Spray Foam Insulation in Lawrence Park, PA

Spray Foam Insulation in Lawrence Park often means working on homes built more than a century ago. Wikipedia explains that the township was established in 1910 as a company town for General Electric and named after the USS Lawrence, Oliver Hazard Perry's flagship. It is small, 1.9 square miles of land with 3,824 residents in 2020, and it is the only first class township in Erie County. It borders Erie, Wesleyville, Harborcreek and Lake Erie.

Homes of a planned town

Company towns were built quickly and in similar styles, so many houses share the same layout and the same weak spots. Homes from that era typically have empty or thinly filled walls, attics with little insulation, and basements with bare rim joists. Dense-pack cellulose in the walls, sealing and insulation in the attic, and foam at the rim are the usual plan.

Check before covering

Houses of that age can have knob-and-tube wiring and old vermiculite attic fill. We look for both. Live old wiring needs an electrician before walls are filled, and vermiculite should be tested before anyone disturbs it.

Close to the lake

Lawrence Park sits right along Lake Erie, so lake wind and lake-effect snow are part of every winter. Wind drives air through gaps, and snow on a warm roof becomes ice. Air sealing helps with both.

Similar houses, different conditions

Even when two houses look alike, years of remodeling change what is behind the walls. We look at yours specifically before quoting.

Costs for older homes

Dense-pack cellulose in walls runs $1.60 to $4.20 per square foot in HomeGuide's figures, and blown-in exterior wall jobs run $1,900 to $7,800. Attic air sealing runs $350 to $3,000. In a compact company-town house, the total is often modest, but prep work such as blocking balloon-framed bays and working around old wiring adds time. We list each piece of the job on the quote so nothing is hidden.

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