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Attic, Wall and Rim Joist Insulation
Cold floors, ice dams and a furnace that never stops are insulation and air-sealing problems. We fix the attic, the rim joist and the walls, in that order of payback.
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Minnesota houses lose heat at the top plate, the rim joist and the attic hatch before anywhere else. Air-seal first, then insulate. Each page below is one part of the house and what it takes to fix it.
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Insulation jobs we do (20)
Attic Hatch Insulation — Insulated Cover Box Over the Access
Frost on the hatch, a cold spot in the hall ceiling, a strip of bare roof above it in a snowfall: the attic access is an uninsulated hole in an insulated ceiling, and a box fixes it in an afternoon.
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Attic Insulation Blown In — Air Sealed First, Then Filled
Ice dams, a furnace that never shuts off, a bedroom that is cold at the ceiling: the attic is the first place to look and the best payback in the house when the air sealing is done before the fluff.
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Basement Wall Insulation Before Finishing — Rigid Foam and Framing
Before the framing, the wiring and the drywall go in, the concrete wall needs the right insulation in the right order — or the finished basement smells like a wet basement in five years.
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Cantilever Floor Insulation — Cold Floor Over an Overhang Fixed
The one room that is always cold sits over an overhang, and the floor along that wall is freezing in socks. The fiberglass the builder stuffed under it is doing nothing. The fix is from outside, under the soffit.
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Cathedral Ceiling Ice Dams Fix — Vaulted Ceiling With No Attic
Ice dams build every winter along the eave over the vaulted room, even though the rest of the roof is clear. There is no attic to crawl into, so the fix comes from inside or from the top.
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Cold Air Coming From Baseboards and Outlets — Draft Sealing
On a windy January day you can feel air on your hand at the baseboard, and the outlets on the outside wall blow cold.
Read the pageConvert a Three Season Porch to Four Season — Insulate Walls and Floor
The porch is the best room in the house from May to October and unusable the rest of the year. Most of the cold comes through the floor, the knee walls and the ceiling.
Read the pageCrawl Space Insulation — Walls, Vapor Barrier and Encapsulation
The floor over the crawl space is cold, the batts under it are hanging in the mice's way and the vents blow winter through it; sealing and insulating the walls turns it into part of the house.
Read the pageDrill and Fill Wall Insulation — Dense Pack for Existing Walls
A pre-1960s house with empty walls, cold to the touch and drafty at every outlet, insulated from the outside without tearing off the drywall or the plaster.
Read the pageFall Weatherproofing Checklist — Winterize the House Before Snow
The furnace ran all last winter and the floors were still cold. Here is the list of small gaps that add up to a drafty house, and the one visit that closes them.
Read the pageFrost in Attic on Nails and Ice on the Sheathing — Find and Fix It
You went up for the Christmas boxes and the nail tips were white with frost, or there was ice on the plywood and a wet spot on the bedroom ceiling in March. The attic is telling you where the house leaks.
Read the pageGarage Ceiling Insulation — Cold Room Above the Garage Fixed
The bonus room over the garage is the coldest room in the house and the garage ceiling is either bare joists or drywall with batts that fell down years ago; we seal it, fill it and finish it.
Read the pageGarage Door Insulation — Panel Kits and Seals on an Uninsulated Door
A builder-grade steel door is one sheet of metal between the garage and January. Panels cut into each section and a new seal at the floor make the garage, and the room above it, easier to keep warm.
Read the pageIce Dam Prevention Checklist — Stop Ice Dams Before Winter
You had ice dams last winter and do not want them again. Here is what causes them, what to check in the attic and at the eave, and what we fix before the snow flies.
Read the pageKnee Wall Insulation — Story-and-a-Half and Cape Cod Side Attics
The upstairs bedrooms in a story-and-a-half are hot in July and cold in January because the short walls and the slopes were never insulated right; we fix the wall, the floor under it and the slope together.
Read the pageRemove Old Attic Insulation With Mouse Droppings — Replace It
The attic insulation is packed with tunnels and droppings, and it smells. Topping it up buries the mess; here is how it comes out and new insulation goes in.
Read the pageRim Joist Insulation — Foam Board and Spray Foam at the Basement Rim
The rim joist is the leakiest foot of wall in the house and the fiberglass stuffed in it does nothing. Foam it right and the kitchen floor stops being cold in January.
Read the pageSplit Level Lower Level Cold Walls — Insulation Behind the Paneling
The family room in the lower level of your split level is the coldest room in the house, and the paneled walls feel like a refrigerator door in January.
Read the pageSpray Foam Insulation — Closed Cell for Attics, Rims and Pole Barns
Where fluff will not do the job — a rim joist, a cathedral ceiling with no room for vents, a pole barn with a sweating roof — closed-cell spray foam seals and insulates in one pass.
Read the pageWhole House Fan Removal and Ceiling Seal — Opening Closed, Insulated
The old whole house fan in the hallway ceiling has not run in years, the louvers rattle, and in January you can feel cold air falling through it.
Read the pageOther kinds of work
- Window Replacement & Installation
- Door Replacement & Installation
- Install What You Bought — By Brand & Store
- Whole-House Window & Door Projects
- Insurance & Storm Damage Repairs
- Finish & Trim Carpentry
- Window Trim-Out & Drywall Returns
- Exterior Trim, Rot Repair & Drip Caps
- Siding
- Roofing
- Built-Ins, Mudroom Lockers & Shelving
- Drywall Repair & Finishing
- Painting & Staining
- Flooring
- Tile Installation
- Hardscapes & Pavers
- Landscaping
- Excavation & Site Work
- Pole Barns & Metal Buildings
- TV Mounting
- Security Cameras & Doorbells
- Aging-in-Place Carpentry
- Window & Door Services by City
- Finish Carpentry by City
- Landlords & Property Managers
- Apartment & Multifamily Window and Door Projects
- For Builders & Window Companies
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