Insulation Contractor in Reno - Attics Sealed First, Then Filled Right
M&T Fernley Spray Foam Insulation insulates and air seals Reno homes, shops and commercial buildings, from attics and walls to crawl spaces. We use spray foam or blown-in fill, and we clear out ruined insulation first.
- Licensed and insured.
- Free on-site estimates.
- Expect a reply within 1 business day.
Insulating houses and shops across Reno
We drive in from Fernley for Reno jobs, and the calls cover a wide range. We see older houses near downtown, newer subdivisions toward the edges of the city, and shops and commercial buildings that need a space insulated. The work looks a lot like what we do next door in Sparks, and our own installers bring the same order of steps out to Fallon.
The age of the house shapes the job more than anything else. An older Reno house usually needs the old material checked or cleared and a lot of sealing before anything new goes in, while a newer one is more often about the rooms that never got finished right.
Insulation work we do in Reno
Home insulation
Many Reno houses have rooms that never match the thermostat, hot upstairs or cold floors. Our home insulation work starts by finding where the heat gets out.
Attic insulation
A lot of Reno attics hold a few inches of settled, crushed fill doing very little. We measure what's up there and build it up evenly, edges included.
Attic air sealing
Can lights, pipes and the attic hatch in older Reno houses often leave gaps that pull air straight through insulation. We seal them before anything gets blown in.
Insulation removal
Old insulation soaked by a roof leak or full of droppings turns up in Reno attics, and covering it just buries the problem. We clear it out first.
Crawl space insulation
Reno houses built over a crawl space often have cold floors where the old batts have sagged or fallen down. We replace them and fasten them in place.
Spray foam insulation
When ductwork runs through a Reno attic, spray foam under the roof deck brings those ducts inside the insulated space. It costs more, and there it earns that.
What Reno attics and garage rooms need
The mistake I see most in Reno attics is coverage that's deep in the middle and thin at the edges, where the roof comes down low and nobody wanted to crawl. That's backward, because the edges over the outside walls matter most. When someone does push fill out there, they often bury the eave vents, so the attic stops breathing and moisture starts showing in the framing. We set baffles at the eaves first, short chutes that hold the vent path open, then work the fill all the way out to the walls.
The room over the garage gets its own look, because it sits over unheated space and usually has knee walls, short walls with attic behind them, that were never sealed. We seal and insulate the floor and those walls together, since doing one without the other leaves the room uneven.
Get a free on-site insulation estimate for your Reno home
Call (775) 980-1020 or send the form, and we'll reply within one business day to set a time. I come out to your Reno house myself, look at the attic, walls or crawl space, and write you the estimate, with no obligation to hire us.
Reno insulation questions
These are the questions Reno homeowners ask us about permits, cost and the work itself. If yours isn't here, call or send the form and ask about your own house.
Does my insulation project in Reno need a permit?
Most construction work inside Reno city limits needs a building permit from the city's Development Services Department, and whether your insulation job does depends on its scope, so we check before we start. When it needs one, we pull it and line up the inspections with the office that covers your address. We're licensed and insured.
How do I find out if my house is in Reno or unincorporated Washoe County?
Washoe County asks you to start by checking whether your property is in unincorporated Washoe County or tied to the City of Reno or Sparks, because that decides which office handles your permit. If you're not sure, give us the address when you call and we'll work out which office covers it.
How much does insulation cost in Reno?
The price comes down to how much attic, wall or crawl space area there is, what's already up there and which material fits the job. Old insulation that has to come out, a lot of air sealing or tight access all add to it, and the same things set how long we're there, plus a permit if the job needs one. Foam costs more than blown-in, loose fill blown through a hose, and sealing the gaps and topping up with blown-in usually wins unless your ducts are in the attic. I write the estimate myself after looking, so you get the figure for your house.
How long does a Reno building permit stay valid?
A Reno permit stays valid only if it records a Pass or Partial inspection within its first 180 days and within every 180-day period after that, and one without that inspection expires. On jobs where we pull the permit, we schedule the inspections with that window in mind.
What happens if insulation work was done in Reno without a permit?
If the work needed a permit and didn't get one, Reno charges compliance fees on top of the regular building permit fees when the permit is pulled. That's why we settle the permit question before the work starts, not after.
How long do we have to stay out of the house after spray foam in Reno?
You, your kids and your pets stay out until the re-entry time has passed, the wait after spraying before it's safe to come back inside, and I give you that time for your job before we start. With blown-in or air sealing alone, you can usually stay home while we work.
Insulation work up close
Other cities we work in
Pick a city from the list to see what we do there, or call us if yours isn't on it, since we work in other cities around Fernley too.