We're Redondo Beach Insulation Company, and I'll walk your attic or crawl space with you, show you what's up there, and then our crew fixes what has to come first. Call (424) 254-3847 to set up a visit.
(424) 254-3847
I started this business in Redondo Beach in 2023, and most calls from around town sound alike. It's a bedroom that's hot upstairs, a room over the garage that never feels right, a power bill that keeps climbing, or an attic nobody's opened in years. Once I'm up there, the cause is usually easy to see: a few inches of old insulation, open gaps around the can lights and the hatch, or coverage piled deep in the middle and thin at the edges, which is backward.
A lot of houses here have been added onto over the years, so a newer room can sit under a different roof line or over a crawl space nobody has been down in. That's why I walk the whole house with you before anyone picks up a tool. It's like a leaky radiator hose on the farm truck, where topping off the coolant does nothing until you fix the hose.
We reply within one business day to set a time, and I come out to your Redondo Beach house myself to walk the attic or crawl space with you. You get photos of what we found and a written plan that shows what comes first and why. The estimate is free and there's no obligation.
(424) 254-3847Most jobs here start in the attic with air sealing, which closes the gaps around lights, pipes and the hatch so new insulation isn't fighting a draft, and then a top-up of blown-in insulation, loose fill blown through a hose to an even depth. When the old material is soaked or full of droppings, we pull it out first instead of burying the problem. We also insulate and lay vapor barrier in crawl spaces, fill walls in older rooms, and use spray foam insulation where ductwork runs through the attic and needs sealing as well as covering.
Permits for work on private property here come from the city's Building Division, which also does the inspections. The city wants inspections done as the work goes, before anything gets covered up, so on a permitted job an inspection can set when we close up a section and move on. Before you hire anyone, check two things: that the contractor holds a California contractor license, and that they hold a City of Redondo Beach business license, because the city won't issue a permit to a contractor without one.
When your job calls for a permit, I look up what the city asks for at your address, tell you at the estimate, and we handle the application as part of the job. The price turns on what's already up there, whether old insulation has to come out first, how many gaps need sealing, and how easy the attic or crawl space is to get into. The schedule turns on that same cleanup plus any inspection. We plan jobs the same way next door in Torrance and Hermosa Beach, looking up each city's rules for your address.
I do every estimate myself and walk the attic or crawl space with you. You get photos of what I found and a written plan showing what comes first and why, so you understand your own house and can spot trouble later.
Fresh insulation over soaked or droppings-filled material just buries the problem, so that comes out first. We seal the gaps around lights, pipes and the hatch and keep the eave vents clear so the attic can breathe, and I'll tell you when a smaller fix will do.
We're licensed and fully insured. Our crew does the install, and I check the work on site before we're done, and every job is backed by our satisfaction guarantee. Call (424) 254-3847 or use the form to set up a walk-through.
There's no honest number until I've seen your attic, because what's already up there sets most of the price. Sealing the gaps and topping up loose fill usually costs less than spray foam, and foam usually earns its higher price only when your ductwork runs through the attic. The free estimate gives you photos and a written plan for your own house.
I give you the timing at the estimate, once I know whether old insulation has to come out first, because that cleanup changes the schedule more than anything. With loose fill you can usually stay home. With spray foam, everyone, kids and pets included, stays out until the re-entry time, the point when it's safe to come back in, and I tell you that time before we start.
Not if the project is valued over $50,000 or covers two or more units, because the city doesn't let a homeowner pull the permit in those cases. On our jobs you don't have to deal with it, since we handle the application whenever a job calls for a permit.
Yes. Redondo Beach requires every business working in the city to hold a city business license, and every contractor on a permitted job, subcontractors included, needs a valid one before the permit can be issued. Ask any contractor you're considering whether they have one.
A contractor needs a license from the Contractors State License Board when the job needs a building permit, uses employees, or runs $1,000 or more in labor and materials across one or more contracts. A larger job can't be split into pieces under $1,000 to get around that, so breaking your attic job into smaller bills doesn't remove the need for a license.
Construction is allowed Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with no work on Sundays. It's also barred on the days Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day are observed, so we plan crew days around those, even though we still answer the phone on weekends.
