Spray Foam Insulation in Colorado City, TX

Spray Foam Insulation in Colorado City often means working on homes with a lot of history. The Mitchell County seat started as a ranger camp in 1877, got a railway station and post office in 1881, and was named county seat that year. Its first school met in a dugout. The city sits between the Colorado River to the west and Lone Wolf Creek to the east.

Housing

The 2020 census counted 3,991 residents and 1,950 housing units, with 20.9% of units vacant. Of occupied homes, 63.0% were owner-occupied and 37.0% renter-occupied. The mix includes early homes from the salt-mining and farming years, houses from the oil decades, and manufactured homes. Wikipedia notes the city once had a mobile home factory.

Climate

Colorado City's records run from 115F to -7F. It averages about 22 inches of precipitation and 1.6 inches of snow a year. A semiarid climate like this, with hot afternoons and cold nights, rewards a tight, well-insulated attic.

Oil, salt and farming

The local economy moved from salt mining to farming to oil; a refinery operated from 1924 to 1969. In older homes we commonly find thin insulation and unsealed ceilings, and in raised homes, open floors with no insulation underneath.

Rentals and vacant homes

With about one in five units vacant and over a third of occupied homes rented, some houses sit empty between tenants or owners. That is a good time to clean out an old attic and re-insulate without disturbing anyone.

Climate zone

Mitchell County is Climate Zone 3B on OpenEI's list. We aim for R-38 to R-49 in attics and R-19 under raised floors.

Older civic core

A new public school was built by 1910 along with a waterworks and electric plant, and city hall was built by 1926. Homes near the center of town often date from those early decades. They tend to have tall ceilings, little wall insulation, and attics that have been insulated once and never again.

Raised floors

Some of those older houses sit on piers. Sealing and insulating under the floor, with closed-cell foam or supported batts, stops winter drafts from below. We check plumbing so pipes are not left exposed on the cold side.

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