Serving Arvada, CO
Insulation & Air Sealing in
Arvada
Arvada is one of the metro cities we work in most, and its housing tells a clear story: half the homes went up between 1950 and 1979, the typical house sold today dates from about 1977, and the newest neighborhoods in the northwest are barely a decade old. Each era fails in its own way, and we diagnose by era, from Olde Town bungalows to Candelas two-stories.
Arvada At A Glance
The conditions we design around here
Elevation
5,350 ft at City Hall, rising past 5,800 ft in Candelas
County
Jefferson County (a northeast slice in Adams County)
Radon risk
EPA Zone 1 (highest predicted risk)
Housing stock
Median year built 1980: half the homes date from 1950 to 1979, three quarters predate 2000, and the 2010s added the northwest neighborhoods
Climate drivers
Foothills chinook winds of 60 to 100 mph in the cold season, baseball-size hail on record, 30-degree day-night swings
Why Arvada Homes Are Different
A 1970s city with a brand-new edge
Arvada’s own housing study found that three quarters of its homes were built before 2000, and the 1970s produced more of them than any other decade. Those houses were built to a code that asked very little of the attic or the walls, and they sit in a hail and wind corridor that works the envelope hard.
Ranches and split-levels from the 1960s and 70s
Thin batts in the attic, uninsulated rim joists, and ducts run through unconditioned space. These homes respond fast to air sealing plus an attic top-up, usually the best dollar in the house.
Olde Town and Reno Park originals
The historic district’s Queen Anne and bungalow stock from 1874 to 1948 means plaster walls, open framing cavities, and additions stacked over decades. Dense-pack insulation and careful air sealing bring them up without stripping the character.
Candelas, Leyden Rock, and the northwest build-out
About 14% of Arvada’s housing was built in the 2010s, most of it up here near 5,800 feet. Tight construction shifts the question to ventilation, duct balance, and bonus rooms over garages that never got the insulation the plans promised.
Jefferson County radon
The county sits in the EPA’s highest radon zone, and Jefferson County Public Health reports that roughly half of homes tested come back above the action level. Its own 2025 test kits ran 53% high. A test is cheap certainty.
Diagnostics
What we commonly find in Arvada homes
These are the patterns that show up repeatedly in this housing stock and climate. Your home gets tested, not assumed, but this is where we look first.
Attics at 1970s depth
A 1975 attic was insulated to a fraction of what this climate calls for, and fifty years of settling has thinned it further. Depth checks on these homes rarely come back anywhere near current targets.
Hail-worked roofs and soffits
The May 2017 storm dropped baseball-size hail on Arvada, and every storm since has loosened soffit vents and roof penetrations that leak air and water. We check the attic side of the roof, not just the shingles.
Wind-driven leakage on the west side
Chinook winds off the foothills pressurize the west face of a house and pull conditioned air out the east. Air sealing the top plates, rim joist, and penetrations is what stops it; a bigger furnace does not.
Bonus rooms over garages in the new builds
Northwest Arvada two-stories commonly have a room over the garage that is cold in winter and hot in summer because the floor cavity was never fully insulated or air sealed. It is a contained, fixable job.
Services in Arvada
What Arvada homes call us for most:
Where We Work
Arvada neighborhoods and areas we serve
We cover Arvada and the surrounding Jefferson County (a northeast slice in Adams County) area. If your street is not listed, it almost certainly still falls inside our range, so just ask.
- Olde Town
- Reno Park
- Stocke-Walter
- Lake Arbor
- Club Crest
- Pomona Lakes
- Alta Vista
- Arvada West
- West Woods
- Five Parks
- Leyden Rock
- Candelas
Local Rebates
Rebates for Arvada addresses
Arvada gets both its electricity and its gas from Xcel Energy, which keeps the rebate picture simple: Xcel covers up to 60% of an energy audit, pays rebates when you insulate, air seal, or upgrade HVAC, and adds $600 on a heat pump when the envelope work comes first. We confirm the current amounts for your address and file every form.
Two programs people ask about: Power Ahead Colorado pays $1,500 on a cold-climate heat pump across the metro, but only through contractors the program has verified, and PowerHouse is not on that list today, so we explain it rather than promise it. Jefferson County’s free weatherization program covers manufactured and modular homes only and closed to applications in July 2026. The city’s own Resident Rebate is a sales-tax refund, not an energy program.
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Arvada questions, answered
Do you work in Arvada regularly?
Yes. Arvada is one of our busiest metro cities, a normal day on the schedule rather than a special trip. We cover every neighborhood from Olde Town out to Candelas.
My 1970s Arvada ranch has one freezing bedroom. What is wrong?
Almost always air leakage plus thin attic insulation, not the furnace. Rooms at the end of the duct run or over a garage lose first. A blower door test shows the leaks, and sealing them before adding insulation fixes the room instead of masking it.
Can you insulate an Olde Town house without tearing into the plaster?
Yes. Dense-pack fills the closed wall cavities from a few small holes, and attic and rim joist work does the rest. Homes in the historic district keep their character and gain a real envelope.
Which rebates do Arvada homes get?
Xcel’s audit, insulation, air sealing, and HVAC rebates, plus Colorado’s state heat pump incentives. Power Ahead Colorado’s $1,500 only pays through its own verified contractors, which we are not, so we tell you that up front.
How bad is radon in Arvada?
Jefferson County Public Health says about half of homes tested exceed the EPA action level of 4 pCi/L. Testing is cheap, and a mitigation system reliably brings a high reading down.
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