L&T French Valley Spray Foam Insulation insulates and air-seals homes in East Hemet, CA, from low ranch-house attics to drafty rooms over the garage, using blown-in fill, spray foam and removal of old material.
East Hemet sits right next to Hemet, and a lot of the homes I walk through out here are single-story ranch houses, some of them decades old, along with newer tract streets of stucco and tile roofs. Most of them run the heating and cooling ducts through the attic, and the attic itself is often a low crawl where the old insulation has packed down to a few inches over the years.
That shapes the job before we bring in any material. In the older houses I usually find thin coverage at the edges, eave vents half buried and sometimes droppings or a stain from an old roof leak, so the first question is what has to come out or get fixed before anything new goes in.
When ducts run through a hot attic, we spray foam under the roof deck so it seals air and insulates at once, keeping those ducts cooler.
Explore serviceWe measure how many inches are already up there, check the vents and the hatch, then bring the attic up evenly, edges included, not just the middle.
Explore serviceBlown-in fill, loose insulation blown through a hose, suits the low attics in older ranch houses because it reaches the eaves without us crawling over every joist.
Explore serviceIf one bedroom runs hot and the power bill keeps climbing, we look at the attic, walls and floors together and start where the heat gets in.
Explore serviceOld insulation that got wet or holds rodent droppings comes out first, bagged and hauled away, because new material laid over it just keeps the problem.
Explore serviceCold floors in winter usually trace back to a bare crawl space, so we check for moisture first, then insulate between the floor joists.
Explore serviceFor older walls with little inside, we fill the cavities through small openings and patch them, so the wall gets insulated without being torn out.
Explore serviceAir sealing, closing the gaps that leak air before insulating, covers the whole house, from the wall shared with the garage to duct joints and plumbing holes.
Explore serviceBasements are rare around here, but where a house has one, we insulate the foundation walls so the room holds its temperature through summer and winter.
Explore serviceClosed-cell foam, a dense foam that also blocks moisture, fits tight spots like the room over the garage or a crawl space that stays damp.
Explore serviceOpen-cell foam is softer and lighter, and it seals air under a roof deck or inside walls for less than closed-cell where moisture isn't a concern.
Explore serviceFor shops, offices and rental buildings, we plan the work around your hours and tenants, then insulate and seal the spaces that cost the most to cool.
Explore serviceWe lay a heavy plastic sheet over the dirt in a crawl space and seal the seams, so ground moisture stays down instead of rising into your floors.
Explore serviceA vapor barrier has to sit on the right side of the insulation, so we check where it belongs before putting one in a wall, ceiling or floor.
Explore serviceBefore new fill goes in, we foam and caulk the gaps around can lights, wiring holes and the hatch, so the insulation isn't fighting a draft.
Explore serviceIn a finished older house, we add insulation where it's missing without opening up rooms, working through the attic, crawl space and small wall openings.
Explore serviceEast Hemet sits in unincorporated Riverside County, so the county's Building and Safety permit counter is the office that issues permits here, and when a job needs one, the work waits until it's in hand. The county has no business license program, so the two things worth checking about any contractor are a license from the Contractors State License Board and the county's Business (Stormwater) Registration, which state-licensed contractors working outside city limits sign up for instead. We're fully licensed and insured, and I check which office covers your address first, so when a permit is part of the job we handle it with the county and ask them before work starts if it's unclear.
On a normal year around Hemet, August afternoons reach 97°F and December nights fall to 43°F, so an attic here has to keep heat out in summer and in during winter, and we start summer attic work early in the day for the crew's safety. Your price turns on the size of the attic and how easy it is to reach, what's up there now, whether old material comes out first and whether foam makes sense, while the schedule mostly turns on removal, any roof repair and the permit. I put all of that in writing at the estimate, and we see the same houses and the same calls just up the road in Homeland.
Tell us about the hot room, the drafty spot or the old attic you're unsure about, and we reply within one business day. I come out myself for a free look at your property, check the attic or crawl space, explain what I found and put what I'd do in writing, with no pressure to book.
(951) 417-1035No, East Hemet is an unincorporated community outside Hemet's city limits, and the County of Riverside governs it. The county's board of supervisors sets the ordinances and zoning there, which is why the permit question on an insulation job goes to the county and not to Hemet.
The county's published list doesn't settle it, because it names work like finishing an attic, replacing a furnace and adding electrical circuits but doesn't mention insulation by itself. If your job also includes work on that list, like a new circuit, that part needs a permit, and the county's permit counter takes calls during regular business hours when the answer isn't clear.
Only on a small job that needs no permit. California's minor work exemption went from $500 to $1,000, and it applies only when the work needs no permit and the unlicensed person employs no one on the project, so a bigger attic job or one with a helper calls for a licensed contractor.
We're an insulation contractor based in French Valley, and we work across the cities around it in southwest Riverside County. These are the cities with their own page, so if yours isn't listed, call and ask.
We pick up until 11 p.m. every day of the week, so you can call (951) 417-1035 once you're home or send the form whenever the house is finally quiet.
If a room in your East Hemet house never feels right, tell us about it and I'll come take a look.
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