Spray Foam Insulation in Bronte, TX

Spray Foam Insulation in Bronte means working on homes in a small Coke County town that has been around for over a century. Bronte had 635 residents in 1910, peaked above 1,000 around 2000, and counted 933 people in 2020. The town is named for the English novelist Charlotte Bronte, though locals say it as one syllable.

Older homes on a small grid

Bronte covers about 1.44 square miles, all land, at roughly 1,798 feet. Its 2000 census counted 502 housing units. Homes along its streets range from early frame houses to mid-century ranches. In older houses, we often find attics with a few inches of old insulation, gaps where interior walls meet the attic, and no air sealing at all.

What changed in town

Wikipedia notes that the largest employer in 2007 was the Coke County Juvenile Justice Center, a 200-bed facility south of town that closed that year. The town's economy is smaller now, which makes keeping utility bills down a practical concern for many households.

Farm buildings

Ranch and farm buildings around Bronte include steel barns and shops. Closed-cell foam on the roof stops condensation drip and cuts summer heat.

Targets

Coke County is in Climate Zone 3B on OpenEI's list. The 2015 code table lists R-38 for ceilings, and ENERGY STAR suggests R-49 if the attic is bare.

Attic hatches and pull-down stairs

In many small-town homes the attic access is a plywood panel in a hallway ceiling with no weatherstrip and no insulation on top. It is one of the simplest and cheapest fixes there is. We add weatherstrip and an insulated cover so the hatch is not the weak spot in an otherwise insulated ceiling.

Ranch country

Bronte sits in ranch country in northern Coke County, and properties outside town often include working buildings. Steel barns, shops and storage buildings are common, and we can look at them on the same visit as the house.

Walls in older houses

If the walls of an older Bronte house are empty, dense-pack cellulose or fiberglass blown in through small holes can fill them without tearing out the interior. We test a few cavities first to see what is there.

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