Super Attic Solutions

Super Attic Solutions Please contact us for a free inspection & estimate!

We are a local family owned business that specializes in attic & crawl space insulation, ventilation, rodent proofing, duct work, sump pumps, mold remediation, etc.

09/29/2026

One thing. Before the first PNW rain.

Check the v***r barrier seams in your crawl space.

Not the whole crawl. Just where two panels overlap. Those overlaps should be taped — most aren’t. An untaped seam during a Puget Sound winter means ground moisture rises directly into the crawl space air. The humidity rises. The insulation above it absorbs it. In four to six weeks, you have a mold situation that an $18 roll of tape would have prevented.

Here’s what the check takes: a flashlight and 20 minutes. You’re looking for any overlap where the two sheets aren’t connected. If you see a gap, tape it with v***r barrier tape — available at any hardware store, three minutes per seam.

If you don’t want to go under, we do a pre-autumn inspection for free. Link in bio.

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09/23/2026

Rodents don’t damage insulation evenly. They nest in it.

The nesting material traps moisture. The moisture causes mold growth. The mold grows where the insulation faces the wood — the side you can’t see from the attic hatch.

By the time you smell it, the colony has been there for one season. Maybe two.

This is the most common finding on our rodent-proofing jobs in Kirkland, Bellevue, and Redmond. It doesn’t look dramatic from the outside. The pull-back reveals it every time.

09/21/2026

The homeowner called us about a smell that got stronger every time the furnace turned on.

We pulled one supply duct from the second bedroom. Twenty-two years of accumulated material — dust, pet dander, construction debris, and biological growth. The duct was running air past all of it every time the heat kicked on.

We cleaned all fourteen ducts in the house that day. Three technicians, six hours, one truck-mounted extraction unit.

The smell was gone before we packed up.

The national recommendation is to clean ducts every five to seven years. The honest recommendation: if you don’t know when yours were last cleaned, they need it.

Comment AIR → we’ll DM the visual guide to what different contamination levels look like in supply ducts.

09/19/2026

Most crawl space quotes include a “v***r barrier.” Most don’t tell you what gauge.
A 6-mil v***r barrier is what builders use during construction — designed to survive one installation, not ten years of crawl space conditions. If a contractor quotes a 6-mil without mentioning it, they’re either not aware of the difference or hoping you aren’t.
Here’s what actually matters:
→ 6-mil: builder’s grade. Not appropriate for a lived-in home.
→ 10-mil: minimum acceptable for an Eastside home. Holds up against moderate foot traffic.
→ 12-mil: recommended for any crawl space with moisture history, rodent history, or high-traffic access.
→ 20-mil: encapsulation-grade. Used for fully sealed crawl spaces with HVAC integration.
The material difference between a 6-mil and a 12-mil is smaller than you’d expect. The labor is identical.
Next time you compare crawl-space quotes, ask: “What gauge v***r barrier?” If they can’t answer — get another quote.
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09/12/2026

Puget Sound averages 150 days of rain a year. Most of that arrives between October and March.
October is three weeks away.
If your attic or crawl space has any of these conditions right now, they will get worse once the rain starts — not better:
— V***r barrier with open seams or gaps
— Attic insulation compressed below R-30
— A soffit vent with any gap or tear in the screen
— Foundation vents without intact mesh
— Any standing moisture in the crawl space from summer
The window to fix these is right now. After October, access is harder, material gets damp during installation, and the work costs more.
We’re doing pre-autumn inspections across the Eastside through September. Comment RAIN → we’ll DM the 5-point autumn readiness checklist for Kirkland and Bellevue homes.

09/02/2026

We had rodent problem in our house. Also our house had bare minimum insulation in some places. Isaac was very helpful, he also took some photos of the attic and crawl space. They gave me a reasonable quote for rodent proofing and insulation. Their crew was on time and finished the job in two days. Really appreciate their hard work.

08/25/2026

Your AC duct runs through a warm attic. The duct surface is cold. The attic air in August is warm and humid.

That temperature difference creates condensation on the duct wrap — every day, for six to eight hours, from July through September.

Over four to six weeks, that’s enough moisture to start a mold colony on the underside of the insulation — before the first September rain even arrives.

This is the thing about PNW summer attics: the moisture problem doesn’t go on vacation in summer. It just changes which surface is causing it. January is roof leaks. August is AC duct condensation.

We check for this during every summer inspection. Takes about ten minutes to identify. The fix is sealing the duct wrap joint — a twenty-minute job, not a full remediation.

September starts in eight days.

08/12/2026

Twenty-three years of accumulated damage in one attic.

The crew found compressed pink fiberglass from the original build, rodent nesting material packed between the joists, and moisture intrusion on the north-facing side. The insulation was doing nothing.

Day one: bag out and remove the old material, seal the two soffit entry points where the rodents came in, treat for odor. Day two: install new R-49 blown-in insulation, air-seal the attic floor penetrations, close it up.

The homeowner asked us why we didn’t just add insulation on top of the old layer. That’s the question we get most often. You can’t insulate over rodent damage. The contaminated material has to come out first.

08/08/2026

Three guys. Eight hours. One Kirkland crawl space. Watch what changed.

This is what eight hours of crawl space work looks like compressed into 30 seconds.

Three guys, two passes of cleanup, one v***r barrier roll-out, a rim joist re-seal, and the rebuild that the homeowner doesn’t see but feels six months later in the floor temperature and the energy bill.

The before is what they found. The after is what they left.

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07/25/2026

The rim joist is the band of wood that runs around the perimeter of your crawl space, where the floor meets the foundation. It’s the single biggest air leak in most Eastside homes — and the easiest one to fix.

Most crawl space jobs in Seattle skip it. The crew lays a new v***r barrier across the dirt floor and calls it done. The rim joist keeps leaking 30% of the conditioned air upstairs.

A two-part foam sealant + R-13 rigid foam strip across the rim joist takes one technician about three hours. It pays back in four to six months in winter heating savings, year-round.

Next time you compare crawl-space quotes, ask: ‚Does this include rim joist sealing?‘

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11335 NE 122nd Way, Suite 105
Kirkland, WA
98034

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm
Sunday 8am - 6pm

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+18006744933

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