Insulation Contractor in Grapevine, TX - Cooler Upstairs Rooms, Fewer Drafts
Apex Fort Worth Spray Foam Insulation is an insulation contractor working in Grapevine, TX. We find the air leaks and attic problems first, then add spray foam or blown-in insulation so hot upstairs rooms and drafts settle down.
Get your Grapevine attic looked at
I come out, check the attic, measure what's up there and show you what comes first.
Request an estimateGrapevine: older ranch homes, newer two-stories
Most of our Grapevine calls come from two kinds of houses. Older one-story homes in the older parts of the city tend to have low attics with a few inches of settled insulation and plenty of gaps around lights and pipes. The newer two-story houses in the subdivisions are more likely to have a room over the garage that runs hot all summer, or an upstairs that never cools down while the downstairs feels fine. We hear the same complaints next door in Euless, and we get calls from shops and offices around Grapevine too.
In a lot of these houses the AC unit and ducts sit up in the attic, and that's the heat we have to plan around. It usually decides whether we seal the gaps and top up loose fill, or spray foam under the roof instead.
Working in Grapevine: permits, registration and price
Grapevine's Building Department issues permits for work that alters or repairs a building, and every permit there comes with inspections, so if your job needs one, the work runs on the city's schedule as well as ours. Before we start, I check with the city's Building Services office about what your job needs, and we take care of any permit and inspection on our end. The city also requires every contractor to keep a registration with it before doing work its building code covers, so it's fair to ask whoever you hire whether they're registered. If ducts need to be moved or replaced, that part is work for an air conditioning contractor licensed by the state. We're fully licensed and insured.
What moves the price here is mostly what's already in your attic and how much prep it needs before anything new goes in, and the schedule turns on that same prep and on any permit. I walk the attic at the estimate and tell you what I'd do first and why. We're based in Fort Worth and do this same work across the area, from North Richland Hills to River Oaks, so a Grapevine attic rarely surprises us.
Services in Grapevine, TX
Attic insulation
Older Grapevine attics often hold a few inches of settled fill. We seal the gaps first, then build coverage up evenly without burying the eave vents.
Attic air sealing
Can lights, pipes and the attic hatch leak air in most Grapevine houses we see. We seal them first, so new insulation isn't fighting a draft.
Open-cell foam insulation
Newer two-story homes here often run their AC ducts through a hot attic. Open-cell foam insulation sprayed under the roof deck keeps that space closer to the temperature of the house.
Insulation removal
Some attics here hold insulation soaked by an old roof leak or full of droppings. We pull it out and clean up before anything new goes in.
Crawl space insulation
Older pier-and-beam houses in Grapevine get cold floors on the nights it freezes. We insulate under the floor and close the gaps that let cold air in.
Commercial insulation
Shops and offices around Grapevine deal with the same summer heat over bigger roofs. We work with owners and property managers to plan the work around your hours.
Get a free on-site estimate for your Grapevine home
Send the form with a few words about what's going on, and we'll reply within one business day to set a time. I come out to your Grapevine home myself, look at the job and give you the estimate on site, free and with no obligation. If you go ahead, I run the work alongside our install crew.
- Phone
- (817) 349-3679
- Location
- Fort Worth, TX 76102
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 8 AM–11 PM, Sat–Sun: 6 AM–10 PM
- Credentials
- Fully licensed and insured.
What Grapevine homeowners can count on
We've been in business since 2020, based in Fort Worth, TX, with 16 insulation services and 12 service areas on this site, Grapevine among them. Estimates are free and in person, and they're obligation-free.
- Based in
- TX
- Fort Worth
- Services
- 16
- Service areas
- 12
- Fully licensed and insured.
- Free in-person estimates.
- We reply within 1 business day.
Frequently asked questions
How much does attic insulation cost in Grapevine?
The cost turns on the size of your attic, what's already up there and how much has to happen before new insulation goes in. Pulling out wet or dirty insulation, sealing a lot of gaps or working in a tight, low attic all add to it, and spray foam costs more than sealing and topping up loose fill. I measure and give you a figure for your own house at the estimate.
Does re-roofing or a water heater replacement need a permit in Grapevine?
Yes, the city's permit guide lists re-roofing and a new or replaced water heater as work that needs a permit, along with window and siding replacement. That guide is a few years old, so it's worth confirming with the city. It matters for insulation because a roof leak should be fixed before we add anything, and that repair goes first on the schedule.
Can I insulate my own Grapevine house without registering with the city?
Yes, if you own the house, live in it and do the work yourself with no paid help, the city doesn't require you to register. Permit rules and the rest of the building code still apply to your work. Anyone you pay to do it has to keep a registration with the city.
What causes upstairs rooms to stay hot in Grapevine summers?
Usually it's attic heat coming down through thin or uneven insulation, plus gaps that let hot attic air leak into the rooms below. Weather records for the Dallas/Fort Worth area average about 20 days a year at 100 degrees or more, so an attic here gets far hotter than the house under it. Those same gaps make rooms drafty and floors cold through the 29 or so freezes an average season brings, which is why we seal them before adding anything.
How do I know if my old attic insulation needs to come out first?
It needs to come out if it's been soaked by a roof leak, smells bad or is full of droppings, because new insulation on top just keeps the problem in your attic. Thin insulation that's clean and dry can usually stay and get topped up. I check this at the estimate, and if the roof is still leaking, I'll tell you to get that fixed before we add anything.
What is the best way to insulate a Grapevine attic with the AC ducts in it?
When the ducts and AC unit live in the attic, spray foam under the roof is usually worth its higher cost, because it seals air and keeps the ducts out of the worst of the heat. Without ducts up there, sealing the gaps and topping up loose fill usually does the job for less. If the ducts themselves need replacing, that's the air conditioning contractor's part of the job, and new duct work is on the city's list of examples that need a permit.
Tell us what's going on in Grapevine
Call (817) 349-3679 or use the form, and you'll understand your attic a little better, whatever you decide.