Spray Foam Insulation in Graysville, AL

Spray Foam Insulation in Graysville mostly deals with mid-century homes. Graysville was known as Gin Town for its cotton gin, incorporated in 1897, lost its charter in 1927, and reincorporated on November 17, 1945. In the 1950s and 1960s, local coal mines and steel mills drew families from across Alabama, and the city built its first home developments and subdivisions.

Sixty-year-old houses

Homes from that period usually have attic insulation that has settled to a few inches, floors over vented crawl spaces with little or no insulation, and rim joists that leak. Sealing and insulating those areas makes the biggest difference.

Housing

Graysville had 1,950 residents in 2020 and 1,007 housing units with 14.6% vacant, but a homeowner vacancy rate of only 0.5%. Owners here are staying, and long-term owners get the most from insulation work.

Single-person households

About 34.5% of households were people living alone in 2020. For a single owner, attic air sealing and blown-in is often the best value.

Floors over vented crawl spaces

In a 1960s Graysville home on a vented crawl space, the floor is often uninsulated or has batts that have fallen. Alabama's code summary lists R-19 for floors in zone 3, and the Department of Energy suggests the same for an uninsulated floor. We either install well-supported batts or spray closed-cell foam under the subfloor, which also seals drafts between the boards. A liner on the dirt below cuts ground moisture at the same time.

Location

Graysville sits north of Adamsville in northwest Jefferson County, between Jasper and Birmingham. Get a free estimate