Drafty rooms, a hot upstairs or a power bill that climbs usually trace back to gaps in the attic. We find them and close them.
Our air sealing services in Lubbock close the gaps where air slips in and out of your house, so the insulation you already have can do its job. Insulation slows heat the way a sweater does, but air passes right through it, and sealing is the windbreaker that goes over the top.
Most calls I get start with a room that's hot upstairs, cold floors or a power bill that seems high for the house, even with insulation already in the attic. Usually the trouble is air working its way through gaps around can lights, pipes, wiring and the attic hatch, and piling more insulation on top won't stop it.
The price moves with how many leaks there are, how hard they are to reach, how much insulation has to be pulled back to get at them and whether you're adding insulation at the same time. The schedule mostly turns on whether a permit is needed and whether a roof leak or old wiring has to be fixed first, because I won't seal over a problem like that. Once I've been up in your attic, you get a written estimate with your own figure.
You deal with me from the first visit to the last walk-through, and our own crew does the work in between. Here's how it goes.
Call (806) 370-4846 or send a message and tell us what's bothering you, whether it's a hot room upstairs or a draft you can feel at the outlets. If you have a gas furnace, gas water heater, gas stove or a fireplace, mention it, because that changes how I plan the job.
I started out hauling hose through attics around Lubbock, and we've been in business since 2021, five years now. I go up into the attic, talk through what I find with you and then send a written estimate, and I'll answer the same question twice if that's what it takes.
When you're ready, our own crew does the sealing, and we're licensed and insured. Once they're done, I walk the finished job with you so you can see what was sealed before the insulation went back down.
You can caulk the easy spots yourself, around door frames and where pipes, vents and wires come through an outside wall, and I'll show you which ones while I'm there. The small leaks are hard to find, and the worst of them sit up in the attic buried under the insulation, so that's the part we take on. If you have gas or wood-burning appliances, we check how they get fresh air before we tighten the house, and if I see a roof leak or old wiring up there, I'll tell you to fix that first rather than cover it.
Sometimes sealing alone isn't the whole answer. When your ductwork runs through the attic, sealing the roofline with closed-cell foam insulation, a dense foam that also blocks moisture, can earn its higher cost because it seals and insulates in one pass, but otherwise I'd usually seal the gaps and top up loose fill, since that does the job for less. Air doesn't only leak overhead either, so if your house has a basement, we can seal and insulate it with basement insulation too.
The order matters here, because sealing the wrong thing first or burying it again leaves you right where you started.
Before we close anything, we look at how your furnace, water heater, stove or fireplace gets fresh air, because that decides how tight we can safely make the house. If it changes the plan, I tell you before the crew starts.
Our crew moves the insulation aside where the walls meet the attic floor and around fixtures, since that's where the leaks hide. You can't seal what you can't see.
We close cracks with caulk and bigger openings with spray foam, then weatherstrip the hatch. Each spot gets the material that fits the size of the gap.
We spread it back so the edges end up as deep as the middle, which is where a lot of attics come up short. We keep the eave vents clear, because a buried vent stops the attic from breathing and moisture starts showing in the framing.
Send the form with a line about any gas or wood-burning appliances and whether you're planning new attic insulation, and we'll get back to you within one business day to set a time. I come out, look at the attic in person and go over what I see before you decide anything. The estimate is free, and there's no pressure to book.
(806) 370-4846Across the US, air sealing with caulk, spray foam and weatherstripping usually costs about $500 to $1,500 a job. That's a national figure for the market, not our price, and where your house lands depends on what I find up in the attic. I'll put your number in writing after the visit.
It can if nobody plans for it, so we check before we seal. Furnaces, water heaters, stoves and fireplaces that burn fuel need enough air, and one that gets too little runs poorly and can give off carbon monoxide. Some houses also need a fan system that brings in fresh air once the leaks are closed, and if yours looks like one of them, I'll tell you up front.
Yes, seal first. Guidance for existing vented attics is to close every opening in the attic floor before adding insulation, because that's when the floor is still easy to get to. If you're planning new attic insulation, tell me when you call and we'll put the sealing ahead of it.
Yes, the city requires building contractors and remodelers to register even though Texas has no state license for them. To register with the city's Building Inspection Department, a contractor shows a $100,000 commercial general liability policy or files a $20,000 compliance bond. You can ask to see that registration before any work starts.
The City of Lubbock requires a permit before a building or its heating and air system is altered or repaired under the codes the city enforces, and whether your sealing job falls under that is the city's call. When a job needs a permit, we get it from the city where the house sits and handle the paperwork, and if we aren't sure, we call that building office and ask before we start. If you live in the house as your homestead and want to do the work yourself, the city can issue building and mechanical permits to you, as long as you or immediate family do the work, and you can reach the city's permit lines at 806-775-2087 or 806-775-3155.
We're based in Lubbock and do the same work in Wolfforth, Slaton, Levelland, Plainview, Littlefield and Brownfield, along with other cities around them. A lot of the attics we climb into here have can lights, a pull-down hatch and ductwork running overhead, and those are the first places we look.
We're open seven days a week until 9 PM, so you can call (806) 370-4846 after work or send the contact form whenever it suits you.
If something about your attic doesn't make sense yet, ask, and I'll walk you through it as many times as it takes.
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