For Builders · Gaston & Mecklenburg
Insulation for new single-family construction across Gaston and Mecklenburg County. Plans in, written scope back within two business days, and a photo set of every bay before it disappears behind drywall.
Send plans and you get a written scope and a number back within two business days. If we cannot hit the window you need, we will say so in that reply rather than take the job and slip it. A missed insulation date stalls drywall and everything behind it, and we would rather lose a bid than be that trade.
Tell us the start date you are working toward when you send the plans. We book new construction alongside our residential schedule, so the earlier you ask, the more likely we can hold the slot you actually want.
Every bay is photographed with a depth reference before it is covered, and the set is yours. If a rater questions a wall, or a buyer asks two years later what is behind the drywall, the answer exists as a file instead of a memory.
If you are weighing a smaller outfit, this is the part that should decide it. You are not taking anyone's word for the work you cannot see once the board goes up.
If you build to a programme
Building to ENERGY STAR, DOE Zero Energy Ready, or a Duke Energy incentive? Then a HERS rater grades your insulation before drywall, and that grade carries money. Building to code instead? Then nobody grades it at all, which is precisely why the photographs matter more, not less.
Grade I · what we install to
The most gap, compression, or incomplete fill allowed across the insulated area. Occasional very small gaps, and nothing more.
Grade III · what it costs you
The share of the insulated area RESNET then models as if it were bare. You bought insulation that stops counting toward the score.
In a Department of Energy field study of North Carolina homes, fewer than half of above-grade walls met Grade I.
To be exact about who does what: we install to the Grade I standard and document it, and the rater grades it. No installer can promise you a HERS score, a blower-door result, or a code-compliance outcome.
Wall figure from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory North Carolina Residential Energy Code Field Study for the U.S. Department of Energy, 249 homes, data collected 2015. Grade definitions and the 5% modelling penalty per ANSI/RESNET/ICC 301. Duke Energy incentive availability and amounts are set by Duke and depend on the programme.
| Material | Forms | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fiberglass | Batt and blown-in | The default. Owens Corning AttiCat and Pink Next Gen. |
| Cellulose | Blown loose-fill and dense-pack | Attics, and closed wall cavities on new construction. |
| Mineral wool (Rockwool) | Batt | Premium tier, and the right answer for interior sound walls. |
| Rigid foam board | Cut and cobble, sealed | Rim and band joists. A different product from spray foam. |
| Americover vapor barrier | 8-mil, 10-mil, anti-microbial | Crawl space ground cover. American-made with virgin resins. |
| Attic and ceiling | Blown fiberglass, or batt where access is tight | R-30 to R-60 |
| 2x4 exterior wall | Fiberglass or mineral wool batt | R-13 to R-15 |
| 2x6 exterior wall | Fiberglass or mineral wool batt | R-19 to R-21 |
| Floor over crawl space | Fiberglass batt between the joists | R-19 to R-30 |
| Rim and band joist | Rigid board, cut and sealed | By board thickness |
| Interior wall | Mineral wool batt | Specified for sound |
| Crawl space ground | Americover vapor barrier, 8 to 10 mil | Vapor, not R |
| Air sealing | Before insulation, on every assembly we insulate | Included |
| Existing insulation removal | Bagged and hauled before new material goes in | Quoted per job |
| Attic decking | Interlocking platform set above the insulation, not crushing it | Quoted per job |
Those ranges are what we commonly install, not a code table. Your drawings and your compliance path set the target, and we install to the value specified on them. If a plan calls for something these materials cannot reach, you will hear it in the bid rather than from your rater.
Download the capability statement (PDF, one page) for the version you can forward to an estimator.
Batt at a band joist is a building-science failure. Fiberglass is air-permeable, so conditioned interior air still reaches the cold rim, and moisture condenses behind the insulation where nobody sees it. We cut and seal rigid board at the rim instead. It is a small line item that quietly prevents a callback years later.
An owner is on site for every job, start to finish, and signs off on the work before it is covered. Tony Kermis is a former North Carolina home inspector, which is where the documentation habit comes from. Grade I is a function of supervision and care rather than headcount, and keeping an owner on the work is how we hold that standard on a builder's schedule.
We do not install spray foam. If your assembly is specified for closed-cell or open-cell foam, we are not your sub for that scope, and we would rather tell you now than waste a bid cycle. Rigid board at the rim is a different product and we do install that. We also do not currently take on multifamily or commercial work.
Charlotte · Huntersville · Pineville · Matthews · Mint Hill · Concord · Harrisburg · Belmont · Cramerton · Gastonia · Lowell · Mount Holly · Stanley
Building outside that list in Gaston or Mecklenburg County? Ask. If the schedule works, we travel.
Next step
Drawings, lot count, the start date you are working toward, and your target programme if you are chasing one. Written scope and a number back within two business days. If the scope calls for something we do not install, we will say so in the reply instead of bidding around it.
Last updated 2026-10-01 · Homeowner, not a builder? See our residential services.