We work out of 244 Bartley Dr in North York and cover a good part of the western GTA from there. This page sets out where we go, and what to expect depending on how far you are from us.
North York
Our home district and where most of our work happens. North York is a postwar suburb, largely built between the early 1950s and late 1960s, which means tens of thousands of bungalows and split-levels holding original attic insulation that was thin by today's standards before it settled.
We can usually be out for an assessment within a day or two anywhere in the district.
See what we do across North York.
Toronto
The old city is attached housing. Semis and row houses on narrow lots, most of it built before 1920, with shared party walls and roofs too shallow to stand up in. Century homes were built to breathe, which changes which material is appropriate, and many sit inside Heritage Conservation Districts.
More on Toronto, including what a shared wall means for the work.
Mississauga
A generation younger than North York. Most of Mississauga went up between the 1970s and the 2000s, with Erin Mills and Meadowvale built out through the 1970s and 1980s. Those houses were insulated to better standards than the North York bungalow belt, but nowhere near what the code asks for now, and forty odd years of settling has taken some of it back.
Sitting inside that are two genuinely old village cores. Streetsville was founded in 1820 and Port Credit has houses from the 1800s, which are a completely different job.
More on Mississauga, including which end of the city you are in and what that usually means.
Etobicoke
The widest range of housing anywhere we work. South Etobicoke runs from the 1890s through the 1930s. New Toronto was laid out in 1890 as a manufacturing subdivision, Long Branch began as a Victorian cottage resort, and The Kingsway was built in the 1920s and 1930s as a planned garden suburb. North of Bloor it turns postwar and much more predictable.
Pre-war houses bring their own complications, including knob and tube wiring that cannot simply be insulated over.
More on Etobicoke, including what to expect either side of Bloor.
Working Out Which One Your House Is
Across these four areas there is a rough rule that holds more often than not. The age of the house predicts the job better than the size of it does.
If you are in a North York bungalow or split-level from the 1950s or 1960s, expect the attic to be the main event. Those houses were built with a fraction of current insulation levels, they usually have open accessible attics, and a top-up makes a large and immediate difference to a heating bill.
If you are in a Mississauga subdivision house from the 1970s, 1980s or 1990s, the picture shifts. The original insulation was better, so depth is less likely to be catastrophic. What tends to matter more is air sealing, because two storey houses have more ceiling penetrations, more complex roof geometry and more places for heated air to escape. Adding depth without sealing first is the common mistake.
If you are in south Etobicoke, or anywhere built before about 1940, it is a different conversation again. Those houses predate insulation as standard practice, so whatever is up there was added later by somebody, usually in stages. Depth is uneven rather than uniformly thin, roof structures are more varied, and there is a real chance of finding knob and tube wiring that cannot be covered.
None of that replaces a look. It does mean that if you tell us roughly when your house was built and where it is, we can usually tell you what we expect to find before we get there.
How Far We Travel, and When It Makes Sense
Distance matters more on insulation work than people expect, because a job means a crew, a truck, blowing equipment and somewhere to put whatever comes out of your attic.
Inside North York we are close to everything. Etobicoke is about twenty kilometres west across the top of the city, and Mississauga about thirty. Both are well within our working area, but the size of the job changes whether the trip makes sense. A full attic removal and re-insulation easily justifies it. A small standalone sealing visit sometimes does not.
Call and describe what you need. If a crew closer to you would serve you better for something minor, we will say so rather than pad a quote to cover the drive.
What We Do Everywhere We Work
The service does not change by postcode. Most jobs start in the attic, removing old or damaged material where needed, sealing gaps while the floor is open, then blowing in cellulose or fibreglass to the depth the house actually needs. Attic insulation is the bulk of it.
We also handle walls, basements and garages, and air sealing runs through all of it. Insulation only performs once the leaks around it are closed.
If you want to know whether you have a problem before calling anyone, there is a two minute check you can do yourself from the attic hatch.
Rebates Apply Across All of It
Federal and provincial programmes can cover up to $1,250 of an insulation upgrade in Ontario. Eligibility depends on your home rather than your municipality, so it works the same in Mississauga as it does in North York.
No home energy assessment is required. We confirm eligibility during the free visit and handle the rebate paperwork ourselves.
Not Sure If We Cover You
Ask. It is a short answer and it costs nothing.
Call or text (416) 990-4555, or book an assessment. The visit is free, takes about an hour, and ends with a written quote and a straight answer about what your house needs.
If we are not the right people for the job, we will tell you that too.