Spray Foam Insulation in West Branch, IA

Spray foam insulation in West Branch often means working with older houses. The town was laid out in 1869 and incorporated in 1875, first settled mostly by Quakers from Ohio, and it sits about 10 miles east of Iowa City in Cedar and Johnson counties. Herbert Hoover was born here in 1874, and his birthplace cottage is part of the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Older houses in town

Older homes near downtown often have attics with little insulation, gaps where interior walls meet the attic floor, and walls with no insulation at all. We start where the payoff is biggest: sealing and topping up the attic, and closing up the rim joist in the basement or cellar. Dense-pack cellulose is usually the better tool for the walls of an old house, with foam used for sealing.

Historic downtown

Most of Main Street is part of the West Branch Commercial Historic District, and the town has been in the Main Street Iowa program since 2006. For older commercial buildings, we can insulate from the inside without changing what the street sees.

Steady, settled town

West Branch had 2,322 residents in 2010 and 2,509 in 2020. The 2020 census counted 1,128 housing units and 1,034 households, with a median age of 41.0. That means a lot of long-time owners who are fixing up homes they have lived in for years.

Outside town

Farms and acreages around West Branch have machine sheds, shops and barns. Closed-cell foam on steel stops dripping and lets you heat a work area. Get a free estimate