Two ways to reach us
Get a spray foam insulation estimate in Duluth, Superior, Hermantown, Proctor, Cloquet, or Two Harbors. Call or send the details of your project.
Email quotes@duluthsprayfoamco.com
We travel to you across Duluth, Superior, Hermantown, Proctor, Cloquet, Two Harbors, Esko, Saginaw, Rice Lake, Carlton. See theservice area page for the full list.
Call (218) 514-6594. If you get voicemail, leave the address, what the building is doing, and a number to reach you at. A message with the actual problem in it is worth far more than a name and a number.
If you would rather write it out, use the form. Same information, and you can attach photos.
Tell us this and the first conversation goes faster
You do not need to know what product you want. Describe the problem and let us work out the material.
- Roughly when the building was built. Pre-1930, mid-century, or newer changes what we expect to find.
- What it is doing. Cold floors. Ice at the eaves every February. A bedroom that never warms up. A basement that is 55 degrees. A shop roof that drips on the tractor. A gas bill that jumped.
- Which spaces are involved. Attic, basement, crawl space, walls, garage, pole barn.
- For a shop or outbuilding: length, width, sidewall height, whether it is heated now, and whether the inside is lined with steel or open framing.
- Anything already done. Somebody blew insulation in five years ago. There are batts in the rim joists. The attic was foamed by a previous owner.
- Photos. An attic hatch photo, a crawl space photo, a rim joist photo. Very useful and it saves a trip.
What happens next
1. A phone conversation. We will ask a few questions and give you a realistic range so you know whether this is in the neighborhood of your budget. That range is not a quote and we will say so.
2. A walkthrough at the building. Free. We look at the attic, the basement or crawl space, and the mechanicals, because a spray foam job cannot be priced from a driveway. If we find something you should know about, rot behind the batts, live knob and tube, vermiculite, a wet crawl space, you hear it right then.
3. A written scope and price. Not a number scrawled on the back of a card. What gets sealed, what gets sprayed, which product, at what thickness, the R-value that lands at, what has to come out first, whether a thermal or ignition barrier is required over the foam, and the total. If part of the job is better done with a different material at a lower price, that line is in there too.
4. A date and a prep list. Most residential jobs are one or two days. You will get the reoccupancy time in writing before the day so you can plan where to be.
Before the crew arrives
A few things that save you money and save everybody grief.
Clear the space. Overspray is permanent and it does not come off. Anything left in the work area has to be masked, and masking is real labor on your invoice. An hour of moving boxes out of the basement is the cheapest hour of the job.
Plan to be out. You, everybody else, and the pets. Typically 24 hours from the last pass, and we will confirm the number for the specific product.
Parking for the rig. We need to get a truck within hose reach of the work. In winter that means a plowed and accessible driveway or street frontage. On the Duluth hillside this is worth a conversation ahead of time.
Tell us about anything fragile or valuable near the work. Better now than after.
Timing, and what to do if it is urgent
October through March is the busy stretch in this trade, because that is when the problems announce themselves. Spring and late summer are easier to get on a schedule and usually easier weather to do the work in. If your project can wait for the shoulder season, you will have an easier time of it and so will we.
If water is coming in right now, do not wait on an insulation contractor. Including us. Insulation is the fix for why it happened. It is not the fix for what is happening at this moment, and the two jobs are not on the same clock.
- Water coming through a ceiling from an ice dam. Get a bucket under it. Pull snow off the lower few feet of the roof with a roof rake, from the ground. Do not climb up there and do not go after the ice with a hammer or a chisel, which wrecks shingles and puts you on a roof in January.
- A frozen supply line. Shut the water off at the main before you thaw anything. If the pipe has split, you want the water already off when it lets go.
- Standing water in a basement or crawl space. That is a drainage or plumbing call first. Sealing insulation over water traps it.
Once the water is handled, call us about why it happened. That part we can fix.
Where we work
Duluth, Superior, Hermantown, Proctor, Cloquet, Two Harbors, Esko, Saginaw, Rice Lake, and Carlton. The service area page has what we know about the housing in each town.
Not sure whether you are in range? Include the address when you get in touch. Distance here is a question of job size more than mileage.
Before you call: common questions
How fast can you get out to look at my project?
It depends on the season. October through March is the busy stretch in this trade, because that is when people notice the problem. Spring and late summer are the easiest times to get on the schedule and often the easiest times to do the work. If something is urgent, a frozen pipe or water coming through a ceiling from an ice dam, say so when you call.
Is the estimate really free?
Yes, and it is done in person. We are not going to price a spray foam job off a phone call and neither should anyone else. What we will do on the phone is give you an honest range so you can decide whether it is worth either of our time to schedule a look.
What should I have ready when I call?
Roughly when the building was built, what it is doing that bothers you in your own words, and which spaces are involved. For a shop or a pole barn, the dimensions and the sidewall height. Photos help a lot, particularly of an attic, a crawl space, or a rim joist. You do not need measurements. We will take our own.
Do I have to be out of the house while you work?
Yes. Spray foam requires the occupants out of the building during application and for a period afterward while the foam cures and the space ventilates. Typically that is 24 hours from the last pass, and the exact number is product specific. Pets too. We will give you the number in writing before the work date so you can plan.
Do you charge for small jobs differently?
Small jobs carry a minimum charge, and we would rather say that up front than surprise you. The rig, the hose, the masking, and the cleanup cost about the same on a small job as a large one. If you have more than one project in mind, mention all of them when you call. Doing them in a single visit is usually meaningfully cheaper than doing them separately.
Ready when you are, Duluth, MN
Call (218) 514-6594 or send the form with the details. Both arrive in the same place.