What Pasadena Homeowners Say About Topside Attic Insulation Pasadena
We’ve insulated more than 9,000 homes since 2016, and every one of them started with a written price and ended with a documented photo record. Reviews aren’t something we chase; they’re what happens when you show up on time, seal the attic floor before you blow insulation, and hand the homeowner a before-and-after blower-door number they can read for themselves. In Pasadena, where summer attic temperatures can hit 140 degrees and winter nights still pull heat through unsealed top plates, homeowners remember the crew that measured the problem, fixed it in the right order, and left proof behind.
Recent Reviews
“Our 1924 bungalow in Bungalow Heaven had original knob-and-tube wiring and zero insulation in the walls. Wes walked the attic with me, showed me where the top plates were leaking into the soffits, and wrote a price on the spot for air sealing plus blown-in cellulose. The blower-door test started at 5,800 CFM50 and finished at 2,900. Our PG&E bill dropped 34% the next summer. They also sent me a link to every photo the crew took, which I showed my neighbor, and now she’s getting her attic done too.”
Brandon P., Bungalow Heaven, Pasadena
“We bought a mid-century ranch in Linda Vista that had rat damage in the attic and compressed fiberglass from the 1980s. Topside didn’t just vacuum it out and leave. They sealed every penetration, installed new baffles at the eaves, blew in GreenFiber cellulose to R-49, and rodent-proofed with galvanized steel mesh where the roof met the fascia. The written scope was three pages. The photo record was 47 images. I’ve never hired a contractor this thorough.”
Alma S., Linda Vista, Pasadena
“I got three quotes for spray foam in my crawl space under our home in Madison Heights. Two companies wanted to start Monday. Wes was the only one who wanted to run a blower-door test first to see if the crawl space was even the main leak. It wasn’t. The attic was pulling 3,200 CFM50 through unsealed can lights and a chase around the old furnace flue. We air-sealed the attic, added a radiant barrier, and saved the crawl space budget for next year. The second-opinion meeting alone was worth the phone call.”
Beatriz R., Madison Heights, Pasadena
“Our home in the Chapman Woods area was built in 1962 with R-19 batts that had settled to maybe R-10 and gaps everywhere the electrician had run new romex. The crew from Topside pulled it all out, found two old roof leaks the inspector missed, and documented everything with photos before they added anything new. They used Owens Corning blown-in wool to R-60, which Wes explained was overkill for code but made sense for how long we planned to stay. The 365-Day Done Right Promise was in writing before they touched a tool. That’s not normal in this business.”
Lisa M., Chapman Woods, Pasadena
“I called at 10 PM because our upstairs was hitting 85 degrees even with the AC running flat out. A live person answered, scheduled me for Thursday, and Wes showed up with a thermal camera. The soffit vents were blocked by the previous owner’s blown-in, the bath fan was dumping into the attic, and the access hatch had a quarter-inch gap all around. They fixed the ventilation, air-sealed the hatch with a Therma-Stor cover, and re-distributed the existing insulation with new baffles. Total cost was under what I expected, and they published the blower-door drop from 4,100 to 1,900 CFM50 right on the invoice.”
Brandon P., Bungalow Heaven, Pasadena
“After the 2023 storms, we had mold in our crawl space vapor barrier in the Hastings Ranch area. I brought Topside a written estimate from another company for encapsulation. Wes sat with me and read it line by line. Their quote included spray foam on the rim joists that would have trapped moisture against the sill plate. He wrote us a different scope: new 6-mil vapor barrier, sealed seams, dehumidifier drain to daylight, and no foam where it would cause rot. The Haven Standard clause about written price before work starts isn’t marketing. It’s how every conversation actually goes.”
Alma S., Hastings Ranch, Pasadena
Why Customers Trust Us
Every review above mentions the same things because they’re the same things we do on every job in Pasadena. Seal first, then insulate. Air sealing of top plates, can lights, and penetrations happens before any insulation goes in. The blower-door numbers get published. The photo record gets delivered. The price gets written before anyone lifts a tool, under Haven Standard Clause 1.
We’ve been independently owned and operated since 2016, and we source materials from Owens Corning, Johns Manville, Knauf, Rockwool, CertainTeed, Icynene, Demilec, and GreenFiber. No proprietary lock-in means we specify what actually works for your attic, not what our warehouse needs to move. The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers every completed job, and calls get answered by a live person, not a voicemail loop with a callback window measured in business days.
If you’re in Pasadena, Altadena, South Pasadena, or anywhere in the San Gabriel Valley and you’ve got a written estimate you want read line by line, or you just want to know what your blower-door number actually is, call us at (213) 816-5351. Estimates are free. The second opinion is free. The photo record is included. And the price you’ll get in writing is the price you’ll pay.
Written by Wes Okafor, Owner at Topside Attic Insulation Pasadena, serving Pasadena since 2016.