Railroad town south of Decatur

Spray Foam Insulation in Hartselle, AL

Insulation plans for a town that has grown steadily since 2000, from older downtown homes to new subdivisions.

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Insulation for a Growing Railroad Town

Spray Foam Insulation in Hartselle covers a wide range of houses for a town of its size. Hartselle was founded in 1869 when the South and North Alabama Railroad came through, and most of its oldest downtown buildings were lost in a fire in 1916. The city has grown steadily since then, and quickly in recent decades: Wikipedia shows 12,019 residents in 2000 and 15,455 in 2020.

Old core, newer edges

That growth means a Hartselle street can hold a 1920s bungalow near downtown and a 2010s two-story a mile away. The bungalows often have shallow attics, little or no wall insulation and vented crawl spaces on brick piers. The newer houses usually have more insulation to begin with, but they also tend to have bonus rooms over the garage and long duct runs in the attic, which are two of the most common sources of hot rooms we see.

Mostly lived-in, mostly year-round

The 2020 census counted 6,573 housing units in Hartselle with only 6.5% vacant, so nearly every house is heated and cooled every month of the year. Air sealing and insulation pay back steadily in a house that is always occupied.

What we usually do here

For older homes: seal the attic floor and blow in loose fill to depth, and look hard at the crawl space, since wet batts and open vents are common. For newer homes: seal and insulate kneewalls and bonus room floors, check the attic ductwork, and top up attic insulation that was installed at the minimum. On acreage outside town, closed-cell foam for shops and barns.

Timing and cost

Most Hartselle attic and bonus room jobs take a day, and crawl space encapsulation can take one to three depending on size and cleanup. HomeGuide lists a typical attic insulation job at $1,000 to $2,700 and a crawl space foam job at $2,000 to $4,000 nationally. We give you a written figure for your house after the visit, broken out by area so you can decide what to do now and what can wait.

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Hartselle at a Glance

Railroad founding. Hartselle was founded in 1869 with the arrival of the South and North Alabama Railroad and incorporated on March 1, 1875 (Wikipedia).
1916 fire. Most of Hartselle's oldest buildings were destroyed by a fire in 1916; the Downtown Commercial Historic District joined the National Register in 1999.
Steady growth. Hartselle grew from 12,019 residents in 2000 to 15,455 in 2020 (Wikipedia, census).
Occupied homes. The 2020 census counted 6,573 housing units in Hartselle, 6.5% of them vacant.

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Hartselle Questions

Why is the bonus room over my garage always hot?

Bonus rooms sit with attic space on several sides and a cold or hot garage below. The kneewalls, sloped ceilings and floor over the garage are often thinly insulated and leaky. Sealing and foaming those surfaces usually fixes it.

Do older Hartselle bungalows have wall insulation?

Many do not, or have only a little. Dense-pack loose fill can be blown into closed walls through small holes.

How do I know if my attic needs more insulation?

If you can see the tops of the ceiling joists, there is less than about 3.5 inches of insulation up there, far below Alabama's R-30 ceiling target. We measure and tell you the depth needed.

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