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Serving Canon City, CO and surrounding areas. (719) 618-9724
Insulation slows heat loss, but only air sealing stops the drafts that make your home feel cold no matter how high you set the thermostat.
Air sealing in Canon City means finding and closing the small gaps, cracks, and openings where outside air sneaks in and your heated or cooled air escapes - most jobs on a typical home are completed in one to two days. These openings are usually invisible, hidden behind walls, above ceilings, or under floors. But together they can act like leaving a window cracked open all year long. A trained contractor uses foam, caulk, and diagnostic tools to locate and close every significant leak so your home actually holds the temperature you set.
Many homeowners assume adding more insulation will fix a drafty home, but insulation slows heat movement - it does not stop air. If air can flow through a gap, it carries heat or cold right past the insulation as if it were not there. Pairing air sealing with basement insulation or wall insulation gives you both defenses working together. Doing one without the other leaves a significant portion of your potential energy savings untouched.
The most common leak points are not your doors and windows. They are the spots most homeowners never check - gaps around recessed ceiling lights, openings where pipes and wires pass through walls, the joint where your walls meet the attic floor, and the space around your fireplace chase. A thorough contractor works through all of these, not just the obvious spots.
If you feel a chill near your feet in the living room, a cold spot in a hallway, or a persistent draft in a bedroom - especially during Canon City's windy winter days - that is almost always air coming in through a gap somewhere in the structure. The draft is the symptom; the gap is the problem, and it is usually not where you think it is.
If your heating and cooling bills have been climbing year over year without a change in your habits, air leakage is one of the most common culprits. In Canon City, where heating season runs October through April and cooling can stretch into September, a leaky home forces your furnace and air conditioner to work harder than they should.
Uncontrolled air leaks do not just let conditioned air out - they pull unfiltered outside air in, often through attic insulation, crawl space dirt, or wall cavities carrying dust and pollen. If you find yourself dusting more than seems reasonable, or if allergy symptoms are worse indoors, gaps in your home's envelope may be the source.
Canon City winters are cold enough that warm indoor air escaping through gaps can condense and freeze when it hits cold surfaces. If you see frost on the inside of an exterior wall, condensation near a ceiling light fixture, or ice forming at the roof edge in an uneven pattern, warm air is likely escaping through gaps and hitting cold surfaces on the way out.
We provide whole-home air sealing with a focus on the three areas where most leaks concentrate: the attic floor, the crawl space or basement, and the rim joist where the house frame meets the foundation. Attic sealing typically delivers the biggest single improvement because warm air rises and escapes through every gap it finds in the ceiling plane before it can cycle back and warm your living space. Attic air sealing targets those gaps directly, while crawl space and basement sealing cuts off the cold air entry points at the bottom of the house.
Every project starts with a blower door test - a diagnostic measurement that tells us exactly how much air your home is currently leaking and where the biggest concentrations are. We do not skip this step and start spraying foam in random locations. The test guides the work, and we run it again after the job is done so you have a before-and-after number showing the improvement. The Building Performance Institute sets the professional standard for this kind of diagnostic-based approach, and it is how we approach every job.
Best for homes where warm air escapes through gaps around ceiling fixtures, pipes, and the attic floor - one of the highest-impact sealing locations.
Best for homes with cold floors, musty odors, or drafts coming from below - sealing the crawl space stops the stack effect that pulls cold air up through the house.
Best for homes with a basement or sill plate where cold air enters at the foundation level and migrates upward through the whole structure.
Best for homeowners who want a blower door test and a complete picture of where their home is leaking before committing to specific repairs.
Canon City sits at roughly 5,300 feet in the Arkansas River valley, where temperatures can swing from above 90 degrees in summer to well below 10 degrees on winter nights. That range means your home's heating and cooling systems are working hard for more months of the year than in milder climates. Every gap in your home's structure is a place where that expensive conditioned air escapes - and in Canon City, that gap is working against you for a long stretch on both ends of the season. The wind that funnels through the Arkansas River corridor compounds this, pushing cold air through small gaps far more aggressively than still-air leakage on a calm day.
The older neighborhoods near downtown Canon City - homes built from the 1880s through the 1950s - tend to have accumulated gaps from decades of settling, wood shrinkage, and renovation work that opened new penetrations without closing the old ones. Homeowners in Colorado City and Beulah Valley face similar conditions - elevated locations, older construction, and the kind of wind exposure that makes air sealing one of the fastest-payback improvements available. Canon City's dry, high-altitude air also means that cold outside air infiltrating through gaps dries out your interior faster than you might expect, making the same temperature feel noticeably colder than it reads on the thermostat.
Reach us by phone or our online form. We respond within 1 business day to schedule a visit. Let us know your home's age and any specific comfort problems you have noticed - it helps us come prepared.
We walk through your attic, crawl space, and main living areas. A blower door test measures exactly how much air your home is currently leaking and shows us where to focus - no guesswork, no skipping the obvious problem spots.
We walk you through what we found and give you a written estimate covering the areas to be sealed. This is the right moment to ask about Colorado utility rebates and federal tax credits - we can tell you what currently applies to your project.
The crew seals gaps in your attic, crawl space, and other identified areas using foam and caulk. A second blower door test after the work shows the before-and-after improvement in measurable numbers - you leave with proof, not just a receipt.
Free estimate, no obligation. We respond within 1 business day and bring diagnostic tools - not guesses.
(719) 618-9724We are not a contractor passing through from another city. We work in Canon City regularly, which means we know the older housing stock, the typical leak locations in homes built here, and the local permit requirements before work begins.
Every air sealing project we do is backed by full liability insurance and worker's compensation. You will never be left exposed if something unexpected happens on your property, and we handle any permits required by Fremont County so you do not have to.
We use blower door testing before and after every air sealing job so you can see in measurable numbers exactly how much your home improved. If a contractor skips this step, you are taking their word for it. We give you data.
Air sealing cost depends on what we find in your attic and crawl space - we cannot give you an accurate number without seeing your home. We come out, assess it, and give you a written estimate before any commitment is required.
The Colorado Energy Office maintains current information on weatherization programs and rebates available to Colorado homeowners. We stay current with what is available so we can help you get the most out of your investment - not just complete the job and leave you to figure out the paperwork yourself.
Seal the gaps, then insulate the walls - pairing air sealing with basement insulation stops heat loss at the foundation level from every angle.
Learn MoreThe attic floor is where most homes lose the most air - targeted attic sealing addresses the highest-impact leak zone in your Canon City home.
Learn MoreCanon City's heating season is long. Get your home assessed and sealed before the cold sets in - call us today or request a free estimate online.