Payless Insulation

We moved into a 1950s home in Austin (Zilker) 2 years ago. We knew the house wasn’t insulated, but we had a great HVAC system, so we figured it wouldn’t be an issue. We were wrong. We couldn’t get our house down to below 85 degrees during the middle of the summer, and during the winter, we had to keep the heater running ²⁴⁄₇. We eventually decided to spend the money and get the house insulated. We called around to tons of companies, and got so much different advice. Some contractors wanted to take all the dry wall out, insulate with fiberglass, at a cost of over $ 2000 per room (12×12 rooms). We were also told that «blow in» insulation wasn’t an option as the foam can expand causing the dry wall to burst open. We were told that no one really puts blow in insulation into older homes, and that the foam is usually used in new homes, before the dry wall is put in. I was starting to lose hope that I’d find an affordable way to insulate my house, and after more googling found Payless Insulation. To be honest, I was skeptical because of the name, with the word «payless» usually suggesting sub par work. (Sorry guys, being honest here)… Anyway, I gave them a chance, and a guy named Nate came over to do the assessment (which was free). He quoted me for all the exterior walls in the house, and the attic, and I was honestly so relieved when I heard the price. Nate also suggested getting some weather sealing done on my doors, and some sealing of my AC unit (some cold air was leaking out). The work was scheduled for the following week, and the guys came out and did everything in a day (attic and walls). There was a little bit of work for me to do afterwards. They were able to spray in cellulose insulation through the exterior walls, and the holes were plugged with wood plugs, which needed to be sanded and painted. I’m sure I could have paid someone to do this, but it really wasn’t too bad. I covered the wood plugs with Elmer’s wood filler, then waited for that to dry, then sanded (bought a $ 60 rotary sander from home depot), then painted a couple coats. House looks good as new, and now the AC is only running ¼ of the amount it used to. I am one very happy customer, and will be recommending Payless to friends and family. Thank you guys for the great service.

I had Payless Insulation come out with Green Collar energy. They both did an excellent job explaining the process, getting me an accurate quote, and the work was professional and well done.
I had added insulation to get it up to R38 (was R12) from Payless. The workers were efficient, nice, and did a great job. They left a little mess in the laundry room (oh no…2 minutes of sweeping), but aside from that, very well done. I’d definitely recommend them.

I got a later of cellulose blown into my attic and am really happy with the result. The Payless team was very quick and efficient and didn’t leave a mess behind after they were done. Highly recommend it!

I highly recommend Payless Insulation. They added insulation in my attic and sound proofed my bathroom walls. The guys were very professional. They were careful in my home and did a great job.

Neil Kornbleet and crew were exceptional. They added insul in my attic. Used a high grade cellulose product (check it out – lot of advantages). Fair price. Extremely courteous customer service. Showed up on time, covered my floors, did the work as spec’d, and cleaned up after themselves. I couldn’t be more pleased.

When I saw Payless Insulation at an Austin home show, I realized they were the same people who had done a great job insulating the walls of our vintage wood siding house 25 years ago. Now I needed the attic done in our new house, because it had only the thin pink fiberglass batts. Now our attic is a fluffy pile of blown in recycled newspaper Celbar insulation that is fire retardant and helps repel insects. Robert, the installer, had 29 years of experience and went literally way out of his way to climb into the tiniest areas to blow the insulation in. Places the original builder had just ignored because they were too hard to get to to insulate. He carefully worked around the stuff we had stored up there, and they were super neat and put everything back just like it had been. They covered all of the front hall and the complete staircase in plastic. Then once Robert was in the attic, he taped a big piece of plastic over the attic door opening, so no dust or insulation would fall out into our living space. And the price was quite reasonable. Highly recommend.