Blown-in insulation in Queens

Blown-in insulation for Queens homes

Blown-in is the simplest way to add a lot of insulation to a Queens house without opening anything up. Loose fill goes on the attic floor, and dense-pack cellulose goes into closed walls through small holes.

Where it works in Queens

• Attic floors: in Tudors in Forest Hills, colonials in Bayside and capes in Fresh Meadows, after we seal the gaps in the attic floor.
• Closed frame walls: we drill one small hole per bay, fill it and patch.
• Flat-roof cavities: in Ridgewood and Middle Village row houses, filled from small openings.

How a job goes

1. We seal the attic floor around pipes, wires, lights and the hatch.
2. We add loose fill to the depth the attic needs, or dense-pack the walls.
3. We plug and patch the holes and clean up.

Rebates

Queens is split between utilities. Much of the borough has National Grid gas, parts of northwest Queens have Con Edison gas, and the Rockaways have PSEG Long Island electric. Most one- to four-family homes now go through NYSERDA programs. We check what is open for your address before we price the job. See the NYC rebate guide.

Common questions

Is cellulose safe? It is recycled paper treated with borate to resist fire and pests.

My upstairs is hot in summer. Will this help? Usually, yes. Sealing and insulating the attic floor is the most common fix.