Insulation & Air Sealing in Clackamas, OR

Insulation without air sealing is like wearing a warm coat full of holes. Homes in the Clackamas area range from older properties near the Clackamas River to newer construction closer to the Town Center corridor, and the insulation gaps in any given house depend a lot on when and how it was built. The underlying fix is the same either way: seal the envelope before adding more insulation on top of it.

What that means day to day: rooms that never quite match the thermostat, drafts around windows and doors, and a heating system working harder than it should in a climate with cool, damp winters. Adding insulation without addressing air sealing underneath it rarely solves the problem on its own. We treat the two as one job because that’s how building science works.