Pure Seal
Mentor, OH 44060
Testimonials
I have a brick veneered wood framed ranch home built in the mid 1960’s. Even though the prior owners had installed energy efficient windows and doors, the home was drafty and expensive to heat/cool. The exterior walls had what passed for insulation at the time it was built but the fiberglass insulation had begun to break down, shrink, the paper vapor barrier was cracked and pulled away from the studs. In addition, a few of the exterior walls had knob and tube wiring in them that would have been difficult at best to replace.
While researching what was available to retrofit into the exterior walls, I ran across Air Krete expanding injectable insulation. I contacted Torsten at Pure Seal in Mentor, Ohio to get a quote. Torsten came out and gave me so much valuable information on the best way to insulate my house that I knew his company was the right one for me.
The crew drilled holes in the mortar joints between the bricks and injected the Air Krete into the wall cavities all the way around the house. They then went into the attic and Air sealed the ceiling before installing baffles and blowing an R-60 insulation in the attic. The crew was very professional, worked fast and cleaned up so well you would hardly know they were ever there. The mortar patches they put into the holes they drilled matched the existing color very well. I had recently had a new roof with ridge venting installed but Torsten said there wasn’t enough soffit venting so I had continuous soffit venting put in to finish the project.
The difference in the house is amazing, the house is quieter, much less expensive to heat and cool and the drafts are gone. The enormous icicles hanging from my gutters also went away.
I would gladly recommend Pure Seal to anyone. Torsten is a wealth of information that really helps making the right decisions easy.
In 2013 as I was designing my home, I was very interested in employing environmentally conscious initiatives. I had educated myself on the long-term benefits of using geothermal versus conventional furnaces. I also knew how my consumption would be less if I had better quality insulation and thicker walls. A friend who had built their home a few years earlier had used Pure Seal instead of conventional fiberglass insulation. When I asked him about his 4 year utility averages on an 8000 square foot home in Chagrin Falls Ohio, I was certainly intrigued. Torsten met with me and my LEED certified designer to explain to us the benefits of foam insulation compared to the builder’s standard of blown in cellulose. Within the week he prepared an estimate and a fluid plan to maximize the benefits of all elements in my structure, HVAC etc. In January of 2015, his team followed the original plan and integrated well with my chosen builder to insulate the home. I was really impressed with how small the utility bills were throughout that year of construction. During the finish, there were some minor adjustments that required him to come on site for some modifications. I could always count on him to be there within 24 hours with a site visit and a quick implementation of a solution.
From inception to the finish, I found that Torsten and Pure Seal have delivered both in product and service. Though there is some financial investment compared to minimal, conventional materials, there is no question that I feel my decision to insulate this way was well-placed.