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Serving Reno, NV and surrounding areas. (775) 491-3183
Reno Insulation insulates homes and businesses across Reno and the surrounding region. We handle everything from attic top-ups to full spray foam jobs, with free on-site estimates and no high-pressure sales.
Reno Insulation is a licensed insulation contractor in Reno, NV, offering 16 residential and commercial insulation services across 12 cities in northern Nevada and northeastern California. Whether you need spray foam in a tight wall cavity, blown-in material for an attic upgrade, or a full crawl space moisture solution, we assess your home first and recommend only what it actually needs. No upselling, no one-size-fits-all packages.
Cold rooms in winter or scorching temps in summer? Spray foam seals air leaks and insulates in one application, delivering lasting comfort and lower utility bills.
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Heat rises and escapes through a poorly insulated attic. Adding the right depth of attic insulation is one of the highest-return upgrades a Reno homeowner can make.
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Blown-in insulation fills gaps and corners that rigid batts miss. It is the fastest way to bring an existing Reno attic up to today's efficiency standards.
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Every part of your home's envelope works together. A whole-home insulation assessment finds the areas losing the most energy and fixes them in the right order.
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Old, damaged, or pest-contaminated insulation has to come out before new material goes in. We remove it cleanly and prepare the space for a proper reinstall.
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Cold floors and high heating bills often trace back to an uninsulated crawl space. Insulating below the floor keeps warmth in and moisture-related problems out.
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Walls account for a significant share of heat loss in older Reno homes. Blown-in wall insulation adds comfort and efficiency without requiring drywall removal.
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Insulation slows heat movement but air sealing stops the air leaks that waste the most energy. The two together are far more effective than either one alone.
Learn MoreThree straightforward steps from first call to finished job.
Reach out by phone or through the contact form on this page. We will ask a few basic questions about your home and what you have noticed. Most requests get a same-day or next-business-day response. There is no obligation to book, and no sales pressure on the call.
A technician visits your home, measures what is already there, checks for air leaks and moisture, and walks you through what they find. You get a written estimate that explains the scope, materials, and total cost before you decide anything. This visit is free and takes about 30 to 45 minutes.
On installation day, the crew arrives on time, protects your home, and completes the work cleanly. Before leaving, they walk you through the finished job. You keep documentation of what was installed, which matters for utility rebates, tax credits, and future home sales.
We hold a Nevada State Contractors Board license, which you can verify online before signing anything. Our insurance covers your property during every job, no exceptions.
We live and work here. That means we know how Reno's high desert climate affects homes, which insulation types perform best, and which neighborhoods have the oldest housing stock.
Every estimate includes a physical inspection of your attic, crawl space, or walls. You get a written quote that itemizes materials and labor before you commit to anything.
We walk you through every finished job before we leave. If something is not right, we fix it. No disappearing acts, no unanswered calls after the check clears.
Ready to get started? Call (775) 491-3183 or request a free estimate online.
"They came out the same week I called and the attic job was done in one day. My upstairs bedroom used to be unbearable in July. This past summer it stayed a solid 10 degrees cooler up there without the AC running constantly."
Kevin M., Sparks, NV - Attic insulation
"I was nervous about the spray foam job because we had to stay out of the house for a day. The crew was upfront about the timeline, called when it was safe to return, and walked us through exactly what they had done before they left."
Teresa B., Carson City, NV - Spray foam insulation
"The crawl space was the last thing I expected to fix, but after they insulated and put in the vapor barrier, the floors stopped being freezing cold in the morning. Wish I had done it years ago."
Dave R., Reno, NV - Crawl space insulation
We respond within 1 business day. There is no obligation to schedule or book after we respond. After you submit, someone from our office will call you to schedule a free on-site estimate at a time that works for you.
(775) 491-3183Reno Insulation is based in Reno, NV and serves 12 cities across northern Nevada and northeastern California, including Sparks, Carson City, South Lake Tahoe, and Truckee. Most jobs can be scheduled within the same week. If you are unsure whether we cover your area, call and we will confirm.
Understanding the basics helps you ask better questions and avoid costly mistakes.
Reno sits at 4,500 feet elevation and faces both extreme heat and hard-freeze winters. The federal government places Reno in a more demanding climate zone than Las Vegas, which means the recommended insulation depth for Reno attics is significantly higher. Homes built before the mid-1990s were typically insulated to a lower standard than today's recommendations.
Both matter, but air sealing often delivers the bigger immediate energy impact. Insulation slows heat movement through solid materials, but air leaks let conditioned air escape rapidly through gaps around pipes, wires, and fixtures. Adding insulation without sealing those gaps first is like adding a thicker blanket with holes in it. A thorough contractor addresses both in the right order.
