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About Attic Insulation Service

The right amount of insulation is absolutely pivotal in maintaining the ideal temperature throughout your Lawrence area home all year long. Insulation works by providing resistance to the elements. A well-insulated attic will help keep your attic cooler in the summer and will retain heat in the winter, which both benefit the rest of your home. Proper insulation levels will also help keep your energy costs down. sfs

Is It Hard To Insulate Attics?

Full attic insulation installation may not be necessary, depending on your circumstance. Oftentimes, a simple “capping” to your insulation will do the trick. Capping your attic refers to the process of adding to your existing level of insulation, rather than starting from scratch. If you need attic repair, we can take care of it before insulating the attic. 

How Do I Know if I Should Insulate My Attic?

If you have had an animal visitor in your attic, you will need attic repair. It’s almost certainly necessary to get replacement insulation, if not just in the area where your visitor has been. Before you hire a professional attic restoration company like Critter Control of Kaw Valley, make sure you compare your insulation to the standards set by the U.S. Department of Energy. There’s a good chance that your level of insulation does not meet the current recommendations.

Lawrence County Attic Insulation

With the change between cold and hot days our area experiences throughout the year, Lawrence County attic insulation is designed to keep your home cozy during the winter and cool during the summer. Our experts can advise you on what insulation is best for your attic to keep you and your family comfortable all year round. 

What to Know Before Installing Insulation

Before our team of attic insulation specialists begins the process of removing and replacing insulation in your attic, they will start by taking measurements of your current insulation during our patented Animal Entry inspections.

Something important to note before handling insulation materials is the fact that many of them are dangerous and/or difficult to manage. Some insulation even has been known to have asbestos, so please do not handle it if you are not a certified attic insulation contractor. Not to worry, though—Critter Control of Kaw Valley can help insulate your Lawrence area attic! When you're looking for attic insulation companies, we are your one-stop shop. 

Attic Repair

Before we start the insulation process, we will implement any attic repair measures or attic restoration that is needed. This may include:

• Making sure any air leaks from your attic to your home are sealed, as the majority of insulation doesn’t 100% stop airflow.
  • Exhaust fans should be properly ducted to minimize animal entry points and airflow. Sealing areas around the duct, such as where it exits the box and where it borders the drywall, is important.
  • Soffit openings, a popular animal entry point, should be covered with plywood and sealed to the attic side of the ceiling. Other areas with openings, like bulkheads and dropped ceilings, should also be addressed and covered.
  • High-temperature furnace cement or caulk is ideal for protecting framing and chimney leaks.
  • Interior walls will require long-life caulk to properly seal smaller holes and gaps. We recommend using a rigid foam board or expanding foam insulation for bigger gaps.
• Installing blocking (metal flashing) to maintain fire-safety clearance requirements (usually 3 inches) for heat-producing equipment found in an attic, such as flues, chimneys, exhaust fans, and light housings/fixtures unless the light fixtures are IC (insulation contact) rated. IC-rated lights are airtight and can be covered with insulation.
• Making sure insulation doesn't block soffit vents to allow for attic ventilation.
• Thoroughly investigating the attic ceiling for watermarks or stains. They indicate roof leaks or lack of ventilation. Make any necessary repairs before you insulate. Wet insulation is not only ineffective but can damage your home.
• Ensuring that you insulate and air-seal your attic access if it's located in a conditioned part of the house.
• Properly insulating and air seal any knee walls—vertical walls with attic space directly behind them—in your home as well.
• Finally, if you're constructing a new home or remodeling, make sure any attic decking, which provides additional storage space or a platform for an HVAC unit or hot water tank, is raised above the ceiling joists to ensure proper insulation depth. The decking then should be installed securely to the top of the raised lumber after the insulation has been installed.

For attic insulation in Lawrence, call the professionals!

