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Essex Insulation provides spray foam insulation, attic insulation, and air sealing to Jericho homeowners - from the older farmhouses near Jericho Center to the wooded hillside homes throughout town. We have served Chittenden County since 2015, and we reply to all Jericho inquiries within one business day.
Jericho homes with uninsulated rim joists or crawl spaces lose significant heat at the foundation level all winter, and with heating season running from October through April here, that adds up fast. Spray foam seals the air gap and insulates in the same application, making it the most efficient upgrade for these vulnerable spots. Learn more about spray foam insulation services and how they apply to Jericho properties.
Jericho sits at the foot of the Green Mountains and gets 80 to 100 inches of snow most winters, which makes a well-insulated attic one of the most important features of a home here. Under-insulated attics in this town are the primary driver of ice dams - when roof heat melts snow above and the water refreezes at the eaves, often forcing its way under shingles and into the house.
Blown-in insulation is the most practical way to top off existing attic insulation in Jericho homes without a full tearout, and it fills irregular spaces better than batts in older attics with non-standard framing. Many Jericho homes from the 1960s and 1970s have three to four inches of original insulation that has settled and lost much of its effectiveness - blown-in brings those attics up to current depth quickly.
Jericho farmhouses and mid-century homes often have attic bypasses around chimneys, plumbing chases, and recessed lights that allow warm indoor air to move straight through the insulation layer and into the attic. Air sealing those gaps before adding insulation is what makes the upgrade actually work - insulation alone cannot stop moving air, and skipping this step is the most common reason people are disappointed with insulation results.
Jericho homes built before the 1980s frequently have uninsulated stone or concrete foundation walls that pull heat out of the first floor all winter. Insulating the basement walls or ceiling creates a noticeably warmer lower level and reduces heating costs throughout the house - particularly important in a town where winter temperatures regularly drop well below zero.
Many of the older farmhouses and Colonial-style homes in Jericho Center were built without any wall insulation cavity - they have had cold walls since the day they were constructed. Retrofit methods let us add insulation through small holes in the exterior or interior without opening up finished walls, making the upgrade practical for homes where a full renovation is not on the table.
Jericho sits at the base of the Green Mountains, which means it catches cold air and heavy snowfall that more sheltered towns do not see as much of. The town regularly gets 80 to 100 inches of snow per season, and temperatures drop well below zero multiple times each winter. A large share of the housing stock here was built between the 1950s and 1990s, when insulation standards were far below what Vermont now requires. Many of those homes were insulated correctly for their time, but that standard no longer holds up when heating season runs from October through April.
Jericho Center has a cluster of older farmhouses, some dating to the 1800s, with stone foundations and walls that were built without any insulation cavity. Vermont's freeze-thaw cycle - temperatures swinging above and below freezing repeatedly through the shoulder seasons - accelerates foundation wear and drives moisture into crawl spaces and basements every spring. Insulation work in Jericho has to account for both the older farmhouses in the village and the mid-century and newer single-family homes on the wooded hillside lots surrounding it, and those two building types need different approaches.
Our crew works throughout Jericho regularly, and we pull permits for insulation work here through the Town of Jericho building office. We understand the local conditions that affect insulation work here - the combination of heavy mountain snowfall, older farmhouse building stock in the village center, and larger wooded lots where access is different from a typical suburban job. We know what the homes near Jericho Center look like inside, and we know the difference between working on a 1960s cape on a hillside lot and a 19th-century farmhouse with a stone foundation.
Lee River Road, Browns Trace Road, and Route 15 are familiar routes for us. Jericho is a town where most residents are long-term owners who care about their homes, and we treat every job accordingly. The Old Red Mill in Jericho Center is a landmark most people in town know well, and we work on homes throughout that part of town and on the roads leading east toward the mountains.
We also serve Colchester, VT, just to the west of Jericho, where we do similar work on mid-century and 1980s housing stock. Essex, just a short drive from Jericho via Route 15, is another town our crew covers regularly - and where our shop is based.
Call us or submit the contact form and tell us what you are dealing with - high heating bills, a cold room, a specific area you want looked at, or ice dams that showed up last winter. We respond within one business day, and most Jericho homeowners hear back the same day they reach out.
We schedule a time to come to your Jericho home, look at the attic, basement, crawl space, or walls, and give you a clear estimate with no obligation. We will explain what we found, what we recommend, and why - including any Efficiency Vermont rebates that apply to your project. The estimate is free.
We pull any required permits with the Town of Jericho before the crew arrives. Most insulation jobs - blown-in attic work, spray foam on a rim joist or crawl space, basement wall insulation - are completed in a single day. You do not need to be home for the entire job, but we walk you through the finished work before we leave.
We leave the job site clean, remove all materials and packaging, and walk you through the work that was done. If your project qualifies for Efficiency Vermont rebates, we provide the documentation you need to submit the claim - so you are not left to navigate that process alone after we leave.
We serve Jericho, VT year-round. Free estimates, no obligation, and replies within one business day.
(802) 876-8645Jericho is a small town in Chittenden County, about 15 miles east of Burlington, with a population of around 5,000. The town is best known as the birthplace of Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley, the farmer who became the first person to photograph individual snowflakes in the late 1800s - his legacy is celebrated at the Old Red Mill in Jericho Center. The village center has a classic New England character, with older homes, a historic mill, and open fields that most long-time residents identify as the heart of town.
Housing in Jericho is almost entirely single-family and owner-occupied, with homes ranging from 19th-century farmhouses near the village center to mid-century Capes and Colonials on wooded lots throughout the rest of town. The Green Mountains rise just east of Jericho, with Mount Mansfield visible from much of the town on clear days. Nearby communities include Essex, VT to the southwest and Colchester, VT to the west - both towns where we do regular insulation work.
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