Spray Foam Insulation in Hopkins, MI

Spray Foam Insulation in Hopkins means old houses and farms. Point2Homes' census summary shows 40.9% of the village's homes were built in 1939 or earlier and another 11.2% in the 1940s. About 78.4% are detached and 76.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied.

A depot village

John Hoffmaster settled here in 1854. When the railroad depot, Hopkins Station, opened in 1874, he became the first depot master and platted the village, which was incorporated in 1920. The village covers less than half a square mile.

Old village houses

Houses from the railroad years usually have empty walls, shallow attics and fieldstone or block foundations. Dense-pack walls, attic sealing and depth, and rim foam are the core package.

Farm country

The land around Hopkins is farms with barns and machine sheds, where closed-cell foam stops condensation and holds heat.

Balloon framing in village houses

Railroad-era houses in Hopkins often have balloon framing, where wall cavities run unbroken from the basement to the attic. Warm air rises through them all winter. We block those cavities at the top in the attic and at the bottom near the sill, then dense-pack the walls. That stops the chimney effect and makes the wall insulation stay where it belongs.

Order of work

In a small pre-1940 house, the attic floor and the open wall tops come first, because that is where the most heat escapes. The rim joist and sill come next. The walls come last, after the wiring is checked. Doing all three on one visit usually costs less than three separate trips, and it keeps the job above typical foam minimums, which HomeGuide puts at $1,000 to $2,000 or more. Farm buildings can be added to the same visit, with each priced on its own line.

Call (269) 397-4757 or get a free estimate for a visit and written price.