Attic Restoration, Attic Repair & Chimney Repair Services

Though your wildlife intruders have been removed, the damage they've caused still remains. Nuisance wildlife can be responsible for many problems that homeowners may not even consider, like secondary pests and soiled insulation. Animals like mice, raccoons, and bats, among others, can be hosts to many types of ectoparasites, like fleas, mites, ticks, bed bugs, and more. The animals that lived up there also left droppings which likely left you with soiled insulation. Once the animal has been evicted from your home, the lingering pests will be looking for a new host, which can spell trouble for you and your loved ones. 

Our professionals will inspect your attic thoroughly to treat the area for these critters as soon as your problem animal has been removed. Our attic restoration services will get your home back to normal in no time.

Removing Wildlife Droppings

So what about the droppings the wildlife critters have left in your attic, potentially leaving you with soiled insulation? Is this something you want hanging above your head at night when you sleep? Attic restoration is important for the everyone's health. Raccoons are known for using a single spot in your home as a bathroom while using another part of your attic as their living area. This can lead to matted attic insulation and reduced “R” values, which means you continue to lose money as you continue to heat and cool your home. It can also lead to stained ceilings and unnecessary odors.

Let our attic restoration professionals remove that soiled insulation and replace it with your choice of insulation products. Our specialists can prepare insurance bids with most major insurance companies and get your attic back in shape in no time. From gutter protection, attic fan vent guards, roof vent guards, gable vent closures, and soffit vent repairs, our team can do it all. When you're looking for attic insulation companies, our team of attic repair professionals can do it all with one single call.

Many of these nuisance animals cause problems to your chimney as well and require professional chimney repair services. For all of your attic insulation tips, attic repair, attic restoration, and chimney repair needs, contact Critter Control of Kaw Valley!

Whether you are currently experiencing an animal infestation or you're just hoping to prevent a future problem, call Critter Control of Kaw Valley to keep your Lawrence home safe from unwanted animal entry!

Professional And Proven Exclusion Services

Wildlife animals are very smart and get into your home through many areas that are not visible an untrained homeowner. Our Lawrence area technicians have years of experience and training and will discover possible entry points and install methods of prevention to keep animals out! Our proven techniques are effective and proven to be successful.

Make sure you keep critters out of your home for good! Schedule an appointment with Critter Control of Kaw Valley today.

Professional Squirrel Removal 

Squirrels are among the most common nuisance animals throughout the Kaw Valley & Lawrence area. These medium-size rodents can be noisy and cause considerable damage and/or messes when nesting or feeding on your property. Critter Control of Kaw Valley's trained experts will handle your squirrel problems in a safe, humane, and efficient manner.

Services that our technicians will provide are: 

• Remove squirrels: If you've found squirrels in your attic, crawl space, garage, and/or someplace else on your property, our technicians will carefully and humanely remove them. Squirrels are potentially a danger to humans since they can carry diseases and also scratch or bite when they feel threatened, so you should leave the squirrel handling to the professionals at Critter Control.
   
• Keep squirrels out: Once all squirrels have been safely removed from your property, the next step will be to make sure they don't return. We will thoroughly inspect your crawl space, attic, and/or other areas of concern to determine how squirrels got in or may enter in the future. Our skilled experts will then seal off all entry points to exclude squirrels. Critter Control can also inspect your Lawrence home as a means of prevention if you don't currently have a wildlife problem, but want to avoid one.
   
• Clean up and repair the damage: Large colonies of squirrels can cause costly structural damage to your attic, garage or crawl space. They are also notorious for leaving large amounts of waste and debris. Our technicians can clean and disinfect the problem area, repair any damage and resolve other problems caused by the squirrels.

Call Critter Control of Kaw Valley today for full-service squirrel removal! 

Bats in your Lawrence home can be an intimidating problem to have. Are you wondering how big of an infestation you are dealing with, what damages have occurred, and how the problem will affect your family’s health? We will get rid of your bat problem using professional, effective, and humane solutions. Call Critter Control of Kaw Valley today! 

