Spray Foam Insulation in Southport, IN

Spray foam insulation in Southport works on a small, settled housing stock. Wikipedia lists Southport as a city in Perry Township, Marion County, founded in 1832, with only about 0.63 square miles of land. The 2020 census counted 2,123 residents and 736 housing units, and the number of units has barely changed since 2000, when there were 769. Very little new building happens here, so most work is upgrading homes that have stood for decades.

What older homes need

Southport's homes are established houses built over many past decades. Homes of that age tend to have attics with thin or settled insulation, walls with little or none, and crawl spaces or basements with bare rim joists. Sealing the attic floor and blowing insulation to depth, dense-packing the walls, and foaming the rim joist cover most of what these houses need.

Water near Little Buck Creek

Little Buck Creek passes through the northern part of town on its way west to the White River. Homes on lower ground near the creek should have their crawl spaces and basements checked for moisture before insulation goes in.

Attics in older homes

Attics in established south-side homes often have a mix of old loose fill, batts added later and areas disturbed by electrical work. Before adding anything, we seal the gaps around wiring, plumbing and the chimney, put baffles at the eaves and weatherstrip the hatch. Then we blow cellulose or fiberglass to the agreed depth and leave rulers so you can see it.

Steady owners

The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.5% in 2020. With so few homes for sale, people tend to improve rather than move, and insulation is one of the more affordable ways to make an older house more comfortable. Get a free estimate