Insulation Contractor in Lakeland, TN - Upstairs Rooms That Stay Comfortable
Barrier Memphis Insulation Company is an insulation contractor working in Lakeland, TN. We seal the air leaks and insulate attics, walls, crawl spaces and the room over the garage, so the house holds its temperature.
Newer houses with big attics and bonus rooms
Lakeland is mostly neighborhoods, a quiet residential city on the east side of the county with Bartlett next door and not much commercial building in between.
Most of the houses we go into here are newer subdivision homes, a lot of them two-story, with a wide attic and a bonus room built over the garage. Those houses look tight from the street, but the bonus room usually has knee walls, the short walls beside the room where the roof slopes down, and small attic pockets behind them that are hard to reach and often thinly covered. That's where a Lakeland job usually starts, because a big attic with good depth in the middle and bare spots at the edges still leaves you with a hot room upstairs.
What we know from working in Lakeland
In Lakeland, the permit side of a job runs through the county, not city hall. Shelby County Construction Codes handles construction code permits and inspections for the city, and the city's Planning Department issues certain other permits. When your job calls for a permit, we file the application and set up the inspections with the county, and the start date waits until that's in place, so I build it into the plan from the first visit.
The calls we get here sound a lot like the ones from Collierville, a hot upstairs, a bonus room the AC can't keep up with, a power bill that climbs every July. What moves the price is how much attic you have, how many inches are already up there, whether old insulation is wet or full of droppings and has to come out first, and whether foam makes sense for your house. What moves the schedule is whether something has to be fixed first and whether a permit is involved, and your estimate gives you the figure for your own house. We're licensed and insured. Satisfaction guaranteed on every job.
Insulation services in Lakeland
- Spray foam insulation
- Attic insulation
- Blown-in insulation
- Home insulation
- Insulation removal
- Crawl space insulation
- Wall insulation
- Air sealing services
- Basement insulation
- Closed-cell foam insulation
- Open-cell foam insulation
- Commercial insulation
- Crawl space vapor barrier
- Vapor barrier installation
- Attic air sealing
- Retrofit insulation
Lakeland heat and summer storms test every house
Summer drives most of our calls here. Heat builds in the attic, and when the ductwork and air handler sit up there, as they do in a lot of Lakeland houses, your AC is pushing cold air through the hottest part of the house. Before anything goes down, our crew does air sealing, closing the gaps around can lights, pipes and the attic hatch, because insulation laid over a draft only slows it a little. We keep the eave vents clear so the attic can still breathe, and I check any gas furnace or water heater up there first, since tightening the house changes the air it has to work with.
Storms are the other thing. County flood data points to flash flooding from heavy summer thunderstorms as the main flood risk in Shelby County, and when water gets under a house, the insulation in the crawl space soaks up, sags and stays damp. We pull that out instead of covering it, and look at the vapor barrier, the plastic sheet over the dirt, before anything new goes in.
Get a free on-site insulation estimate for your Lakeland house
We reply within one business day to set up a visit. I come out to your Lakeland house myself, look at the attic, crawl space or walls and any equipment that burns fuel, and point out anything that has to be fixed first. Then you get a free estimate, with no pressure and no obligation.
How it works when you call us in Lakeland
Call or send a message
Call (901) 203-1514 or use the form, and we'll set a time to come out to your Lakeland house. Tell us what you're noticing, like a hot bonus room or cold floors, so I know where to look first.
I look over the house
I come out myself to check the attic, crawl space or walls, plus anything that burns fuel, like a gas furnace or water heater. It helps if the path to the attic hatch is clear.
Go over the estimate together
You get your estimate, with anything that has to be fixed first put in the order it needs to happen. Take your time with it and ask whatever you want.
We handle any permit needed
If the job calls for a permit, we file it with the county office and set up the inspections. The start date follows the permit, so we schedule around it.
Installers work, I check it
Our installers do the work, sealing first and insulating second. I look over the finished job myself before we leave.
What good insulation work looks like
Insulation questions from Lakeland homeowners
How much does it cost to insulate an attic in Lakeland, TN?
The price comes down to the size of the attic, how many inches are already there and which material fits your house. Old insulation that's wet or full of droppings has to come out first, which adds to the job, and foam costs more than blown-in. I give you your own figure at the estimate visit.
What causes the upstairs to stay hot in a Lakeland two-story house?
Usually it's air leaking up through gaps in the attic floor, plus insulation that's thin right where it should be thickest, at the edges and around the bonus room. Buried eave vents make it worse because the attic can't let the heat out. We seal the gaps, clear the vents and build the depth back up at the edges.
What is the best way to insulate a Lakeland attic, spray foam or blown-in?
For most attics here, sealing the gaps and topping up with blown-in, loose fill blown through a hose, is the better buy. Foam costs more, and it earns that cost mainly when your ductwork and air handler live in the attic, because foam on the underside of the roof brings them inside the cooled part of the house. I'll tell you which one your house needs.
How long will the crew be in my attic, and do we need to leave?
For air sealing and blown-in, you can usually stay home, and old material coming out is what stretches a job. Spray foam is different. The foam maker sets a re-entry time, the wait before people and pets can come back inside, and we tell you that wait before we start so you can plan.
Does a flood zone map mean my Lakeland crawl space will flood?
No. A Special Flood Hazard Area is a label for floodplain rules and flood insurance, not a forecast that your lot will flood, and one map service puts about a quarter of Shelby County's flood-mapped land in that zone. Either way, I check the crawl space for water marks and wet insulation at the visit.
Does insulation work in Lakeland have to meet building code?
Yes, construction work in Lakeland is held to the state's building code, and the county's construction office reviews plans and inspects building work to make sure it measures up. When your job needs a permit, those inspections are part of it, and we set them up for you.
Plan your Lakeland insulation project with us
Call (901) 203-1514 any day from 8 AM to 9 PM, or use the form, and get the attic looked at before the cold sets in.