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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.
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.
Insulation jobs we do (10)
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.
Read the pageAttic 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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Crawl 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.
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Drill 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.
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Fall 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.
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Garage 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 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 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 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 pageOther kinds of work
- Finish & Trim Carpentry
- Window Trim-Out & Drywall Returns
- Door Installation — Labor Only & Supplied
- Exterior Trim, Rot Repair & Drip Caps
- Built-Ins, Mudroom Lockers & Shelving
- For Builders & Window Companies
- Aging-in-Place Carpentry
- Landlords & Property Managers
- Install What You Bought — By Brand & Store
- Roofing
- Siding
- Tile Installation
- Flooring
- Drywall Repair & Finishing
- Pole Barns & Metal Buildings
- Painting & Staining
- Hardscapes & Pavers
- TV Mounting
- Security Cameras & Doorbells
- Landscaping
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