Drafty rooms, a hot upstairs or a power bill that won't settle? We find the hidden leaks in your attic and walls and close them.
Our air sealing services in Lake Charles, LA close the gaps where your house leaks air, around door frames, ducts and fans and through the holes cut for pipes, vents and wires, so the air you pay to cool and heat stays in the rooms.
Most people call us about a hot upstairs, a drafty room over the garage or a power bill that doesn't make sense for a house with a full attic. Usually the trouble is air, not a shortage of insulation, and the gaps it moves through sit where you never look, under the attic insulation and inside the walls.
The price turns on how big the attic is and how easy it is to move around in, how many gaps, can lights and flues need sealing, and whether old insulation has to be pulled back or hauled out first. The schedule turns on the same things, plus any repair that has to come first and any permit. Your own figure comes from the estimate, after I've seen the space.
Sealing covers things up, so the attic gets a hard look first. These are the spots that change the plan most often, and I write down what I find at each one.
I check for live knob and tube wiring, the old system strung on porcelain knobs, plus vermiculite insulation, the pebbly gray-brown loose fill, bath fans that blow into the attic and roof leaks. Each of those has to be dealt with before we close anything in, because sealing over a problem just hides it.
Large holes and open soffits, the dropped boxes over cabinets and tubs, are too big for caulk or a can of foam. Attic sealing guidance calls for solid blocking over those, and metal blocking and collars around hot flues, the pipes that carry exhaust from a furnace or water heater, so I'll point out where your attic needs them.
Recessed can lights can let a lot of air up into the attic. Guidance says covers should go over any that aren't rated for insulation contact and airtight, so if your ceilings have them, I check each one, and covers may go on during the attic work.
Here's how an air sealing job runs from your first call to the final walk-through, and who you'll be dealing with at each step.
Call (337) 474-1146 or send the form and tell us where the house feels drafty or hot. We'll set a time for me to come out and look.
I go through the attic and check the walls, measure, and write down what I find, including anything that has to be fixed first. Then you get the estimate, with the work spelled out.
If you go ahead, we sort out any permit question with the office that covers your address, as explained below. Then our crew seals what the estimate lists, nothing more and nothing less.
When we're done, I walk you through what we sealed and show you what we found along the way, so you know what you paid for. If we sealed the attic hatch, keep it latched so the seal holds.
We go after the hidden gaps in the attic and walls, not just the ones you can see around doors. That means pulling back insulation to get at the tops of interior walls, the wire and pipe holes, the duct boots where ducts meet the ceiling and the attic hatch, because those are what usually keep a room drafty after the doors are already caulked.
When a house gets tighter, I look at how it gets fresh air and at any appliance that burns fuel, like a gas furnace or water heater, so we plan for both before we seal. If the cold or damp is coming from below, basement insulation or crawl space work may do more for you than the attic, and I'll tell you so.
Foam costs more and seals air while it insulates. For most attics, sealing the gaps and topping up the loose fill is the better buy, unless your ductwork runs through the attic. Then closed-cell foam insulation, a dense foam that also blocks moisture, can be worth the extra money because it keeps those ducts out of the heat.
We seal the gaps first, then add blown-in insulation, loose fill blown through a hose, to even out the depth across the attic, edges included, without burying the eave vents that let the attic breathe.
Spray foam closes gaps and insulates in one pass. It costs more and you'll be out of the house for a while after it's sprayed, so I suggest it mostly when the ductwork sits in the attic.
We reply within one business day, and the estimate is free with no obligation. Once you send the form, we set a time for me to come out, go through the attic, write down what I find and give you a price for the work.
(337) 474-1146In Lake Charles, the city's Permit Center answers permit questions on building, electrical and mechanical work, and Calcasieu Parish requires a permit before any construction or remodeling and before new wiring or mechanical equipment goes in. That makes an added ventilation fan the part to raise early. We check with the office that covers your address before work starts, and if the job needs a permit, we apply for it and keep you posted.
Research on homes in hot, humid climates found that a tighter ceiling can change how humid the attic gets, and that steam from cooking and showers can move up there. That's one more reason I check where your bath fans actually send their air before we seal, since a fan that ends in the attic adds to that moisture.
We're based in Lake Charles and work in the cities around it, including Sulphur, Jennings and Orange, TX, plus areas like Moss Bluff and Prien. The calls are much the same across them, mostly hot rooms upstairs, drafty bedrooms over garages and older attics with can lights nobody ever covered.
I learned insulation and building upkeep on a municipal crew, where jobs got written up and checked before anyone signed off, and I started this business in Lake Charles in 2023 to work the same way. What I care about most is catching problems before they get covered up, so if I see a leak, wet wood or wiring that needs a look, I show you and we plan around it.
I come out and write the estimate myself, and our crew does the work with me or a lead installer on site. Louisiana's contractor licensing board lists home improvement projects on existing homes over $50,000 among its license types. We're licensed and insured. Your satisfaction, guaranteed. Call (337) 474-1146 or send the form to set up a visit.
If the floors stay cold or damp air seems to rise from below, insulating the basement can matter as much as sealing the attic.
When ductwork runs through a hot attic, dense foam can seal and insulate the space around those ducts in one step.
Pick your city below to see what we usually run into there. These aren't the only places we work, just the ones with their own page on this site.
Yes, you can seal the obvious leaks yourself, like the gaps around door frames, and that can help. It won't reach the small, hard-to-find leaks, especially the ones in the attic under the insulation, and that's where a lot of houses lose their air. If the drafts are still there after you've done the doors, the leaks are probably somewhere you can't see.
No, more insulation won't stop drafts on its own. Batts and loose fill slow heat, but air moves right through them, so a house with plenty of insulation can still leak. That's why air sealing, closing the gaps before insulating, is its own step and comes first.
Yes, as long as fresh air is planned for. Once a house is sealed, it may need a ventilation fan added, because without enough fresh air, moisture and harmful gases build up, and an appliance that burns fuel and runs short of air can give off carbon monoxide. I check those appliances during the estimate so the plan covers them.
It depends on the job, and we don't assume either way. A plan that adds a fan or new wiring is the likeliest to need one under the parish rules described above. We check with the office that covers your address before work starts, and if a permit is needed, we apply for it.
I give you a price after I've been in your attic, because the cost depends on what's up there. A small, easy-to-reach attic with a few gaps costs much less than one that needs old insulation pulled out, flue collars and can light covers, or a fan added for fresh air. Choosing foam over sealing and loose fill also raises the price.
It depends on the size of your attic and what we find, so I go over timing with you at the estimate. With sealing and loose fill you can usually stay home, as long as there's a clear path to the attic hatch. Spray foam means stepping out, and I'll tell you the re-entry time, when people and pets can come back, before we start.
Jot down the rooms that feel drafty or hot and any appliances that burn fuel, then call (337) 474-1146 or send the form, so I come out knowing where to look first.
