Spray Foam Insulation in Waukee, IA

The newest houses in Central Iowa

Waukee sits in Dallas County west of West Des Moines and Clive along Hickman Road and University Avenue, and it has roughly doubled in size since the 2000s. The Census Bureau's 2020-2024 American Community Survey shows a median year built of 2011 for its roughly 12,200 housing units, with about 80 percent built since 2000 and about 55 percent since 2010. Only about 4 percent predate 1960, concentrated in the small original downtown near the Raccoon River Valley Trail trailhead.

Most of these houses were built under Iowa's 2012-based energy code or the code generation just before it, so the attic and walls are generally insulated to a reasonable standard. The blower door requirement, though, only applies to houses permitted after mid-2014, and even in those the rim joist is often a batt rather than foam.

What a Waukee scope usually contains

Closed-cell foam at the rim joist and sill in the basement, replacing the fiberglass batts. Foam on the poured basement walls before the basement is finished, which in Waukee is often within a few years of the house being built. Insulation and air sealing under the bonus room over the garage. Sealing and insulating the knee walls and the sloped ceiling transitions in story-and-a-half plans. Airtight covers over recessed lights in the top-floor ceiling.

None of these are expensive individually, and together they address the cold-room and ice-dam complaints that new-house owners are surprised to have.

Working with your builder or finisher

If your house is still under construction or you are finishing the basement, we can coordinate directly with the builder or finish contractor so the foam goes on before the framing does. We can also help a builder meet the code's air-leakage target on new homes in Waukee and the rest of Dallas County.