Cleveland sits on Lake Erie's south shore with nearly every home built over a basement, an attic that bakes in July and freezes under lake-effect snow every January, and walls that were framed a century ago with no insulation between them. Whether you live in a balloon-framed double in Ohio City, a Tudor with a full third-floor attic in Shaker Heights, a 1950s brick bungalow in Parma with a knee-wall bedroom that never stays warm, or a newer colonial in Westlake with a bonus room over the garage, your house is fighting the same battle: wind off the water finds every gap, humidity flips the vapor drive twice a year, and your heating and cooling bills tell you something is wrong.
Cleveland Spray Foam Insulation has been sealing and insulating homes across Cleveland and the surrounding area since 2012. We know why your attic sweats in spring, why that upstairs bedroom stays cold, why your crawl space is damp, and why rim joists and band joists leak air like sieves. We spray foam where it works, we air seal around it, and we tell you honestly when blown-in is the right answer instead.
Spray Foam Insulation in Cleveland (44113)
Cleveland's housing stock is a textbook of American construction: balloon-framed up-and-down doubles from the 1900s and 1910s stacked under single roofs in Tremont and Collinwood; Tudors and Colonials with full attics in Cleveland Heights and University Heights; post-war capes and bungalows with flattened original attic insulation in West Park and Garfield Heights; and newer colonials over basements with bonus rooms and attached garages from Westlake to Solon. Every one of them sits on a basement, often old Berea sandstone or concrete block, and nearly every one has an attic that was never properly sealed or insulated. Lake Erie weather drives the problem. Winter wind off the water finds every gap in rim joists, band joists, and attic rim boards. Lake-effect winters run long and cold east of the city, and warm air leaking into the attic drives heat loss all season. Summer humidity and air conditioning flip the vapor drive, and attics and crawl spaces that were dry in January sweat and grow damp by April. Closed walls in older homes have no cavity insulation at all. Crawl spaces under 1940s and 1950s homes often have nothing but a dirt floor and a vapor barrier that failed thirty years ago. Knee-wall bedrooms in upstairs rooms freeze because the insulation between them and the attic is missing or compressed. Rooms over attached garages never reach temperature because the rim joist and the band joist above the garage door are wide open to outside air.
We have been serving Cleveland and the surrounding area for over a decade. We spray closed cell and open cell foam in attics, walls, crawl spaces, rim and band joists, and garages. We remove old, wet, or contaminated insulation and replace it. We air seal the gaps that foam alone cannot reach. And we write every estimate with R-value and thickness specifications so you know exactly what you are paying for.
Our services in Cleveland
- Attic Spray Foam Insulation in Cleveland · Open-cell foam on the roof deck turns a Cleveland attic into conditioned space…
- Closed Cell Spray Foam Insulation in Cleveland · Two-pound closed-cell foam delivers R-6.5 per inch with its own vapor retarder…
- Open Cell Spray Foam Insulation in Cleveland · Half-pound open-cell foam air-seals attics and walls at a friendlier price per…
- Wall & Injection Foam Insulation in Cleveland · Injection foam fills closed walls through small drilled ports, no demolition.
- Crawl Space Spray Foam Insulation in Cleveland · Closed-cell foam on crawl space walls and subfloors ends cold floors in a…
- Rim Joist & Band Joist Spray Foam in Cleveland · Basement rim joists leak more cold air than almost anything in a Cleveland…
- Garage Spray Foam Insulation in Cleveland · Garage ceilings under bonus rooms and shared house walls get sealed against…
- Metal Building & Barndominium Spray Foam in Cleveland · Closed-cell foam is the insulation that stops an Ohio pole barn from sweating…
- Commercial & New Construction Spray Foam in Cleveland · Warehouses; offices; churches and production builders served on schedule.
- Insulation Removal in Cleveland · Old blown-in and batts vacuumed out before any new foam goes in, never buried.
- Insulation Replacement & Re-Insulation in Cleveland · The full reset: old material removed; gaps air-sealed…
- Air Sealing in Cleveland · Top plates, can lights, chimney chases and attic hatches leak more heated air…
How a Job Works in Cleveland
We start with a free on-site assessment. You walk us through the problem: a heating or cooling bill that has become unaffordable, a room that never reaches temperature, condensation or damp insulation in an attic or crawl space, or old insulation that has failed and needs to come out. We climb into your attic, crawl into your crawl space, and look at the rim joists and band joists. We ask about your building department, because permitting and registration vary from city to city across Greater Cleveland, and we help you understand what applies at your address. We measure the area, we specify the foam type (closed cell for rim joists and band joists where we need the air seal and the strength, open cell for attics where we need the sound dampening and the flexibility, or blown-in if your attic is sound and you just need a top-up). We give you a written estimate with R-value and thickness, and a realistic price range based on the work that has to happen.
When we show up to spray, we bring mechanical ventilation to keep the air moving during cure. We control the thickness per pass, we meter the drum temperature and the spray ratio, and we follow the manufacturer's specifications exactly. If there is wet insulation or a damp substrate, we stop and tell you what has to be fixed first. We do not spray over a leaking rim board or a crawl space with standing water. We fix the moisture first or we walk away. Once the foam has cured, we air seal the gaps around it with caulk and closure strips. We clean up after ourselves, and we walk you through the re-entry window: typically twenty-four to forty-eight hours before the space is occupied again.
Attic spray foam insulation in Cleveland typically starts at $1.50 per square foot for open cell foam, depending on the area to cover, the depth you need, and whether old insulation has to come out first. Closed cell foam for rim joists and band joists starts around $1.20 per board foot. Wall and injection foam retrofit runs from $2 per square foot. A crawl space spray foam job typically starts at $2,500 and scales with the area and the condition of the substrate. Rim joist and band joist sealing starts at $650. Garage insulation starts at $1,200. If old or contaminated insulation has to be removed before anything else can happen, removal starts at $950. The final price depends on the exact area, the R-value and thickness you need, whether access is tight, and what has to be taken out first. Call us at (216) 465-0804 for a free on-site estimate with no obligation. We will walk you through the options and the costs in plain language.
✅ Written Estimates with R-Value & Thickness Specs, fully insured for work in Cleveland and nearby areas.