Existing insulation should be removed before adding new material if it has been contaminated by rodents, damaged by water intrusion, or compressed so severely that its R-value is effectively gone. Adding new material on top of contaminated insulation traps the problem underneath. If you are not sure about the condition of your existing insulation, an in-person assessment is the only reliable way to know.
It is a reliable starting indicator. A large portion of Reno's housing stock was built in the 1970s and 1980s to energy standards that fall well below what is recommended today. If your home is more than 30 years old and has never had the insulation assessed, there is a good chance it is underperforming, especially in the attic. Even homes from the early 2000s sometimes fall short of current recommendations.
R-value is a measure of how strongly insulation resists heat flow, a higher number means better resistance. For Reno's climate, the Department of Energy recommends an attic R-value between R-38 and R-60, which translates to roughly 12 to 20 inches of blown-in material. Many older Reno homes have insulation measuring well below that range. The U.S. Department of Energy provides a free R-value guide at energy.gov/energysaver/insulation.
Ice dams form when heat escaping through the attic melts snow on the roof, which then refreezes along the cold eaves and backs water up under shingles. Reno gets enough winter snow, especially in hillside neighborhoods, for this to be a real concern. A properly insulated and air-sealed attic keeps heat inside where it belongs so the roof deck stays cold and snow melts evenly. The Building Science Corporation covers this in depth at buildingscience.com.
Reno Insulation is a licensed and insured insulation contractor company based in Reno, NV, serving northern Nevada and northeastern California since 2021.
We hold a Nevada State Contractors Board license under the insulation contractor classification, which you can verify on the Board's public database before hiring us.
Since 2021, we have completed insulation projects across all 16 service types we offer, working on everything from single-room upgrades in older midtown homes to full-envelope spray foam jobs in newer commercial builds.
Learn more about our team and our approach on the About page.
If you can see the wooden framing poking through the insulation when you look into your attic, the answer is almost certainly yes. Anything you can see means you do not have enough depth to meet current recommendations for Reno's climate.
A re-roofing job is the easiest time to also address attic air sealing and insulation, since the attic is already being accessed. Skipping it means missing the most cost-effective window to make the upgrade, and you may need to do it anyway within a few years.
Through 2032, a federal tax credit covers up to 30 percent of insulation improvement costs, with an annual cap of $1,200. Your contractor needs to document the materials used so your tax preparer can apply it. The IRS Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit covers insulation installed by a qualified contractor.
Before, if possible. The size of a new heating or cooling system is partly calculated based on the home's current heat loss. If you insulate first, your HVAC contractor can right-size the replacement unit, which often means a smaller, cheaper system that runs more efficiently.
The U.S. Department of Energy's insulation guide is one of the best free resources for understanding R-value recommendations, insulation types, and where to focus first. If you are ready to take the next step, request a free on-site estimate and we will assess your home directly.
Reno is the second-largest city in Nevada and the hub of the broader Truckee Meadows metropolitan area. With a population of roughly 265,000 residents and a metro area approaching 500,000, it is a real city with a wide range of housing types, from older homes near Midtown and the University of Nevada campus to newer subdivisions in South Reno and along the Spanish Springs corridor.
The city sits at over 4,400 feet above sea level in the Great Basin high desert, which creates the wide seasonal temperature swings that make insulation one of the highest-return home improvements a Reno homeowner can make. Summers regularly push past 100 degrees. Winters bring hard freezes, real snowfall, and freeze-thaw cycles that stress building materials across the city. The Truckee River corridor, the neighborhoods north of downtown near the Reno Arch, and the older western neighborhoods all have significant concentrations of homes built in the 1960s through 1980s, when insulation standards were far below what is recommended today.
A large share of Reno's housing stock dates from the city's rapid growth period of the 1970s and 1980s, and many of those homes were built with insulation levels that barely met the code of the time. After 40 to 50 years, original fiberglass batts have often settled, been disturbed by plumbing and electrical work, or simply compressed beyond their useful performance range. If you own a home from that era and have never had the insulation assessed, there is a reasonable chance you are losing meaningful energy through the ceiling and below the floor.
Reno Insulation has been serving Reno homeowners since 2021. Whether your home is in an older neighborhood near downtown or a newer build out toward the edge of the metro, we know the local housing stock and the conditions that affect how insulation performs here.
By appointment only, no walk-ins.
Call us today or submit a request online. Free on-site estimates, no obligation, and we respond within 1 business day.
