Air sealing services in Cañon City CO - drafts closed where you can't see them
Drafty rooms and a hot upstairs usually trace back to gaps in the attic ceiling, and we find and seal the ones buried under insulation.
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What does air sealing fix in a drafty Cañon City house?
Air sealing services in Cañon City close the gaps where air slips in and out of your house, around door frames and wherever pipes, vents, wires, ducts and fans pass through the walls and attic ceiling. It's the step that comes before insulating, because insulation slows heat but doesn't stop a draft blowing through it.
Most people call us about a hot upstairs, a cold room over the garage or a house that feels drafty no matter where the thermostat sits. The worst leaks are usually up in the attic, buried under whatever insulation is already there, and if that old material is soaked or full of droppings, insulation removal comes first so the problem doesn't stay. The price mostly turns on how much has to be moved to reach the leaks and whether anything has to be fixed before we seal, and the schedule turns on what I find on the first look and whether the job needs a permit. Your own figure comes from the written estimate after I've been up there.
How our air sealing service works
I'll show you which gaps you can caulk yourself and save the money, and we take the leaks hidden under attic insulation, which are hard to find without the right tools. Before anything gets sealed I check for what has to come first, like live knob and tube wiring, old vermiculite insulation, bath fans blowing into the attic, roof leaks and gas appliances, because sealing over any of them just makes a new problem. Then we pull the insulation back off the spots that leak, such as the tops of the walls, the holes for pipes and wires, can lights and the attic hatch, seal them, and lay the insulation back even all the way to the edges with the eave vents left clear so the attic can still breathe.
Air doesn't only leak at the top of the house. Cold coming up from below often means the basement insulation needs work too, and where ducts or a damp spot make loose fill a poor fit, closed-cell foam insulation, a dense foam that also blocks moisture, seals and insulates in one pass.
Sealing plus a loose-fill top-up
This suits most attics, and it's what I'd pick for yours unless the ducts are up there. We seal the gaps, then top up the blown-in insulation, which is loose fill blown through a hose, and it usually costs less than foam for the same attic.
Spray foam where the ducts live
If your ductwork runs through the attic, foam earns its higher price because it seals the air and insulates in one layer around the space the ducts sit in. Outside that case, I'd rather spend your money on sealing and loose fill.
Call before you add insulation to the attic, because once new material goes down, the leaks under it get harder and costlier to reach.
What happens after you call about air sealing in Cañon City?
Here's how an air sealing job runs with us, from the first call to the walk-through at the end. The person who looks at your attic is the same one who checks the finished work.
Call to set a visit
Call (719) 204-8345 or send the form, any day from 7 AM to 10 PM, and we'll set a time. I come out myself rather than sending someone else to quote it.
I look before I quote
I go up in the attic and look at the crawl space, walls or basement, noting anything that has to be fixed before sealing. You get a written estimate that says what we'll seal, where and why, so you know the price before we start, and we sort out any permit with the office that covers your address.
Our crew does the sealing
Our own crew does the work, moving insulation where they have to and putting it back even. When they're done, I walk it with you before we call the job finished.
Get a written air sealing estimate for your house
We reply within one business day to set a time, and I come out myself to look before anything gets priced. The estimate is free, done on site, and there's no obligation.
(719) 204-8345Air sealing services in Cañon City and what changes the job here
In Cañon City, the city's building department reviews building and mechanical permit applications and issues the building permits, so it's the office to ask whether your air sealing job needs one. I check that for your address and handle any permit before work starts. The same department licenses general and limited contractors through an application, and we're fully licensed and insured.
Plenty of the older houses we see in Cañon City have had insulation added more than once, so the leaks at the tops of the walls and around old wiring sit under a couple of layers. We find the same gaps around pipes, fans and the attic hatch on jobs in Pueblo West. If you're building new in the city, sealing at the framing joints and openings gets checked at the rough frame inspection, so that's the time to get it right instead of chasing it later through finished drywall.
Air sealing questions we hear in Cañon City
How do I know which air leaks I can seal myself?
You can usually handle the obvious ones yourself, like gaps around door frames and where pipes, vents and wires come through the walls. Doing it yourself usually won't catch the small leaks that are hard to spot, and the ones hidden under attic insulation are the part worth handing to a pro.
How do I find hidden air leaks in my attic?
The surest way is a professional home energy assessment, where the assessor uses a blower door test and an infrared camera to show where air is getting through. If you want the hidden leaks mapped, you can ask for that assessment before any sealing starts.
Is air sealing safe if I have a gas furnace or fireplace?
It is when the fresh air the house needs gets worked out first, which is the first step of the job, not the last. Furnaces, stoves, ovens and fireplaces that burn fuel need air, a house without enough ventilation can trap water vapor and harmful gases, and an appliance short on oxygen can give off carbon monoxide. I look at every fuel-burning appliance before we seal anything.
Which office handles building permits for a home in Cañon City?
If your house is inside Cañon City limits, it's the city's building department. Fremont County sends properties inside the city there and serves addresses outside it.
How much does air sealing cost in Cañon City?
I can't give you a fair number until I've been in your attic, so your price comes from the written estimate. The biggest swings are how much old insulation sits over the leaks, how many gaps there are around wiring, pipes and fans, and whether the old material is wet or dirty enough that it has to come out first. Pairing the sealing with new insulation while the attic is open usually makes more sense than two separate trips.
Does sealing the attic help keep radon out of the house?
It can help. A leaky attic ceiling lets warm air escape out the top, which pulls air in from the ground under the house, and sealing that ceiling lowers the pull so fewer soil gases such as radon get drawn inside.
Insulation work that pairs with air sealing
When the floors over your basement stay cold after the gaps are sealed, insulating the basement walls keeps that chill from reaching the rooms upstairs.
Where ducts run through the attic or a spot stays damp, dense closed-cell foam seals the air and insulates in one pass, and it holds up against moisture.
Get your attic leaks found and sealed
Call (719) 204-8345 or send the form, and have a list of your furnace, stoves, fireplaces and anything else that burns fuel ready so I can plan for their air on the first visit.