An Insulation Contractor for West Des Moines, Valley Junction to Jordan Creek
West Des Moines has houses from its 1950s growth spurt and many more built since 2000. Abraham seals and insulates both kinds, and the estimate is free.
- Incorporated as Valley Junction in 1893
- 150 to 200 new homes built in 1959 alone
- About 4 in 10 homes built since 2000
Free estimate in West Des Moines
- 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
Valley Junction and the Jordan Creek side of town
West Des Moines began as Valley Junction, a Rock Island Railroad junction town incorporated on October 9, 1893, and it became West Des Moines on January 1, 1938. Valley Junction is still the name of one part of the city. Out on the west side, around Jordan Creek, you're at the far end of the city from Des Moines.
- Valley Junction
- Jordan Creek
Free estimate in West Des Moines
- 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.
5,615 people in 1950, more than 71,000 now
West Des Moines grew fast after the war. The population went from 5,615 in 1950 to 11,949 in 1960, and in 1959 alone, 150 to 200 new homes went up. Today the city has about 34,000 homes with a median build year of 1994. About 1 in 8 predates 1960, roughly 4 in 10 have gone up since 2000, and about 1 in 5 since 2010.
That gives you two kinds of house to think about. In the postwar houses, look at the walls and at the attic floor, where house air finds its way up around pipes and wall tops. In the newer ones, check that the blown-in attic insulation still reaches R-49 after settling, and that the room over the garage isn't the coldest room in the house.
Those newer houses add up: roughly 13,000 West Des Moines homes have been built since 2000. If one room in yours never feels right, ask about an infrared scan, which needs a stretch of very hot or very cold weather.
Valley Junction had up to 6 feet of water in 1993
Parts of West Des Moines, Valley Junction especially, are prone to flooding from the Raccoon River and Walnut Creek. In the 1993 flood, every business in Valley Junction closed, with 6 inches to 6 feet of water inside, and a floodwall went up along Walnut Creek afterward. Insulation that has been soaked or has grown mold doesn't get topped up. It comes out.
When soaked or moldy insulation comes out of a West Des Moines house
- 1
Vacuum it all out
Abraham removes the contaminated insulation completely.
- 2
Seal the bare attic floor
With nothing in the way, he seals around the pipes, the flue and the wall tops.
- 3
Set baffles at the soffit vents
Baffles hold the new insulation back from the soffit vents so the attic can still breathe.
- 4
Blow in fresh cellulose
New cellulose goes in to R-49, with settling accounted for in the installed depth.
Get a West Des Moines bid without paying for the visit
The drive from Des Moines is about 25 minutes to the middle of the city and a little longer to the west side, and the estimate is free. Text or call (515) 868-5400 to set it up.
Five services for West Des Moines houses
- Air sealing the attic floor, then blowing in cellulose to R-49
- Dense-packing the walls of houses from the 1950s and 1960s
- Removing insulation contaminated by water, mold or animals
- Air sealing plus insulation for rooms over garages
- Cellulose in interior walls and floors to cut noise
West Des Moines questions
My West Des Moines house is in Dallas County, not Polk. Does that change anything?
No. West Des Moines spreads across four counties, Polk, Dallas, Warren and Madison, though most of it sits in Polk and Dallas. The R-49 attic target is the same on either side of a county line.
Can the walls of a 1950s house still be insulated?
Yes. Abraham dense-packs walls in homes of any age, the postwar houses from West Des Moines' 1950s boom included. He fills them from the outside, or from inside the house when the outside won't work.
What if the job doesn't make the improvement we agreed on?
He comes back and reworks it at no extra cost. That's his workmanship promise.
Get a free estimate in West Des Moines
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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