulate a crawl space in Smiths Station?
Deal with the moisture first, then the insulation. In our humid summers a crawl space with bare dirt keeps feeding damp into the floor, so we cover the ground, seal the openings into the house and then insulate under the floor. Where the space stays damp, closed-cell foam, a dense foam that also blocks moisture, is usually the better choice than batts that soak it up.
Call us about your Smiths Station house
We pick up seven days a week, from early morning until 9 PM, so call (334) 780-0054 or use the form whenever you've got a minute.
