We're an insulation contractor based in Redondo Beach, CA. We insulate attics, crawl spaces and walls for Inglewood homeowners dealing with a hot upstairs, cold floors or a power bill that keeps climbing, and I explain what's in your house before anyone picks up a tool.
(424) 254-3847
Most of my Inglewood calls start with a room that never feels right. It might be hot upstairs, cold underfoot, or the room over the garage that nobody wants to sit in. A lot of the houses here are older, and many still have thin, settled insulation in an attic nobody's looked at in years, often with gaps around the lights and the hatch. Some sit over a crawl space the owners have never been down in, and some run their ductwork through the attic, which matters when we talk about what to put up there.
We reply within one business day to set a time, and I come out myself for a free estimate at your Inglewood home. There's no obligation. Tell us a little about the project in the form, and ask how the city's permit steps might apply to it.
(424) 254-3847When the attic is thin, we top it up with blown-in insulation, which is loose fill blown through a hose, so it reaches the edges as well as the middle. When old material is wet or full of droppings, we pull it out first so the new layer isn't sitting on the old problem. We do air sealing, which means closing the gaps around lights, pipes and the hatch, before anything new goes down. Under cold floors, we insulate the crawl space and lay a vapor barrier over the dirt. Where the ductwork lives in the attic, spray foam becomes worth talking about.
Building permits in Inglewood come from the city's Building Safety Division, which reviews plans, issues permits and inspects the work. Inspections are now booked online through the division's portal, so a job that needs a permit moves on the city's steps as well as ours. When your job calls for one, I look up what the city asks for at your address, we handle the application as part of the job, and I'll tell you what I found when I walk the house. Whoever you hire, ask whether they're licensed and insured. We are. The price comes down to how big your attic or crawl space is and how easy it is to reach, whether old insulation has to come out first, how much air sealing it needs and which material you pick. The schedule turns on any cleanout, any permit steps and how long before you can go back inside. The estimate gives you photos of what we found and a written plan that shows what comes first and why.
Inglewood is a short drive up from our base in Redondo Beach. We do the same attic and crawl space work in Hermosa Beach and across the South Bay. Each city keeps its own permit steps, though, so I check Inglewood's for your job instead of assuming that whatever held in the last city holds here.
I do every estimate myself and walk the house with you, so you hear what's in your attic or crawl space, and why it matters, from the person who answers for the work. I want you to understand your own house well enough to make a good call now and spot trouble later.
Our crew does the installs, and I come out to check their work on site. I look at the edges, the hatch and the vents myself before anyone calls the job done. We're licensed and fully insured, and the work is backed by our satisfaction guarantee.
If what's up there is soaked or full of droppings, it comes out before anything new goes in, because fresh insulation on top just buries the problem. We also keep the eave vents clear so the attic can still breathe. Call (424) 254-3847 to have yours looked at.
You might. The city's permit guidance says a building permit is required whenever a building is altered, improved or repaired, not only when something new goes up. Whether your job needs one depends on the work and the house, so we check what the city asks for at your address before anything starts.
Call the city's Building Safety office at (310) 412-5294. Fees vary with the type and complexity of the project, and the city invites owners to call for an estimate on theirs. If your job needs a permit, I'll pass along what I learn for your address when we meet.
Your own number comes from looking in your attic, because what's already up there decides most of it. The biggest choice is foam or loose fill. Foam costs more and seals air while it insulates, but for most attics I'd seal the gaps and top up the loose fill instead, unless your ductwork runs up there.
With blown-in loose fill, people usually stay home, because the work happens up in the attic through the hatch. Spray foam is different. It has a re-entry time, which is the wait before people and pets can come back while the foam cures, and that wait depends on the product. I'll give you the time for your job before we start, so you can plan for the kids and pets.
Usually it's the attic over that room. The insulation there is often thin at the edges, or gaps around lights, pipes and the hatch let air through, so the insulation is fighting a draft. We seal those gaps first and then make the coverage deep at the edges, where it's most often thin.
