Serving Yuma, AZ and surrounding areas. (928) 291-0350
Serving Yuma, AZ and surrounding areas. (928) 291-0350
Every gap in your ceiling is a direct path for 150-degree attic air into your living space. Sealing those gaps is the single most effective way to reduce your cooling costs and fix the rooms that never cool down.
Attic air sealing in Yuma means a contractor locates every gap, crack, and opening in your attic floor and closes them so conditioned air stays inside your living space where it belongs — most jobs are completed in a single day, and homeowners with older homes typically notice the largest change in cooling bills and room comfort within the first month.
Insulation slows heat transfer, but it cannot stop air from moving. Air carries heat with it, so even a well-insulated attic leaks energy if the gaps around light fixtures, plumbing pipes, wall tops, and wiring penetrations are still open. In Yuma, where attics can reach 150 to 160 degrees on a summer afternoon, those gaps are not a minor inefficiency. They are a direct pipeline for the hottest air in your home to reach your living space.
Air sealing is almost always done before or alongside adding insulation. Homeowners who want the full thermal envelope treatment can combine attic air sealing with crawl space vapor barrier work for whole-home protection, or pair it with our air sealing services to address the entire building envelope in one project.
If your APS bill creeps up annually with no change in usage, unsealed attic gaps are one of the most common causes. In Yuma, your AC runs from April through October, so even small leaks translate into real money lost every month. A home that was efficient ten years ago may have developed enough new gaps to make a noticeable difference now.
If a bedroom or hallway near your attic hatch always feels warmer than the rest of your home, hot attic air is likely finding a pathway nearby. This is especially common in Yuma homes where attics routinely exceed 150 degrees on summer afternoons. No thermostat adjustment will fix a gap the air is using as a direct entry point.
Stand on a stepladder and hold your hand near the edges of your attic access panel. Warm air pushing down in summer, or visible light coming through the frame, means your hatch is not sealed and is one of the biggest single air leaks in most homes. This takes about two minutes to check yourself.
Yuma's desert air carries fine dust and sand particles year-round. If your home collects dust faster than it should, attic air leaks may be pulling outside air through your ceiling. Sealing those pathways reduces how much of the desert makes it into your living space.
We seal every gap in your attic floor — recessed light cans, tops of interior partition walls, plumbing and electrical penetrations, attic hatches, and any spot where wires or pipes pass through your ceiling. We use spray foam for larger gaps and hard-to-reach areas, and caulk for smaller cracks along flat surfaces. Neither material is visible once the work is done, because everything happens above your ceiling.
We recommend testing before and after the job using a blower door measurement so you have a real number showing how much the air leakage rate dropped. A contractor who skips that step is asking you to take their word for it. You can combine attic air sealing with crawl space vapor barrier work for a whole-home approach, and pairing it with our full air sealing services covers every part of the building envelope in a single mobilization.
For homeowners who also need more insulation depth, we coordinate air sealing and insulation as a single project. Sealing has to happen before insulation is added, since once insulation covers the attic floor the gaps underneath it become inaccessible.
Every penetration in the attic floor addressed, from recessed lights to wall top plates, before any insulation is installed.
The attic access panel is one of the most common single air leaks in Yuma homes and is addressed as part of every job.
Most impactful option for homes that need both: sealing first, then insulation to the full recommended depth on the same visit.
Combines attic sealing with crawl space and wall-level sealing for homeowners pursuing a complete thermal envelope upgrade.
Yuma is one of the hottest cities in the United States — summer highs regularly exceed 110 degrees and some days push past 115. When your attic reaches those temperatures, every unsealed gap in your ceiling becomes a direct pipeline for superheated air into your living space, forcing your air conditioner to work far harder than it should. In most of the country, homeowners run their AC for four to six months a year. In Yuma, it runs for nine to ten months. That means any energy lost through attic gaps costs you money almost every single day of the year, not just in summer.
A large share of Yuma's housing stock was built between the 1960s and 1990s, when construction did not require the careful air sealing that is standard today. If your home was built before the mid-2000s, there is a very good chance your attic floor has never had a professional sealing job. Add in decades of settling in desert conditions and the abrasion from seasonal dust storms, and those original gaps have likely grown. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that sealing air leaks can cut heating and cooling costs by 10 to 20 percent in a typical home, and in Yuma's climate you are likely to land at the higher end of that range.
We serve homeowners throughout Yuma and cover nearby communities including Goodyear and Casa Grande, where desert heat conditions are comparable. Arizona homeowners should also check current rebate offerings through Arizona Public Service (APS) before scheduling work, as utility rebates for qualifying air sealing projects can meaningfully reduce what you pay.
We respond within 1 business day. We will ask a few basic questions about your home's age and square footage. Most Yuma contractors can schedule an in-home assessment within a few days of your initial contact.
A technician inspects your attic, looks at existing insulation, identifies obvious gaps, and may run a blower door test to measure current air leakage. This visit takes one to two hours and results in a written estimate, not just a verbal ballpark.
You receive a written scope of work explaining what will be sealed, what materials are used, and the total cost. Ask about APS rebates and federal tax credits at this step. A reputable contractor knows the current programs and will not rush you to sign.
The crew works in the attic, sealing every gap found during the assessment. You can stay home and go about your day normally. A good contractor runs a follow-up air leakage measurement to show you the before-and-after numbers so you know exactly what changed.
We will assess your attic, explain what we find, and give you a written quote. No obligation, and we respond within 1 business day.
(928) 291-0350We measure your home's air leakage rate before we start and again after the work is done. You get real numbers, not a contractor's word for it. That standard of accountability is one reason homeowners in Yuma refer us to their neighbors.
We work exclusively in the desert Southwest. Every recommendation we make is calibrated to Yuma's specific heat load, dust conditions, and housing stock age, not copied from a textbook written for a moderate climate.
We cover Yuma, Goodyear, Casa Grande, Lake Havasu City, Buckeye, and seven more communities within our service area. That footprint means local knowledge and no travel surcharges for homeowners outside Yuma city limits.
We hold an active Arizona Registrar of Contractors license. You can look up our license number yourself in two minutes before we ever set foot in your attic. That is the clearest sign of a contractor who works within the rules and is accountable for the outcome.
Attic air sealing is one of the highest-return improvements a Yuma homeowner can make, and it deserves a contractor with the tools, training, and accountability to do it right. We bring all three to every job, and we give you the data to prove it.
Address the other major air and moisture entry point in your home by sealing the crawl space floor and walls at the same time.
Learn moreExtend air sealing beyond the attic to walls, crawl spaces, and other areas of the building envelope for a whole-home upgrade.
Learn moreScheduling slots fill up once spring arrives. Lock in your appointment now so your home is sealed and ready before the hottest months of the year.
