Windsor Heights Insulation Contractor for Walls and Older Attics
About 9 in 10 houses in Windsor Heights were built before 1980, and about half before 1960. Abraham fills the walls with dense-packed insulation and seals the attic floor before he insulates it.
- About 9 in 10 homes built before 1980
- Under 1.5 square miles, surrounded by four cities
- About 15 minutes from Des Moines
Free estimate in Windsor Heights
- 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
9 in 10 Windsor Heights homes were built before 1980
About half went up before 1960, the median house dates to 1960, and only about 6 in 100 were built since 2010. No other town on this site has a bigger share of pre-1980 houses, Des Moines included, where the figure is about 7 in 10. That's why this page starts with walls.
Free estimate in Windsor Heights
- 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.
Why the walls come first in a 1950s house
Poor sidewall insulation is one of the problems Abraham runs into most, and in a town where 9 in 10 houses predate 1980, the walls are the first thing to ask about. Dense-packing works in houses of any age, so a 1950 ranch is as good a candidate as anything built since. The other two problems he sees most, a thin attic and poor ventilation, get checked at the same visit.
In a house this age, the attic check starts with how air from the rooms below gets into the attic, around the plumbing, the flue and the tops of the walls, before anyone talks about R-49.
A Windsor Heights wall job, start to finish
- 1
Find out what's in the walls
Abraham checks at the estimate. In a heat wave or a deep cold snap, an infrared camera can also show where insulation is missing.
- 2
Dense-pack each cavity
He fills the exterior walls from the outside, or from the inside when the outside won't allow it, packing the insulation in tight.
- 3
Patch the holes
Every hole is closed with a filler that won't shrink or crack.
Walls, attic floors and old insulation in Windsor Heights
The work that fits houses this age:
- Dense-packed exterior walls
- Air sealing at the attic floor: the soil pipe, the flue, the wall tops, bulkheads and any chase over the basement stairs
- Baffles at the soffit vents, then cellulose blown to R-49
- Removal of old attic insulation when it's in the way of sealing or has been contaminated
- Cellulose in interior walls and floors where noise between rooms is the complaint
15 minutes from Des Moines, and the estimate is free
Windsor Heights is about 7 road miles from Des Moines, one of the shortest drives Abraham makes. Use the form at the end of this page, or call or text (515) 868-5400.
Under 1.5 square miles, with a city on every side
Windsor Heights incorporated on July 19, 1941, and it's completely surrounded: Urbandale to the north, Clive to the west, West Des Moines to the south and Des Moines to the east. The whole town covers less than 1.5 square miles, all in Polk County, with about 2,400 homes and 5,100 people.
A town that small filled up over a short stretch of years, and the housing numbers at the top of this page show which ones: about half before 1960 and most of the rest by 1980.
Windsor Heights wall questions
Our walls already have fiberglass batts. Is it worth adding more?
Walls with batts can still be improved, and Abraham will tell you at the estimate whether yours are worth doing. Fiberglass is porous enough for air to move through it, which is part of why he prefers cellulose.
How long will the walls and the attic take on a Windsor Heights house?
Sidewalls take one to three days. The attic is usually a half-day to one-day job on top of that.
One bedroom is always colder than the rest. What causes that?
Poor sidewall insulation can leave one room colder than the others, and it's one of the common problems Abraham sees in older houses. So can air leaking in around that room. The estimate is where he works out which it is.
Get a free estimate in Windsor Heights
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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