Wall insulation in Gastonia NC - warmer rooms with every cavity filled full
Cold outside walls, a drafty bedroom and a power bill that keeps climbing? We blow insulation into your walls without tearing them open.
How do you insulate the walls of a house you already live in?
Wall insulation for Gastonia, NC homes fills the empty spaces inside your outside walls so a room stops losing heat through them. In a house people already live in, we usually drill small holes, blow the insulation in and seal the holes behind us. Packed in dense, it also stops a good share of the air that leaks through those walls.
Most calls start with a bedroom that never warms up, an outside wall that's cold to the touch in January or a power bill that climbs every winter. If the cold seems to come from overhead instead, attic insulation may be the better first fix. On walls, the price depends on how many walls we're filling, whether they're brick or wood stud, whether we drill through the siding or from inside, and what has to be repaired before any insulation goes in. The schedule depends on those same repairs plus any permit the job needs, and the estimate gives you the figure for your own house. North Carolina's general contractor licensing board has its own classification for insulation contractors, and we're licensed and insured.
What happens after you call about wall insulation in Gastonia?
Call or send a message
Call (980) 745-0005 or use the form, and give us your address early. We work in the cities around Gastonia on both sides of the state line, so the address tells us which city and county offices cover your house.
I come out and look
I check the walls inside and out, note what's in the way and tell you anything that needs fixing before insulation goes in. The estimate tells you the price, which walls we'd fill and whether we'd drill from outside or inside.
Paperwork and repairs come first
If the job needs a permit, we handle the paperwork before anyone picks up a drill. Then our own crew fixes whatever has to come first and fills the walls.
Holes closed, house cleaned up
We close every hole, put back any siding we took off and clean up before we leave. Then I check the work myself before we call it done.
How we do wall insulation
First I find out whether your walls are hollow at all, because some brick and cement walls are solid, and no amount of blowing gets insulation into a wall with no inside. On wood stud walls, we make sure the inside walls can take the pressure of packed insulation and that nothing behind them is wet or rotten, since insulation blown over moisture damage just hides it until it gets worse. Then we drill from outside or inside, whichever suits the house, and fill each cavity full and dense. When the work has to happen indoors, the installer guidance calls for covering the floor below and closing off the work area so the dust doesn't spread through the house. Last, we close up every hole we drilled. Where there's a drainage layer behind the siding, a wrap that sheds any water that gets past it, the same guidance calls for repairing it so rain stays out of the wall.
Full walls won't fix every draft, so we often follow up with air sealing services, which close the gaps around the edges of the house that the walls never reach. If what bothers you is cold floors more than cold walls, basement insulation is usually where the chill is getting in.
Get an estimate for insulating your walls
Send your address and tell us what you're noticing, and we'll reply within one business day to set up a visit. I'll come out, look at your walls and give you a free estimate, with no pressure and no obligation.
Wall insulation questions from Gastonia homeowners
Can my walls be insulated without tearing them open?
Usually yes, as long as your walls have hollow spaces to fill. Blowing insulation into those spaces is the cheapest and least disruptive way to insulate walls, because the inside walls and the siding stay where they are. Most of the work typically happens outside, sometimes with a strip of siding taken off to drill, so your rooms stay the way you left them.
What does blown-in insulation cost around Charlotte?
Blown-in insulation in the Charlotte area usually costs about $900 to $1,900 per job, and that's the going range around here, not our price. Where your house lands depends on how many walls need filling, whether siding has to come off to drill and what needs fixing first. The estimate gives you the price for your own walls.
Where do Gastonia insulation projects get permits?
Construction permits for Gastonia come from Gaston County Permitting, and you need a zoning permit from the City of Gastonia before you apply there. The city's zoning permit guide explains when to start with the city and when you can go straight to the county, and Gaston County's building inspections office enforces the state building code inside the city too. When a job needs a permit, we check which offices cover your address and handle the paperwork before work starts.
Does blowing insulation into the walls stop all drafts?
No, because the insulation stays inside the spaces between the studs. It doesn't reach leaks at the rim joist, which is the framing between the foundation and the first floor, or the leaks between floors and up at the roof. Those spots need air sealing as a separate step, and I look for them when I come out.
What is the best way to insulate walls if I'm getting new siding?
If you're re-siding anyway, the bare walls are open, and adding taped insulation board over the outside of the walls costs only a little more than the siding job itself. The energy savings often take 5 to 10 years to pay it back, but the rooms feel warmer and quieter right away. Tell me about siding plans at the estimate so we can plan the walls around them.
How do I know every wall cavity got filled?
Ask the crew how they confirm each cavity is full, because blown-in insulation has to fill the whole space and go in dense enough that it won't settle. Insulation that settles leaves holes and empty pockets, which is a cold spot you paid for. I check our crew's work before we leave, and I'm glad to walk you through it.
Other work that often goes with wall insulation
Air sealing services
Worth adding if the house still feels drafty after the walls are full, since a lot of the outside air sneaks in around floors, pipes and the attic.
Basement insulation
If the floors upstairs stay cold all winter, insulating the basement keeps that chill from rising through the rest of the house.
Ask us about insulating your walls
Call (980) 745-0005 or use the form, and have your wall type ready, wood stud or brick, plus any plans for new siding, since both change how we'd fill your walls.