Spray Foam Insulation in Fishers, IN

Spray foam insulation in Fishers mostly means working on houses built since the late 1980s. Wikipedia's census table shows a town of 628 people in 1970 and 2,008 in 1980, then 7,508 in 1990, 37,835 in 2000 and 98,977 in 2020. Growth came with affordable homes and quick access to Interstate 69. The 2020 census counted 36,930 housing units, and Wikipedia lists the homeownership rate at 81.9%. In short: a city of relatively young, owner-occupied homes.

What builders leave behind

A house built to code is not always comfortable. The places we see trouble in Fishers homes are repeatable: the rim joist in the basement or crawl space, the floor of a bonus room over the garage, the attic hatch or pull-down stair, recessed lights in the top-floor ceiling, and the knee walls around second-floor rooms. Each of these is small, but together they make some rooms run several degrees off from the thermostat.

Geist lake homes

Geist Reservoir was built in 1943 by the Indianapolis Water Company, and homes began appearing around it after a plan to triple the lake was rejected in 1978. Fishers annexed the area around the reservoir, about 2,200 homes, effective January 2, 2010. Lake homes often have walkout basements, large window walls, vaulted ceilings and decks that tie into the house framing. Walkouts need both the concrete walls and the above-grade framed walls handled, and vaulted ceilings may leave no attic space to insulate. Closed-cell foam is often the answer for the parts loose fill cannot reach.

Basements before finishing

Many Fishers homes have basements that owners finish after moving in. Before the framing goes up is the time to foam the rim joist and insulate the concrete walls. The Insulation Institute's summary of the 2020 Indiana Residential Code lists R-13 or R-10 continuous for basement walls in Climate Zone 5, and OpenEI lists Hamilton County in Zone 5A. Getting the walls right keeps moisture from collecting behind new drywall.

Two-story homes and upstairs heat

The typical Fishers house is a two-story with the bedrooms upstairs and the main HVAC unit in the basement. In July, warm air rises and the attic above the bedrooms bakes, so the upstairs runs warmer than the thermostat downstairs. Sealing the attic floor, insulating to depth and checking the ducts that run through the attic are the usual first steps before anyone talks about adding a second system.

Selling or buying

With homeowner vacancy at 0.7% in 2020, homes in Fishers turn over quickly. If an inspection report mentions thin attic insulation, wet crawl space batts or an unsealed rim joist, we can look and send a written quote you can use in negotiations.

Summer cooling

Fishers sits along the West Fork of the White River about 16 miles northeast of downtown Indianapolis, and it shares the region's humid summers. Upstairs rooms in two-story homes often run hot. Sealing the attic floor and adding insulation depth lowers the heat coming through the ceiling. If ducts run through the attic, sealing and covering them helps too. Get a free estimate