Spray Foam Insulation in Burleson, TX

Burleson sits on I-35W about 15 miles south of Fort Worth. Most of the city is in northern Johnson County, and a small piece reaches north into Tarrant County. It had 20,976 residents in 2000 and 47,641 in 2020, and about 56 percent of its homes were built in 2000 or later. Around those subdivisions you also find detached garages, steel shops and an industrial business park, so insulation in Burleson is not only an attic question.

Homes in Burleson

Burleson’s housing falls into two broad groups. About 35 percent of homes date from 1970 to 1999, and 56 percent from 2000 on, with only a small share older than that. Most of them sit on a slab, with the furnace or air handler and the ductwork overhead in the attic. When that attic passes 130°F in the summer, the ducts are carrying cooled air through that heat to every room in the house.

For both groups we usually recommend open cell foam on the underside of the roof deck, about 5.5 inches for roughly R-20. Sealing the roof deck pulls the attic inside the conditioned envelope, so the ducts and air handler work in mild air. If the attic has a gas furnace or water heater, its combustion air gets checked before anything is sealed. In the 1970s to 1990s homes, the original insulation on the attic floor may be worn out, and we can vacuum it out first. Read more on our attic spray foam page.

Building new? On the west side, Chisholm Summit is planned for about 3,000 homes at build-out, with direct access to the Chisholm Trail Parkway. For any new house, foam goes into the exterior walls and the roof deck after the rough-ins and before drywall. See new construction spray foam.

Shops, garages and metal buildings around Burleson

Not every building worth insulating is a house. Around Burleson that includes detached garages that double as workshops, steel shops behind homes on larger lots, and industrial buildings like those in HighPoint Business Park, which the city expanded to about 230 acres.

Steel buildings have a problem wood-framed ones don’t. Thin metal panels change temperature fast, so a roof that cooled overnight collects water as soon as warm, humid morning air hits it, and that water rains down on tools, vehicles and stock. Closed cell foam sprayed straight onto the steel ends that. It bonds to the panels, stiffens them, and at about 1.5 inches works as a vapor retarder. Two inches is about R-13 and three inches about R-20. Our metal building page has more.

Wood-framed garages and shops can take open or closed cell. If you plan to add a mini-split and work out there year-round, foaming the walls and the roof deck lets a smaller unit keep up. An attached garage matters to the house as well, since its ceiling often sits right under the main attic. See shops and garages.

Neighborhoods and ZIP codes we cover

We cover all of Burleson’s 76028 ZIP code, including Old Town, the neighborhoods on both sides of I-35W, Chisholm Summit on the west side, and the north end of the city in Tarrant County. The same ZIP takes in Briaroaks and Cross Timber, the small towns just southwest and south of Burleson, and we work there too.

Burleson spray foam questions

My detached shop has no AC. Is foam still worth it?

Often, yes. An uninsulated steel shop sitting in the sun can get hotter inside than it is outside, because the roof soaks up heat and passes it straight through. Foam on the roof and walls slows that down, so the shop stays closer to the outdoor temperature, and closed cell stops the condensation drip on cool mornings. If you add a mini-split later, the building is already insulated for it.

Do you work in Briaroaks, Cross Timber and the county land around Burleson?

Yes. Briaroaks and Cross Timber share Burleson’s 76028 ZIP code, and we also cover the acreage outside city limits in Johnson County. Out there the building might be a shop, a barn or a metal building as well as a house, and the free measure works the same way: we come out, measure, and send a written quote, usually within 24 hours.

We run a business in HighPoint Business Park. Can you insulate without shutting us down?

Usually, yes. We plan the sequence with you so the parts of the building in use stay open, and we mask off equipment, racking and stock from overspray before we start. Steel roofs and walls get closed cell to stop condensation, and office areas can take open cell. Plan for people to stay out of each sprayed section for about 24 hours. See commercial spray foam.