What Menlo Park Homeowners Say About Topside Attic Insulation Menlo Park
We’ve insulated and sealed more than 9,000 homes since 2016, and every one of them closed with a documented photo record and a written price agreed to before anyone lifted a tool. Reviews aren’t something we chase. They’re what happens when you show a homeowner the blower-door numbers, hand them the photos, and leave the attic cleaner than you found it. In Menlo Park, where building stock ranges from 1950s Eichlers to new construction in the Willows, the details change but the standard doesn’t.
Recent Reviews
“Our 1962 ranch in the Suburban Park area had original fiberglass batting that was compressed to about two inches and rodent damage along the eaves. Wes walked the attic with me, showed me the top plates and can-light penetrations that were pulling conditioned air straight out, and gave me a written price that same afternoon. The crew sealed everything first, then blew in GreenFiber to R-38. Blower-door test started at 3,800 CFM50 and finished at 1,900. Our PG&E bill dropped 34% the next two months.”
- Beatriz R., Suburban Park, Menlo Park
“I got two other estimates for spray foam in our crawl space under the house in Belle Haven. One contractor wanted to start the next day without a written scope. The other couldn’t tell me what vapor barrier thickness they were using. Topside gave me a flat price, the product spec sheet for the Demilec open-cell foam, and a 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. The crew was uniformed, background-checked, and texted me when they were twenty minutes out. Photos of every bay, before and after, were in my inbox that evening.”
- Rosa V., Belle Haven, Menlo Park
“We bought a teardown in the Willows and planned to flip it. The attic had been used as storage for forty years, with six inches of compacted cellulose, rat droppings, and disconnected ductwork. I expected to be upsold on everything. Instead, Wes broke it into three options: cleanout only, cleanout plus air sealing, or full removal and re-insulation with a radiant barrier. We went with the middle option. Written price before work started, documented photo record when they left, and the crew found two code violations in the old HVAC penetrations that the home inspector missed.”
- Amit R., The Willows, Menlo Park
“My wife and I both work in tech. We don’t have time to chase contractors who don’t show or leave voicemail loops. I called at 7:15 on a Tuesday evening expecting a machine. A live person answered, scheduled an energy audit for Thursday, and sent a confirmation text with the technician’s name. The audit turned up a 12-degree temperature differential between our first and second floors in the Allied Arts house. Turned out the wall insulation behind the kneewalls had settled to nothing. They dense-packed Rockwool from the exterior, matched the stucco, and the differential dropped to 2 degrees. Blower-door numbers were published in the final report: 4,100 before, 2,400 after.”
- Jeff D., Allied Arts, Menlo Park
“We’d been in our Oak Knoll home eight years and the upstairs bedrooms were unusable in July. Three HVAC companies quoted us new units. Wes was the only one who climbed into the attic, took a thermal image, and showed me the attic floor was 142°F while the living room below was 78°F. The problem wasn’t the AC. We air-sealed the top plates and chimney chase, added a radiant barrier, and blew in Owens Corning fiberglass to R-49. That was August 2023. We haven’t touched the thermostat upstairs since.”
- Beatriz R., Oak Knoll, Menlo Park
“I’m a structural engineer. I ask annoying questions. Wes answered every one without deflecting: why open-cell versus closed-cell on the crawl space walls, why not just add more insulation without sealing first, what the perm rating was on the vapor barrier. He even pointed out that one of the competing quotes had spec’d a product that was discontinued in 2019. We ended up with Icynene open-cell on the walls, a 10-mil reinforced poly vapor barrier on the dirt, and sealed rim joists. The Haven Standard Clause 1 written price was itemized by line item. I’ve recommended them to three neighbors in Sharon Heights.”
- Amit R., Sharon Heights, Menlo Park
Why Customers Trust Us
Every review above points to the same thing: a process that starts with data and ends with documentation. We don’t blow insulation over an unsealed attic floor. We seal first, then insulate, and we prove the result with before-and-after blower-door numbers. The 365-Day Done Right Promise isn’t a feeling. It’s a written warranty delivered before anyone starts work. The documented photo record isn’t available on request. It’s included on every job, automatically.
We’ve been independently owned and operated under The Haven Standard since 2016. Calls are answered by a live person, 24/7. Technicians are background-checked and uniformed. Materials come from eight major manufacturers, so we specify what’s right for your assembly, not what we’re locked into selling.
If you’re comparing estimates, bring us any written quote. We’ll read it with you, line by line, under our Free Second Opinion. No obligation, no pressure. Under Haven Standard Clause 1, you’ll get a flat price, a written scope, and a written warranty before anyone lifts a tool.
Call (510) 876-4113 to schedule an energy audit or request a written price for your Menlo Park home.
Written by Wes Okafor, Owner at Topside Attic Insulation Menlo Park, serving Menlo Park since 2016.