Keeping Bats Out

Our technicians will use one-way doors and similar safe methods to remove all bats from your home. This allows us to remove the bats without handling them directly, as it can be dangerous to handle bats. Bat infestations increase quickly.

Our technicians have the tools and experience to be sure all bats get out of your attic, chimney, or another area of the home, and be sure that they stay out permanently.

Bat Damage Repair

Bat damage may lead to serious health problems and a smelly home. The amount of guano (bat poop) that a bat colony can accumulate can lead to histoplasmosis, ruined insulation, and terrible odors. Our trained specialists can get rid of damages and messes (including odors) created by bats. If the odors are not removed, it could potentially attract even more animals. We can get rid of bat droppings, replace soiled insulation, and much more. Trust Critter Control to repair bat damage in your Lawrence area home and restore your home to a pre-bat state!

Bat Prevention

Our motto is "Get Them Out. Keep Them Out.” We do not consider a job completed until our prevention work has been done. We will seal points of entry to keep bats out for seasons to come. Bats are able to enter homes through openings as small as 1/4 inch, but our professional bat removal team has experience in finding all of these tricky-to-find areas and sealing them.

Get rid of bats in your home, and keep them out for good. Contact Critter Control of Kaw Valley today for long-term and effective bat control solutions!

A raccoon's opposable thumb structure, dexterity, and strength allow these mammals to be destructive critters. They will get into any part of your home that they can access, and they can open containers and doors just like a human can. If you're facing raccoon problems in your yard, save yourself the hassle, headache, and potential danger—call Critter Control of Kaw Valley today! 

How Do Raccoons Get In Homes?

Raccoons are common visitors in Kaw Valley & Lawrence area attics. We often get calls involving raccoons in the chimney, and they often get into attics through a roof access. Failures in soffits, fascia, louver, and other roof points allow raccoons to get into your home easily. Another common type of raccoon call we get involves raccoons getting stuck on roofs.

Raccoon Damage & Control Services

Raccoons are strong and clever animals that can create a serious amount of damage around your home. If they enter your attic or chimney, severe damages can be caused in a short amount of time. Critter Control of Kaw Valley is experienced in professional raccoon control solutions. Call us today for pricing information and to schedule an inspection, and learn more about raccoon problems here!

Mice Control In Kaw Valley

Mice can be frightening when seen scampering across your kitchen floor or if you hear them scratching in your walls. Mice are common throughout the country—and the Kaw Valley/Lawrence area is no exception—but not to worry! The trained experts at Critter Control of Kaw Valley will handle your Lawrence area mice problems in a safe and efficient manner. Call us today to schedule your appointment today!

Services our technicians will provide are:

• Mouse Removal: If you've found mice in your attic, crawl space, garage, or someplace else on your property, our technicians will carefully trap and remove them.
  • Mice often get into the smallest and hardest-to-reach spaces, making it difficult to eliminate them completely with over-the-counter traps and baits.
  • Mice are smart enough to realize when traps have been set in their nest area, too, so it's important to call a professional who will do a thorough job.
     
• Mouse Exclusion: Once all the mice are safely removed from your property, the next step is to make sure they don't return.
  • We will thoroughly inspect your crawl space, attic, or other areas of concern, to determine how mice got in or may enter in the future.
  • Our technicians will then seal all entry points to exclude mice. Critter Control staff can also complete inspections as a preventative measure if you've never had a problem but want to avoid one.
     
• Clean-Up & Damage Repair: Mice aren't big rodents, but they can cause significant structural damage in your attic, garage, or crawl space as they chew and nest.
  • They are notorious for leaving mass amounts of feces and debris, especially if a group is regularly breeding in your house or business.
  • Our technicians can clean and disinfect the problem area, repair any damage and resolve other problems caused by mice.

Call Critter Control of Kaw Valley today to get rid of your mice problem the right way the first time! We will get them out and keep them out.