L&T French Valley Spray Foam Insulation is an insulation contractor working across Murrieta, sealing attic gaps and adding spray foam or blown-in insulation so the hot upstairs rooms and drafty corners of your house settle down.
I-215 and I-15 split Murrieta into East, Central and West Murrieta, and a week of jobs here can take our crew to all three. Most of what we see is neighborhoods of two-story houses with the attic over the bedrooms and a bonus room over the garage, plus some shops, offices and rentals on the commercial side. The houses look a lot like the ones we insulate over in Menifee and Wildomar, and most of the calls start the same way, with a bedroom that won't cool off or a room over the garage nobody wants to use.
A lot of these houses already have blown-in insulation, so the real question is how many inches are left, whether it's packed down or pushed back from the edges, and what was never sealed around the lights, pipes and hatch. That decides whether your attic needs a top-up, a cleanout or air sealing first, and it's why I look before I quote.
We spray foam into rooflines, rim joists and walls where air leaks and heat both need stopping, and the plan starts with what's in that cavity now.
Explore serviceIf the upstairs bedrooms run hot, we measure the inches already in your attic, seal the open gaps and bring the depth up evenly to the eaves.
Explore serviceBlown-in insulation is loose fill sent through a hose, and it suits most Murrieta attics because it settles around wiring and framing that batts won't fit.
Explore serviceWhen the whole house feels off, we walk the attic, walls and floors together and tell you which one to fix first and why.
Explore serviceWe bag and haul out old insulation that got soaked or full of droppings, because new material laid over it just keeps the problem in your attic.
Explore serviceCold floors over a crawl space usually mean the insulation under them has sagged or fallen, so we check the supports and moisture before putting more up.
Explore serviceFor open walls in a remodel or closed walls that were never filled, we pick the method by what's inside the cavity and how it's finished.
Explore serviceAir sealing means closing the gaps around pipes, wires, can lights and the hatch, and we do it before insulating so the new material isn't fighting a draft.
Explore serviceWhere a house has a basement or a below-grade room, we plan around the walls that touch soil, because moisture decides which material can go there.
Explore serviceClosed-cell foam is the dense kind that also blocks moisture, and we reach for it on rim joists, below-grade walls and spots where space is tight.
Explore serviceOpen-cell foam is softer and lighter, and it fits rooflines and interior walls where you want air sealed and sound dampened without the cost of closed-cell.
Explore serviceFor shops, offices and rental properties, we plan the work around your hours and tenants and keep the crew out of the way of people working.
Explore serviceA vapor barrier is a sheet over the crawl space dirt that holds back ground moisture, and we lap and seal the seams so it stays put.
Explore serviceWhere moisture moves through a wall or floor, we put the barrier on the side the materials call for, because the wrong side can trap water in the framing.
Explore serviceMost attic leaks hide under old insulation, so we pull it back over wall tops, fan housings and the hatch and seal those spots first.
Explore serviceAdding insulation to a lived-in house means working around finished drywall and stored boxes, so we plan access, cleanup and the order of work before we start.
Explore serviceMurrieta runs its own building office, so permit questions for your house go to the city's Building and Safety Division, and the city asks that you confirm the property is actually inside Murrieta before applying. I check that for every address, and when a permit is part of the job, we handle it with the city or ask them first if it isn't clear, which means the city's review can set our start date. The city also requires a business license to work inside its limits and wants the contractor's state license and city business license on every permit application, so it's fair to ask anyone you're considering for both. We're fully licensed and insured.
On price, the big movers are how much attic or wall there is to cover, how easy it is to reach, whether old insulation has to come out first and how many gaps need sealing before anything new goes in. The schedule turns on those same things plus any permit, and your own figure comes from the estimate, where I look over the space and put what I'd do in writing. We work the same way next door in Temecula and back home in French Valley.
Tell us which rooms bother you and give us your Murrieta address, and we'll get back to you within one business day to set a time. The estimate is free, it happens at your property and there's no obligation to book. I come out myself, look over the attic or crawl space, explain what I found and put what I'd do in writing.
(951) 417-1035The city's list doesn't settle it for insulation, so we check with the city's building office for your address before work starts. Murrieta's list of work that needs no permit names jobs like painting, tiling, carpet and cabinets, and it was written before the building codes the city now applies to new submittals. If a permit is part of your job, we handle it with the city.
The city currently lists permit processing at 15 business days, and that's the city's review time, not the work itself. When your job needs a permit, that review comes before our start date, so we get the application moving once you've decided to go ahead.
Your price comes down to the attic's size, the inches already up there and what has to happen before new insulation goes in, and I put it in writing after I've looked. Removing soaked or dirty insulation and sealing a lot of open gaps add to the job, and foam costs more than blown-in. Foam seals air while it insulates, but sealing the gaps and topping up loose fill usually wins, unless your ductwork runs through the attic.
Yes, for spray foam you, your kids and your pets stay out until the re-entry time, the wait the foam maker sets before people can safely come back inside. Blown-in insulation is different, and most families stay home and just keep kids and pets away from the work area. I'll tell you the window for the product we're using before the crew day, so you can plan where everyone goes.
We're based in French Valley and work across the cities around it. These are the ones with their own page, not the only places we go, so if yours isn't listed, call and ask.
We answer (951) 417-1035 from early morning until 11 PM, weekends included, so you can call after work or send the form with your address and the rooms that bother you.
If a room in your Murrieta house never feels right, send us a note and we'll talk it through.
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