Vaughan Attic Insulation Questions And Answers

Scratching or thumping overhead at night, a musty or ammonia odour near the hatch, and droppings or packed-down trails in the fill are the common clues. A free walk-through with photos settles it.

Health officials advise against sweeping or vacuuming droppings while dry, since the dust can carry hantavirus. Soak them in disinfectant first and wear a proper respirator. For a whole attic, a professional clean-out is the safer route.

Not in every case. When the damage is confined to a few bays, those sections come out, get disinfected and are blended back in with new fill. Droppings or urine spread across the attic mean everything goes.

Brand-new Ontario houses are built to roughly R-60 in the attic. Plenty of Vaughan homes from around 1996 to 2006 sit near R-31, so topping up nearly doubles them.

Fill by itself will not keep mice out. Closing their entry points and keeping the attic clean is what works, and sealing the outside of the house belongs to the wildlife control company.

Both reach R-60 well. Cellulose is heavier and packs tightly around wiring; fiberglass is light and shrugs off moisture. Your quote recommends one and can price the other on request.

Possibly, if you own a detached home, semi or townhouse that burns Enbridge gas for heat, or uses another fuel and is on Ontario's power grid. The no-assessment rebate only pays when the installer is on the program's approved roster, and that roster is not taking new contractors. The assessment path lets you choose any installer. Last checked October 2026.

A clean-out and refill takes one to two days on most homes. A plain top-up is often finished by lunch.

We crawl the attic, measure depth at several points, look for damage, leaks and gaps, and photograph each section. Then the photos and a written quote arrive by email.