Attic Insulation Top-Up To R-60
An attic insulation top-up blows fresh cellulose over the layer already in place and lifts the attic to R-60. For a chilly top floor in an older Orléans house, it is the quickest fix there is.
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Nine kinds of attic work are listed here, from an afternoon top-up to a full strip-out and refill, with a written price for each once we have looked. Most homes need one or two of them, and the free check tells you which ones are worth doing now and which can wait for another year.
Each page explains the method, the price range and how the work day goes, so you know what to expect before anyone arrives at the door, and what each step adds to the bill.
An attic insulation top-up blows fresh cellulose over the layer already in place and lifts the attic to R-60. For a chilly top floor in an older Orléans house, it is the quickest fix there is.
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Cellulose attic insulation is blown in as loose fill and settles into a dense, even layer across the whole attic floor. It reaches the low corners at the eaves where batts often stop short.
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Attic insulation removal pulls out old fill that is flattened, dirty or damaged, so the attic can be sealed and refilled properly. It leaves through a sealed vacuum hose and goes away in bags.
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Attic air sealing plugs the openings between your living space and the attic above. Heated air rises out through pot lights, wire holes, vent stacks and the hatch, carrying moisture along with it.
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Ice dams start when warmth leaking out of the house softens roof snow from underneath and the water freezes again at the cold overhang. Ice dams then hold back more meltwater, which can creep under the shingles and stain the ceiling.
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Wet attic insulation holds little heat, and left damp it can feed mould on the roof boards. We find out where the water came from, take out the damaged material, and reinsulate once the wood is dry.
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Vermiculite insulation is a light, pebbly loose fill in silver-gold to grey-brown. Some vermiculite insulation sold in Canada before 1990, including the Zonolite brand, came from a mine with natural asbestos in it. Not all of it contains asbestos, and nobody can tell by looking.
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The Ontario attic insulation rebate comes from the Home Renovation Savings program, run across the province by Save on Energy together with Enbridge Gas. Its attic-only stream pays up to $1,250 once a thin attic is brought to R-50, and it does not ask for a home energy assessment first.
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Two numbers drive attic insulation cost: how many square feet the attic floor covers and how many inches it needs. You get the going rate when you call and a firm written price after the free check.
Details and pricesPick a job, type in your attic floor area, and you will see a typical Ontario range. Our free check replaces it with a firm figure.
Treat these as Ontario going rates rather than our price. Hard access, extra depth, removal and sealing all move the total, and the smallest jobs begin near $1,200.
Typical installed range
Snap a photo from the hatch and send it in, and we will say what we see and roughly what it costs. There is no charge for that first look, and no follow-up calls you did not ask for.
A few details about your home and your attic let us give you a closer price range on the first call. Calls go to +1 (343) 301-5501.