Attic Insulation
in Austin, TX
Attic insulation in Austin, TX. We measure the depth you actually have, photograph the bare spots and the gaps, and price removal and new blown-in separately, per square foot, in writing.
Why Austin Homes
Need a Attic Insulation
City attics are the ones most likely to have been worked in. Solar, cabling, plumbing and previous duct crews have all been up there, and every one of them compressed insulation and left penetrations open behind them.
Compressed insulation performs like insulation that is not there. We photograph the tracks and the flattened sections, seal what is open and blow back to a measured depth.
In Austin that shows up across older central neighbourhoods with retrofitted systems and post-war ranch houses in the north and south alike.
Our Austin
Attic Insulation Process
Every visit starts with the free inspection. You see the photographs before you see a price, and the price is written down before anything is touched.
Photograph the finished floor
A picture of the finished depth with the measure in it, and the ductwork left visible rather than buried.
Check the baffles at the eaves
Insulation blown into the soffit vents stops the roof breathing and traps moisture. We make sure the air path at the eaves stays open.
Look at the attic hatch
An uninsulated hatch is a hole the size of a window in your ceiling. It is cheap to fix and almost always skipped.
Note the bath and kitchen fans
A fan venting into the attic instead of outside puts moisture straight into the insulation. We photograph where each one actually terminates.
Measure what is there
Depth readings across the attic, not one reading by the hatch. Settled blown-in, bare joists and wet patches all get photographed with the tape in the shot.
Find where the heat is leaking
Ceiling penetrations, can lights, the attic hatch and the top plates. Insulation over an unsealed hole does very little, and we show you which holes yours has.
What a Attic Insulation
Costs in Austin
Measured and quoted per square foot
Removal and new blown-in are separate lines and both are per square foot of attic, measured on the free inspection. We write down the depth we found and the depth we are proposing, so the number is arithmetic rather than a guess.
The inspection is free and there is no call-out fee. If the honest answer is that nothing needs doing, you get that in writing and pay nothing.
Your Local
Austin Team
Ready to book in Austin? +1 (737) 299 19 19 or book the free inspection.
Air Duct Busters is a family-run crew working out of Marble Falls since 2018, with a second base in Bertram. We have been inside 160 homes and businesses in Austin itself, and more than 870 across Central Texas since we started. The owner, Gary Abdullaev, is a CSIA certified chimney sweep and an HVAC technician, and he is on the trucks, not just on the paperwork.
Austin is forty-eight miles from the office by TX 71 and US 281, about an hour depending on traffic. Every Austin visit starts the same way: we open the system, photograph what is actually in it and hand you a written price per line before anything is touched. If the honest answer is that it does not need cleaning, you get that in writing and pay nothing.
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One crew for the whole house
Ducts, dryer vents, chimneys and attic insulation are the same visit and the same written quote.
Photographs before the price
Every line on the quote points at something we photographed in your house.
The line is answered around the clock
Call +1 (737) 299 19 19 at any hour, seven days a week, and we book the window that suits you.
What We Find in
Austin Homes
Six things the crew photographs most often on Austin inspections. If one of them sounds like your house, the inspection is free and the fix is priced in writing.
Odors From the Vents at Start-Up
A musty or stale smell for the first minute of a cycle usually lives on the coil or in the return, not in the room. We photograph it.
Unsealed Can Lights and Ceiling Penetrations
Every unsealed fixture is a hole between the house and the attic. We seal them while the insulation is open rather than blowing over the top of them.
A Return Pulling Air From the Attic
An unsealed return plenum draws hot attic air and everything in it straight past the filter. Sealing it is usually cheaper than cleaning the system twice a year.
Flex Duct Gone Brittle at the Joints
Old flex tears where it is banded and cannot be cleaned back into service. We photograph the tear and price the repair as its own line.
Disconnected or Crushed Attic Ducts
A supply line blowing into the attic or a flattened flex run behind the water heater. Found on the inspection, sealed or replaced on the spot.
Dust That Comes Back a Week After Cleaning
Grey fuzz on the registers and the furniture again. The supply lines and the return plenum are holding what the filter never caught.
