Spray Foam Insulation in Arlington, TX

Spray Foam Insulation in Arlington starts with knowing which Arlington you live in. The city went from 7,692 people in 1950 to 90,229 in 1970 and 261,721 in 1990, one of the fast-growing "boomburbs" Wikipedia describes, so there are blocks of 1950s and 1960s ranches near the center, 1970s and 1980s brick homes across the middle, and newer two-story subdivisions in the south. Each age leaks in its own way, and the insulation plan follows the house.

Heat is the main load

Arlington is classed as humid subtropical with very hot summers, and its record high is 113F. Attics here get far hotter than the outdoors on a July afternoon. When the ceiling is poorly sealed, that heat and dust push down into the rooms, and when ducts run through the attic, they lose cooled air before it reaches a vent. Sealing the ceiling or spraying the roof deck is where most of our Arlington work begins.

Owners and renters

The 2020 census counted 151,697 housing units, 54.0% of occupied homes owned and 46.0% rented. For owners planning to stay, roof deck foam and full air sealing make sense. For rentals, landlords often want the attic brought up to depth at a sensible cost, which is where sealing plus blown-in works well.

Permits

The City of Arlington lists HVAC, electrical, plumbing and re-roofing jobs among those that need a permit. Insulation work by itself usually does not, but if a project changes ducts or the roof, those parts go through the city.

We look at the attic and the rooms that bother you, then write a quote by area.

Neighborhood by neighborhood

The oldest blocks near downtown and UT Arlington tend to have low-pitched roofs and tight attics where the insulation thins out toward the eaves. Homes in the middle of the city from the 1970s and 1980s usually have more room overhead but decades of settling and service traffic in the insulation. The newest subdivisions in south Arlington have deeper attics, but they also have more recessed lights, bigger bonus rooms and longer duct runs. We tailor the plan to which of those you have rather than quoting a one-size package.

Shops and commercial roofs

Arlington is also an industrial city: General Motors opened its assembly plant here in 1954 and it is still the largest employer. Commercial and light-industrial buildings around the city often have steel walls and low-slope roofs, where closed-cell foam and spray foam roofing do the most good.

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