EnergyFit Visalia Insulation Solutions is an insulation contractor working in Selma, CA. We seal the gaps in attics and crawl spaces, clear out old or damaged insulation, and add new insulation so rooms stay comfortable.
Selma is a Fresno County city a little north of Kingsburg, in the middle of the San Joaquin Valley, and it's an easy drive from our base in Visalia. Most of the houses we're called to here fall into two groups. There are older homes with low attics and raised floors, and there are newer subdivisions where the room over the garage won't cool down. The calls sound the same across town: hot upstairs all summer, a drafty bedroom, cold floors in winter, and a power bill that keeps climbing.
In the older houses, the insulation has usually settled thin, and years of added wiring and recessed lights have left gaps for air to slip through, so the job starts with sealing and often with crawling. In the newer ones, the trouble tends to sit over the garage and at the attic's edges, where coverage runs thinnest.
Spray foam insulation for attics with ductwork, walls and rooflines where you want the air sealed and the space insulated in one step.
Explore serviceAttic insulation for the hot upstairs and the room over the garage, starting with how many inches are already up there.
Explore serviceBlown-in insulation, loose fill blown through a hose, is how we usually top up an attic once the gaps are sealed, kept full depth at the edges and clear of the eave vents.
Explore serviceHome insulation planned for the whole house when it runs hot, drafty or expensive, so each part gets done in the right order.
Explore serviceInsulation removal for attics where the old material has been wet, flattened or fouled by pests and has to come out before anything new goes in.
Explore serviceCrawl space insulation under the raised floors of older Selma houses, where cold floors in winter usually start.
Explore serviceWall insulation for older houses with closed walls and rooms that never settle, added without opening up more of the house than the job needs.
Explore serviceAir sealing services, closing gaps before insulating, so new insulation isn't fighting a draft from day one.
Explore serviceBasement insulation for the homes and buildings here that have a basement or a below-grade room, matched to how damp the space runs.
Explore serviceClosed-cell foam insulation, a dense foam that blocks moisture, for rim joists and damp corners where loose fill won't hold up.
Explore serviceOpen-cell foam insulation, a lighter foam, for rooflines and walls where you want air sealing without paying for closed-cell.
Explore serviceCommercial insulation for shops, offices and rentals around Selma, planned around tenants and the other trades on site.
Explore serviceCrawl space vapor barrier laid over the dirt under raised floors so ground moisture stays out of the framing and the insulation above it.
Explore serviceVapor barrier installation in walls, attics and additions where the plan calls for keeping moisture out of the insulation.
Explore serviceAttic air sealing around can lights, pipes and the hatch before new insulation goes down, since those are the spots where drafts usually get through.
Explore serviceRetrofit insulation for lived-in houses, working around old wiring, ducts and stored boxes instead of the open walls of new construction.
Explore serviceIn Selma, permits come from the city's Building Division, which requires one whenever a building or its electrical, plumbing or mechanical systems are built, altered, repaired or removed. Cosmetic work like painting or new flooring is exempt and there are some other exceptions, but the city asks owners to check with the division, so whether your insulation job needs a permit is that office's call, and if it does, the permit and an inspection come before the job is done. Before you hire anyone, ask to see two licenses, a state contractor's license and a City of Selma business license, which the city requires of anyone doing business inside city limits.
Before work starts, we check with the city about your address, and when a permit is needed we apply for it as your licensed contractor and meet the inspector on site. Price and schedule move with the same things: how many inches are already up there, whether old material has to come out, how many gaps need sealing, whether ducts run through the attic and how much room there is to work, plus any permit wait. Your written estimate comes with photos of what I found, so you can see each item before you decide. We do the same work in Hanford and Lemoore, and Selma gets the same order of work, with this city's office in place of theirs.
Tell us what's going on, whether it's a hot upstairs, a drafty room or cold floors, and ask whether your job might need a permit. We reply within one business day, and then I come out myself to look at the attic or crawl space and write the estimate. It's free, done on site, and there's no obligation.
(559) 409-1169In most cases, yes. The state licensing board requires a license when a job needs a building permit, uses any additional workers or totals $1,000 or more in labor and materials, and the narrow exception covers only someone who doesn't advertise as licensed. We're licensed and insured, so ask for our license number at the estimate and check it before you sign.
Usually yes, if the old insulation is dry and clean, but not if it's been soaked or is full of droppings, because new material on top just hides the problem. I check that first, and we seal the gaps around lights, pipes and the hatch before anything new goes down.
That depends on what's up there, so I don't give a time until I've seen it. An attic you can nearly stand in goes faster than a low one we have to crawl through, and old insulation that has to come out adds a full step before the new goes in.
For blown-in insulation and air sealing, you can usually stay home and just keep kids and pets away from the hatch while we work. Spray foam is different, because the foam maker sets a re-entry time, meaning how long before people and pets can come back inside, and we go over it with you before the day so you can plan.
We're based in Visalia and work across the cities around it, from Kingsburg to Hanford, Lemoore and Woodlake. The cities listed here each have their own page, and if yours isn't named, call and ask.
We take calls until 9 PM every day of the week, so you can reach us at (559) 409-1169 or through the form once the upstairs has had all afternoon to heat up.
If a room in your house won't stay comfortable, tell us what you're noticing and we'll start from there.
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