Insulation contractor in Hanahan, SC - fewer drafts from attic to crawl space

Several Hanahan neighborhoods have tidal water behind them, and houses on that kind of ground often have crawl spaces that stay damp. The moisture soaks into batts until they sag and fall, leaves the floors above cold and can work its way into the framing, so we check the ground, the wood and the vents under the house and deal with the water before we talk about insulation.

We also see a mix of older single-story houses and newer two-story ones here, and they give trouble in different places. The older ones tend to have thin, tired insulation and older wiring in the attic, while the newer ones more often have a hot room upstairs or over the garage and ductwork running through the attic. Before we add anything, I look for old wiring, signs of water and any fuel-burning appliance that draws air from the space, because insulation put in the wrong place can turn any of those into a new problem.

Hanahan sits at the south end of Berkeley County, and its west and south city limits run along the Charleston County line, so before anything else we confirm which building office covers your address. South Carolina leaves each local jurisdiction to enforce the building code itself and points property questions to the local building official, so whether your insulation job needs a permit is that office's call. State law lets an owner skip the permit application for a list of improvements to their own house, such as fences, driveways, painting and cabinets, but insulation isn't on that list, so we don't assume either way. If a permit is needed, we take care of the application and keep you informed, and that review is usually what sets the start date. You can check us, or anyone else you're considering, with the state's Residential Builders Commission, which licenses or registers residential builders and specialty contractors and requires registration or a license for specialty work over five hundred dollars. We're fully licensed and insured.

We come over from Mount Pleasant and do the same work in the cities around Hanahan, including Ladson and Goose Creek. The price here turns mostly on what I find, such as how much insulation is already up there and whether it can stay, how many gaps need sealing first, how easy the attic or crawl space is to reach, and whether foam makes sense or blown-in fill, loose insulation blown through a hose, will do. The schedule turns on the permit check and on any old material that has to come out before new goes in. At the estimate visit I explain what I found and what I'd suggest, so the figure you get is for your house and not a guess.

Hanahan is a city shaped by water. The Goose Creek Reservoir sits in the middle of it, with Hanahan City Park on its shore, and many of the neighborhoods we visit are a short drive from North Charleston.

Many of the calls we get here come from lived-in houses, some with layers of insulation added by different owners over the years and some with very little at all, and the room over the garage or a back bedroom is usually where people feel it first. With water close to so many lots, I pay as much attention to what's under the floor as to the attic, because a damp crawl space can undo good attic work by sending moist air up into the house.