Hot upstairs rooms, a drafty room over the garage or a power bill that keeps climbing? Foam seals the gaps and insulates in one pass.
Spray foam insulation is foam sprayed under your roof, into walls or across a crawl space, where it expands into the gaps so one layer stops drafts and slows heat. In Chico, CA, it's one of the ways we fix hot upstairs rooms and rising power bills.
Most calls start with a room that won't stay comfortable. The bedroom over the garage bakes in summer, the floors run cold in winter, or the power bill keeps climbing in an older house nobody's sure about. Foam can fix that, but it's not the only fix, and in some houses it isn't the best one. I need to look at the space before I'll say which.
The price moves mostly with the square footage, which foam goes in and how thick it has to be. Anything that has to happen first adds cost and time, like pulling out old soaked insulation or waiting on another trade to fix a roof leak. The schedule also turns on when you can be out of the house while the foam cures. My written estimate lists your price and anything that comes first.
Foam does more than add insulation. Once it's under the roof deck, it changes how your attic handles fire, moisture and heat, so these three things get settled before anyone sprays.
Foam sprayed under the roof deck can turn your attic into an unvented conditioned attic, one with no vents to the outside. National building guidance says that kind of attic is significantly safer in wildfire areas, because embers and ash get into vented attics through the vents. If fire is on your mind, foam is worth weighing as a safety upgrade.
Every unvented conditioned attic needs a way to remove moisture, because closing the vents also closes the path damp air used to take. We plan moisture removal as part of the job from the start, so the plan covers more than the foam and you aren't left sorting it out after the crew leaves.
Some spray foams need a thermal or ignition barrier, a cover such as a coating or gypsum board, when the product or the code calls for it. Not every foam does. We check that before we price the job, because a cover adds material and labor, and you should know about it up front.
Four steps take a spray foam job from your first call to the final walk-through, and at each one you'll know who's doing the work and what comes next.
Call (530) 399-1513 or fill out the contact form with a few words about the room or space that's bothering you. We'll get back to you and set a time for me to come out.
I come out and look over the attic, walls or crawl space, checking for old insulation, leaks and anything another trade should fix first. Then I write up an estimate that lists the work, the foam and what has to come before it.
Once you're out of the house for the stay we planned, our crew lead and installers prep the space and spray. You come back after the re-entry time, the point when it's safe to return for the product we used.
I check the job before we call it finished, looking at the edges and around the hatch as closely as the middle. Then we walk you through what we did and what to keep an eye on.
Spray foam isn't right for every space, so the first thing we talk through is whether it fits yours and which foam fits what you need. Foam costs more than blown-in insulation, which is loose fill blown through a hose, but it seals air while it insulates. When I think the cheaper route will do the job, I'll tell you that first.
We also settle how moisture will be handled in the attic before anything gets sprayed, and we work in order. If the old insulation is soaked or full of droppings, it comes out first, because new material over it keeps the problem. If your roof or wiring needs another trade, I'd rather tell you and wait. Our attic insulation page covers the other ways we fix an attic.
This makes the most sense when your ductwork runs through the attic, because the foam brings those ducts inside the conditioned space. It's the bigger job, and it's the one that needs a moisture plan.
If the ducts aren't up there, sealing the gaps around can lights, pipes and the hatch and then adding loose fill usually wins on cost. It's often what I point people to first.
Send the form and we'll reply within one business day to set a time. I'll come out, look over your attic, walls or crawl space, and write up a free estimate that notes anything that has to be fixed first. There's no obligation to go ahead.
(530) 399-1513The City of Chico requires a basic building permit to alter, repair or improve any building unless the work is on the city's exempt list. If your job needs a permit, we handle the application and inspection with the city or county office that covers your address, and we'll tell you which office that is. A contractor applying online for a Chico permit for the first time needs a City of Chico business license number and a California State Contractor's License number.
Even small jobs need a license. The state licensing board says work under $1,000 still requires a licensed contractor if it needs a permit of any kind, or if the worker hires helpers. California's Energy Code also sets efficiency requirements for alterations to existing buildings. Taken together, a foam job here belongs with a licensed contractor who pulls permits when the job calls for one.
We do the same work in Durham and Oroville, where a different office may cover your address. Most of our calls around here come from older houses with drafty rooms or bills that keep rising, and the order we work in stays the same from one city to the next.
I grew up on a farm where you fixed things right the first time. I learned insulation on other contractors' crews and started this business in Chico in 2020. I'm the one who comes out to look at your job and write the estimate. Our crew lead and installers do the work, and I check it before we're done.
We're licensed and insured. Federal consumer safety staff advise asking a spray foam contractor to show you their insurance and licenses, so go ahead and ask us. Satisfaction guaranteed on every job. That holds whether we're foaming a whole roofline or one room over the garage.
We're based in Chico and work in the cities around it, so if you don't see yours listed, call and ask. Call (530) 399-1513 or send us a message to set up a time for me to come out and look at your space.
When the attic is the problem but foam isn't the answer, start here for the other ways we insulate up there.
Loose fill blown over the attic floor is often the lower-cost way to top up thin insulation once the gaps are sealed.
Our crew handles spray foam jobs in Chico and the cities listed below, and that list isn't everywhere we go. If your city isn't on it, call and ask.
Choose closed-cell foam if you need it to stop moisture as well as heat, because it works as both the insulation and the vapor control layer. Open-cell foam is vapor open, so moisture vapor passes through it. Which one fits depends on where it's going and how the space handles moisture, and that's what I look at on site.
Installed spray foam across the US usually costs about $1 to $5 per square foot. Open-cell foam sits toward the low end and closed-cell toward the high end. That's the national range, not our price, so I'll measure your space and put your number in a written estimate.
Plan on at least 24 hours out of the house, which is what federal consumer safety staff recommend for residents. Book a place for you, the kids and the pets before the crew starts. We help you plan the stay around the product we use, since the product guides when it's safe to come back.
In California, a contractor can take a down payment of no more than $1,000 or 10 percent of the total contract price, whichever is less. After that, payments are listed in the contract and match the work done or the materials delivered.
Clear a path to the attic hatch or crawl space and move stored boxes out of the way, so the crew can reach every edge. Book your stay away from home ahead of time, and tell me about anything in the space that worries you when I come out.
Foam is priced by the square foot, so a rough size for your attic or crawl space helps when you call (530) 399-1513 or send the form.