Attic Insulation Jobs
We Have Done in Austin
Straight from the job log. First names only, and the work as it was written on the invoice.
Supply Box Replacement and Blown-In Installation (14” depth)
Removal of the old supply box and installation of a brand-new, properly sized supply plenum box built from insulated fiberglass duct board.
Additional Supply Vent Installation – Living Room, New Supply Duct Line Installation, Return Vent Installation, New Return Duct Line Installation and Blown-In Installation (14” depth)
Install (1) new supply air vent register in the living room to improve airflow, comfort, and air distribution throughout the area.
Return Box Cleaning & Resealing, Return Air Box Re-Insulation and Repair, Return Air Grille Replacement and Coil Section Gap Insulation and Sealing
Clean the return air box to remove dust, debris, and microbial contamination.
Attic Insulation Removal & 14” Blown-In Installation (1,064 sq ft) and Blown-In Installation (14” depth)
Remove and vacuum out all existing attic insulation.
Air Duct Reconfiguration & Relining, Air Duct Cleaning & Sanitizing (Fungus Removal), Air Duct Line Fogging (Odor & Germ Treatment), Supply Box Replacement, Return Box Cleaning, Sanitizing & Resealing and Furnace Closet Door Insulation Duct Board Installation, plus 1 more line items
Professional fogging of each individual air duct line using an HVAC-approved antimicrobial and deodorizing chemical.
Attic Insulation Before
& After
Photos by our crew on the job. Nothing staged.
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BeforeAfterLocal Rules and Paperwork
in Austin
Things Austin homeowners ask about that have nothing to do with the work itself, and everything to do with selling, insuring or getting an association form approved.
Flex duct that has torn or been crushed
A torn run cannot be cleaned back into service. We photograph it and price the replacement separately so nothing is sold twice.
Attics that people have worked in
Solar, cabling and insulation crews all walk attics. Crushed runs behind a water heater are common and easy to miss from the register.
Traffic and access
We book an early window for Austin so the crew is not spending your slot on the highway, and we check parking and attic access before the visit.
Selling the house
The inspection report a buyer orders has separate lines for the fireplace, the flue and the dryer exhaust, and the duct system gets looked at along with the equipment. A written report with photos before you list keeps all of that out of the negotiation.
Getting to Austin
From Marble Falls
Austin is forty-eight miles from the office by TX 71 and US 281, about an hour depending on traffic. We plan Austin work around the traffic rather than against it, which usually means an early window.
More about what we do in this town on the Austin page, or read the full attic insulation service page.
Book a Attic Insulation in Austin
We come out to Austin, look at what you actually have and photograph it. The inspection is free and the price is in writing before any work.
Attic Insulation in
Nearby Towns
The same crew in the towns around Austin.
What Else We Do
in Austin
Ducts, dryer vents, chimneys and attic insulation are one crew and one visit. Each has its own Austin page.
Attic Insulation in Austin
Questions
How long does the work take?
A measured inspection is under an hour. Removal and new blown-in on a typical attic is most of a day, and we tell you which it is before booking rather than after.
Is the house liveable while you work?
Yes. The route from the door to the hatch is sheeted, removal runs through a sealed vacuum, and nothing loose travels through the house.
Do you seal before you insulate?
Always. Penetrations, can lights and the top plates are sealed first, because blowing new material over an open hole buys much less than it should.
How much does attic insulation cost in Austin?
Removal and new blown-in are priced per square foot of attic and quoted separately, because they are separate jobs. The square footage and the depth are measured on the free inspection and written down, so you can check the arithmetic yourself.
How deep should attic insulation be here?
Central Texas attics want a full blown-in depth across the whole floor, and most of the houses we open are well under it because the material has settled over the years. We measure yours and write the number down whether or not you buy anything.
Do you serve all of Austin?
Yes, the whole town and the country around it. Austin is forty-eight miles from the office by TX 71 and US 281, about an hour depending on traffic. We plan Austin work around the traffic rather than against it, which usually means an early window.
Can you do this on the same visit as the ducts?
Yes, and most people do. The same crew handles ducts, dryer vents, chimneys and attic insulation, so it is one trip to Austin and one written quote.