Ankeny Insulation Contractor: Attics, Garage Rooms and Cold Floors
Most Ankeny houses are young: about 6 in 10 went up after 2000. Abraham checks whether the attic still reaches R-49 and works on rooms over garages and cold bathroom floors.
- About 4 in 10 homes built since 2010
- Special census requested every decade since the 1970s
- About 22 minutes from Des Moines
Free estimate in Ankeny
- About a 10 to 15 minute visit
- Your bid, usually within 24 hours
- Abraham calls or texts back within one business day.
Estimates are free within a half-hour drive of Des Moines.
- Owner on site for every job
- Same crew for 16 years, no subcontractors
- Over 2,000 homes since 2008
- Insured up to $2 million
Ankeny homes by the year they were built
| Built | Share of Ankeny homes | What to check first |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 or later | About 4 in 10 | Attic depth after settling, and the room over the garage |
| 2000 to 2009 | About 1 in 5 | Attic depth, plus any bathroom floor that stays cold |
| 1960 to 1999 | About 1 in 3 | Air leaks at the attic floor, and the exterior walls |
| Before 1960 | About 1 in 20 | The exterior walls and the attic floor |
Free estimate in Ankeny
- About a 10 to 15 minute visit
- Your bid, usually within 24 hours
- Abraham calls or texts back within one business day.
Estimates are free within a half-hour drive of Des Moines.
Ankeny keeps asking the Census Bureau for a special census
Ankeny has requested a special census every decade since the 1970s, in 1975, 1985, 1994, 2005, 2014 and 2024, to keep its population count current between the regular ones. The 2010 census counted 45,582 people and the 2020 census counted 67,887. The latest estimate is about 72,600, in close to 30,000 homes.
Founded on April 22, 1875, Ankeny sits entirely in Polk County, and its median house was built in 2006. A house that young still has a soil pipe and a flue coming up through the attic floor and seams along the wall tops, so Abraham seals those before any insulation goes in, the same as he would in a 1920s house.
Blown-in insulation settles, so check the depth you have now
Loose-fill insulation settles after it goes in. Abraham builds that into the depth he installs. In an Ankeny attic that was blown in when the house was built 10 or 15 years ago, it's worth checking whether the settled layer still reaches R-49, because that's the number he works to here. If it falls short, the usual answer is sealing the attic floor and topping it up with cellulose. The old layer only comes out when it's in the way of the sealing or has been contaminated.
Ankeny is about 22 minutes up the road
That puts Ankeny inside the free-estimate area. Use the form below or text (515) 868-5400, and mention whether it's the attic, a room over the garage or a floor that's bothering you.
Garage rooms and bathroom floors over cold space
A bedroom built over the garage has unheated space right under its floor, and sometimes on more than one side. That's why it can be the room that's hot in July and cold in January. Abraham does rooms over garages and garage ceilings, and the work is air sealing plus insulation.
Bathroom floors are a cousin of the same problem. When a bathroom sits over a garage or another space that isn't heated, the floor gives up its warmth to the cold side, and tile makes it feel worse. How Abraham handles one depends on where that bathroom sits in the house.
What Abraham takes on in Ankeny houses
- Attic top-ups to R-49 with blown-in cellulose, after the attic floor is sealed
- Rooms over garages and garage ceilings, sealed and insulated
- Bathroom floors that stay cold, with the fix chosen by where the bathroom sits
- Blown-in batting in open walls on full remodels, often alongside a remodeling company
- Infrared checks for missing insulation, in very hot or very cold weather
What Ankeny homeowners ask
Ankeny is on the way to Ames. Does it get R-49 or R-60?
R-49. Abraham switches to R-60 once you get up to the Ames region, and Ankeny isn't in it: it's in Polk County and the Des Moines metro, about 20 miles south of Ames. Here his target is R-49, the same as in Des Moines.
We're gutting a room for a remodel. Can Abraham insulate the open walls?
Yes. With the walls open, he uses blown-in batting, which is what he installs on new construction and full remodels. He does more of this work with remodeling companies than with builders.
Do I need to take a day off work for the install?
No. You don't need to be home while Abraham and his crew are working.
Get a free estimate in Ankeny
Tell us about the house and what's bothering you. Abraham calls or texts back within one business day.
Estimates are free within a half-hour drive of Des Moines.
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