Spray Foam Insulation in Hyattsville, MD

Spray foam insulation in Hyattsville often means a bungalow or an old Victorian. The Hyattsville Historic District has Victorian houses from the late 1880s plus Sears bungalows and Arts & Crafts houses built between the wars. A portion of the city was listed on the National Register in 1982 and the district was extended in 2004. The 2020 census counted 8,673 housing units, 8.4 percent vacant.

Bungalow weak spots

Bungalows have half-story upstairs rooms with knee walls, sloped ceilings and small attic spaces. Those rooms bake in summer and chill in winter. Foam behind knee walls and in sloped ceilings, plus sealing the small attics, is the usual fix.

Victorian houses

Tall frame walls, often empty, can be dense-packed. Attics need sealing and depth. Basements need rim joist foam.

Prince George's County

Hyattsville is in Prince George's County, Climate Zone 4A. Maryland adopted the 2021 IECC in 2023.

Basements and rim joists

Many Hyattsville bungalows sit over basements with brick or block walls and an exposed rim joist. Closed-cell foam at the rim is one of the most affordable upgrades in these houses and often warms the first floor noticeably.

A written plan

We list each area separately, so you can do the upstairs knee walls first and the basement later.

Founding

Christopher Clark Hyatt bought land here in 1845 and named the community in his 1859 application to become postmaster; after the Civil War, landowners subdivided and sold lots, which is where many of the old houses come from. Get a free estimate