Redondo Beach Insulation Company is an insulation contractor based in Redondo Beach, CA, and in Hawthorne we fix drafty rooms, hot back bedrooms and attics nobody's looked at in years. I'll show you what's up there before anyone picks up a tool.
(424) 254-3847
A lot of the Hawthorne homes I walk are older single-story houses with low attics you have to crawl through. Up there I usually find a few inches of old insulation that's packed down, thin at the edges and wide open around the hatch and the lights. Ducts often run through those attics too, so the air you're paying to cool travels through the hottest part of the house.
Hawthorne sits a few miles in from the water, so summer afternoons get hotter than they do on the beach side, and a thin attic shows up first in the back bedroom and the room over the garage. Those are the rooms people call about, and they usually point right at the weakest part of the attic.
Send the form or call (424) 254-3847 and we'll reply within one business day to set up a free on-site estimate at your Hawthorne home, with no obligation. I come out myself, walk the house with you and go up into the attic or crawl space. You get photos of what I found and a written plan that shows what comes first and why.
(424) 254-3847Most Hawthorne jobs start in the attic with air sealing services that close the gaps around lights, pipes and the hatch, so the new insulation isn't fighting a draft. From there we top up thin attics with blown-in insulation, loose fill sent through a hose, and pull out old material that's soaked or fouled. When the floors or one side of the house runs cold, we insulate the crawl space or the walls, and spray foam comes in where the ducts live in the attic. Every service we offer is listed below.
Permits in Hawthorne go through the city's own Department of Building and Safety, which reviews plans and sends an inspector to check the work against them. The office is closed Fridays, so when a job needs a permit, that review and a Monday-to-Thursday inspection week shape the schedule. I look up what the city asks for at your address and tell you at the estimate what I found, and if a permit is called for, we handle the application as part of the job. The city's Licensing Department issues business licenses, with its own application for businesses based outside Hawthorne, so it's fair to ask any contractor driving in from another city about theirs and for proof they're licensed and insured, as we are.
The price and the rest of the schedule turn on what's in your attic now: how many inches are left, whether old material has to come out first, how many gaps need sealing, how tight the access is and whether ducts are in the way. You'll see what's driving yours in the photos and plan from the estimate. Hawthorne is a short drive up from our base in Redondo Beach, and we bring the same approach to the older houses down in Carson and the other South Bay cities we work in.
I go up into the attic or crawl space during the estimate and take photos, so you see the inches that are left, the gaps and any wet spots for yourself. The written plan then lays out what comes first and why, in plain words.
If sealing the gaps and topping up what's there will fix the hot room, that's what I'll recommend, even when a bigger job is on the table. I'd rather you understand your own house and spend your money on what actually solves the problem.
Soaked or fouled insulation comes out, gaps around lights, pipes and the hatch get sealed, and the eave vents stay clear before new material goes in. Covering a problem with fresh insulation only hides it, and an attic has to breathe so the framing stays dry.
Our crew does the installs, and I come out to check the work on site, looking for even depth out to the edges where attics usually run thin. We're licensed and fully insured, and backed by our satisfaction guarantee. Call (424) 254-3847 or use the form.
Your price is set by your own attic, mostly by how much is already up there and how much has to come out or get sealed before anything new goes in. A low, tight attic takes more labor than one you can stand in, and spray foam costs more than topping up with loose fill. The written plan from your estimate shows what goes into your number.
Most blown-in jobs let you stay home, but spray foam means clearing out for a while. The foam maker sets the re-entry time, how long before you can go back inside, and we'll tell you before the job starts when you, the kids and the pets can return. How long the crew is up there depends on the attic's size and what has to come out first, which I'll go over with you at the estimate.
Yes, the city's Citizen Self Service portal is where you apply for permits, check a record's status and review plan submittals. If we're handling a permit for your job, you can follow its status there yourself.
Inspections are booked through that same city portal, and on a permit we're handling, we schedule it. Permits issued before July 2022 are the exception, and those inspections have to be set up by calling Building and Safety at (310) 349-2990, Monday through Thursday.
Usually it's gaps and thin edges, not a shortage of insulation in the middle. Air leaking around lights, pipes and the hatch carries heat right past the insulation, and coverage often runs deep in the center and thin at the edges, which is backward. Buried eave vents make it worse because the attic can't breathe.
In most older attics, sealing the gaps and topping up with blown-in loose fill is the better buy. Foam costs more, though it seals air while it insulates, so it earns that cost mainly when the ductwork lives up in the attic. I'll tell you which one your attic calls for once I've been up there.
