Spray Foam Insulation in Saugatuck, MI

Spray Foam Insulation in Saugatuck usually involves houses that were built for summer and are now asked to handle winter. The city had 865 residents at the 2020 census, but its population grows to nearly 3,000 in summer, and the 2010 census counted 942 housing units, more units than there are year-round residents now. Many of those are second homes and rentals that sit empty or lightly used for months.

Old settlement on the river

Saugatuck sits on the Kalamazoo River near Lake Michigan. William C. Butler was the first European-American settler in 1830, a village plat was laid out in 1833, and Saugatuck became a village in 1868 and a city in 1984. Historic churches, including the First Congregational Church founded in 1860, keep some of the town's oldest buildings standing, and the houses around them span well over a century.

What empty houses need

A house that is closed for the winter with the heat turned down needs a tight shell to keep pipes from freezing and damp from building up. The crawl space and the rim joist come first, followed by the attic. In rentals, we schedule foam work between bookings so it can cure and air out; HomeGuide advises staying out for at least 24 hours.

Older cottages

Many older cottages have balloon framing, no wall insulation and attics that are hard to reach. We fill closed walls with dense-pack cellulose and seal and insulate attic pockets where we can get to them.

Near the dunes

Saugatuck Dunes State Park lies just north of town, and houses on the hills and near the shore take the brunt of winter wind off the lake. Wind finds every gap at the sill, around old windows and through the attic floor, so on those homes we spend extra time on air sealing before any insulation goes in. The difference is often felt more in comfort and drafts than in any single number on the estimate.

Call (616) 801-4092 or book a visit and we will look at your Saugatuck house or cottage. Get a free estimate