Job Stories

We recently inspected a stunning home in Middletown Township, NJ, where the homeowner faced draft issues on their second floor and frequent freezing of pipes in one of the bathrooms. The area highlighted in blue shows a cantilever, which is often under-insulated, leading to drafts and the potential for pipes to freeze during colder seasons. Our team specializes in effective insulation and offers a range of tailored solutions. This not only enhances second-floor comfort but also boosts overall energy efficiency. By properly insulating both the cantilever and pipes, we successfully prevented future freezing issues.

We're assessing a homeowner's partial cathedral ceiling in Eatontown, NJ, aiming to boost comfort and energy efficiency. Currently, the exposed fiberglass insulation falls short. Our plan involves installing SilverGlo rigid foam boards on the interior walls of the attic to prevent air leakage. We'll also dense pack with TruSoft cellulose insulation into the roof rafter bays, seal any remaining gaps with spray foam, and blow in TruSoft insulation into the attic. These steps promise a substantial improvement in both comfort and energy efficiency.

During a recent free home inspection in Eatontown, NJ, we found an attic that was supposed to be air-sealed but wasn't, a common issue with other contractors' shoddy work. It’s frustrating to pay for incomplete work that leads to higher energy bills and discomfort. At our company, we never cut corners. We thoroughly inspect before and after our work to ensure it’s done right. Stop settling for less—call us to get the job done correctly. We insulate, air seal, fix leaky ducts, and more to enhance both comfort and energy efficiency in homes. We Fix Uncomfortable Homes!

Our team conducts thorough inspections to identify potential energy leaks in your home, all at no cost to you. For instance, in Eatontown, NJ, we recently pinpointed a bathroom issue where the top plate is allowing conditioned air to escape into the attic. This means that the air you're paying to cool or heat is leaking through these gaps in your home. Such leaks can also foster mold growth, as moisture from showers can seep into these gaps and even reach the attic. Additionally, we found that leaky lights are contributing to this problem by allowing conditioned air to escape into the attic as well. Fortunately, we have effective solutions to rectify these issues, ensuring greater comfort and energy efficiency for homeowners.

This attic in Eatontown, NJ, may look typical with its fiberglass insulation, and many homeowners assume this is enough. During our free home evaluations, we see attics like this all the time — and if you can still see the wooden joists, there isn’t nearly enough insulation. Looking closer, when we pull back the insulation along the top plates, we often find wire holes and 1/4–1/2 inch gaps that collectively equal having a 3–6 inch door open year-round. In the colder months, heated air escapes through these cracks and gaps, rising into the attic and warming it instead of your living space. That’s a lot of wasted energy that homeowners end up paying for. Fortunately, for families in Monmouth and Ocean counties, we’re the contractor of choice for identifying the root causes of comfort issues and improving insulation and indoor air quality.

This Modern Modular Cape Cod house in Manasquan, NJ, had uncomfortable rooms during the summers and winters.  On the 2nd floor an overhang over the front porch created the room to overheat during the summers and become too cold in the winters.  After inspecting the attic and kneewall spaces we found the Modular Cape Cod house wasn’t air sealed and insulated properly. This can be a common flaw with Modular Cape Cod Homes because of their prebuilt construction or modularity.  What tend to happen is the seals and gaps of the Cape Cod house never get properly fitted together which creates gaps and air leaks from soffits into poorly insulated kneewall spaces. To eliminate hot rooms in the summer and cold drafty rooms in the winter, we installed our SilverGlo foam insulation panels over the existing expanding spray foam that’s on the bottom of the rafters in the kneewall spaces.  We also install SilverGlo foam insulation boards to the ceiling joist bays and use Orange ZypFoam to air seal the SilverGlo foam insulation.

When our crew inspected this Modern Modular Cape Cod house in Manasquan, NJ, we found the homeowners attic ducts were leaking from the seams.  In addition to leaking ducts, we discovered the homeowners exposed ducts were radiating excessive amounts of heat from the attic. This caused tremendous amount of energy to be wasted during the summers and winters.  Just think about what happens in the winter, blowing heated air through uninsulated ducts located in a frigid attic.  In the summer, you're blowing chilled air through the same uninsulated ductwork that's been heated to about 120 degrees or higher. To solve the ducts leaky seams our team used Orange ZypFoam to eliminate all air from seeping out of the existing ductwork.  By encapsulating the existing duct work with our SilverGlo foam insulation boards we can reduce the ducts from radiating unwanted heat throughout the house.  To encapsulate the ducts with our SilverGlo foam insulation boards, we frame out the ductwork and install each panel or board over the ductworks outer surfaces.  Finally using the Orange ZypFoam we can seal the seams of the SilverGlo to eliminate any unwanted airflow and/or excessive heat/cold.

Modern Modular Homes are not created equally.  When inspecting this Modern Modular House in Manasquan, NJ, we found poorly placed insulation throughout the home.  By further inspecting, we found discolored fiberglass insulation.  This is a clear indication that air is circulating through the fiberglass insulation by the open Soffits, cavities, and gaps between the walls and ceilings. With Modern Modular Homes some open Soffits, cavities and gaps are left unsealed by the manufacturer.  Our team was able to diagnose this issue and eliminate the air from seeping through the fiberglass insulation. We followed the dirty fiberglass insulation to discover where the gaps and cavities were located.  We simply found the seams and sealed all open seams with our Orange ZypFoam to fully eliminate any air leakage from theses soffits.  Our crew did not have to remove the fiberglass insulation as the insulation was up to code.  The homeowner’s results are the lowering heating and cooling costs.

We are working in a homeowner’s crawl space at Manasquan, NJ and found it to be a mess. Our customer’s crawl space is lacking the proper insulation and has an exposed dirt floor. This particular crawl space had very little room to work in but our crew always finds a way to accomplish each project. Our team spray foamed the rim joist to prevent unwanted air from entering the house. With the exposed foundational walls, we fastened our SilverGlo foam insulation panels to help insulate the crawl space. Next we spiked down our TerraBlock foam insulation mats to the ground to help insulate the floors. The heavy duty 20 mil thick CleanSpace crawl space encapsulation liners is installed across the floor with mechanical fasteners to the walls and spiked to the floor. Finally we use our ZypFoam to seal the seams of the SilverGlo and of the CleanSpace liner.

In Manasquan, NJ, a homeowner experienced discomfort and energy loss due to insufficient insulation in the exterior walls. Many older homes lack proper insulation, using porous fiberglass that allows air flow, compromising effectiveness. To address this, we enhance insulation by removing the siding, drilling holes in between the cavity walls, and injecting TruSoft cellulose insulation through a dense-packing technique. We then seal the holes, reinstall the siding, significantly reducing air leakage for improved comfort and energy efficiency.