Hot upstairs rooms and a power bill that keeps climbing usually trace back to gaps in the attic floor. We find them and close them.
Attic air sealing in Laredo, TX closes the gaps and openings between your rooms and the attic, so the air you paid to cool stays in the house and the insulation above it can do its job. It's done before any new insulation goes in, because once the attic floor is buried, those gaps are a lot harder to reach.
Most people who call us have a room that won't stay comfortable, usually upstairs or over the garage, and a power bill that doesn't make sense for the size of the house. Sometimes the answer is sealing plus attic insulation, and sometimes the insulation up there is fine and it's only the gaps. The price mostly follows how big the attic is, how many openings there are and how much old insulation has to be moved to reach them. The schedule follows what I find when I go up, since a problem in the attic sometimes has to be fixed first. Your estimate is written out so you can see what's included for your house.
I'm the one who comes out, climbs into your attic and writes the estimate, so the person pricing the job is the person who saw the gaps. On install day I work alongside our small crew, so I'm up there for the sealing too.
I spent years behind a desk before deciding my hands were better used in an attic than on a keyboard. I learned insulation on another contractor's crew, then started our business in 2023, and attics are what we're best known for.
We're licensed and fully insured, which counts for something when people are kneeling on the joists over your bedroom, working around wiring and a hot flue pipe. Ask me about our coverage when I'm out for the estimate and you'll get a plain answer.
If your attic has a problem that sealing won't fix, I'll tell you and point you to the right person rather than seal over it. When you're ready, call (956) 508-9070 or send the form on this page, and I'll come out and take a look.
We reply within one business day, then I come out, look the attic over and write you a free estimate at your property, with no pressure and no obligation. It's written out so you can see exactly what's included. If you have a gas furnace or water heater with a flue, a bath fan that vents into the attic or a roof that's leaked, mention it when you call or send the form.
The city's permit list for licensed trades names mechanical, plumbing and electrical work, not attic air sealing, so that list doesn't settle whether your job needs a permit. The place to ask is the city's Building Development Services. When a job does need a city permit, we pull it as your contractor and handle the paperwork with that office. You can pull the permit yourself, but then the city considers you the contractor on the project.
We're based in Laredo and work in Laredo and the cities around it, and the attics we see here tend to show the same few problems. Gaps around can lights and the hatch are left open, insulation sits deep in the middle and thin at the edges, and now and then the old material is past saving. There's more about how we work across the area on our Laredo insulation page.
There's no flat price, because your attic sets it, starting with its size, how many openings need sealing and how much old insulation has to be moved or hauled out first. Going with spray foam instead of topping up loose fill raises it, and so does a repair that has to happen first. I'll price yours after I've been up there.
Because what's already up there decides the plan. The first checks are for live knob and tube wiring, which is the old kind run on porcelain knobs, vermiculite insulation, bath fans that blow into the attic instead of outside, and roof leaks. If you have attic flooring, a gas fireplace or an unvented kerosene heater, tell me at the start so I know what I'm walking into.
It's a check that a furnace, water heater or other appliance venting up a flue on its own draft still sends its exhaust up and out, with no backdrafting or spillage into the house. Homes with that kind of equipment get the test as part of the work, because tightening the attic changes how air moves. If it turns up a problem, that gets fixed before the attic work goes ahead, so it can move the start date.
It depends on your attic, and I'd rather give you the plan at the estimate than guess here. A bigger attic, a lot of old insulation to move or a repair that has to come first all stretch it out. Sealing and loose fill usually don't mean clearing out the house, and if the plan calls for spray foam, I'll tell you up front when you, the kids and the pets can come back in.
Check that each one says whether your existing insulation will be moved aside or removed to get at the gaps, since that's a big part of the work and the price. If you have gas appliances with a flue, see whether the combustion safety test is part of the plan too.
It may, if your household qualifies. AEP Texas Central serves Laredo, and its Targeted Low-Income Program arranges insulation and attic access sealing through not-for-profit agencies for households at or below 200% of the federal poverty guideline. Check your eligibility with the program before you book, since that work goes through its agencies.
