Lapeer is the county seat, the commercial center of the county, and our own back yard — SprayTight is a Lapeer County company, so this is not a market we drive to. The work here divides neatly into three: old houses in and around town, agricultural buildings out in the townships, and the flat-roofed masonry commercial buildings downtown.
1. Farmhouses and In-Town Homes
The housing stock in Lapeer runs from 1870s farmhouses to 1950s ranches to newer builds on the edges of town. The old ones share a profile: a stone or block foundation with the sill and rim wide open, an attic that got a few inches of something in 1970, additions with knee walls and half-story bedrooms, and a hundred years of accumulated air paths. We work bottom to top — seal the sill and rim first, then the attic plane, then whatever awkward assemblies are left upstairs.
2. Pole Barns, Shops and Ag Buildings
Drive five minutes in any direction from Lapeer and you are among working farms and properties with pole buildings. The universal complaint is the same: the roof “leaks” on cold mornings. It is not leaking. Warm, humid interior air is condensing on the underside of the steel and running down the purlins. Closed-cell foam applied directly to the panel eliminates the cold surface and seals every lap and fastener at the same time, which is why it works where batt systems do not.
- Condensation control on steel roof and wall panels
- Heatable shops and equipment storage
- Horse barns, hay storage and machine sheds
- Continuous insulation with no thermal bridging at the purlins
3. Downtown Commercial Roofs
The masonry buildings along Nepessing Street and around the courthouse square have flat roofs and tall parapets, and they leak at the roof-to-wall joint rather than in the field. A sprayed foam roof runs continuously up and over the parapet with no seam or termination, which is exactly the detail a membrane roof cannot do well. It also puts insulation into a building that has probably never had any, and it goes on without a tear-off in a downtown with nowhere to put a dumpster. See SPF roofing systems.
Around Lapeer County
Lapeer, Metamora, Columbiaville, Imlay City, Almont, Dryden, North Branch, Attica, Hadley and Otter Lake. West into Genesee County we cover Flint, Grand Blanc and Davison; south into Oakland County, Oxford and Clarkston. Full list on our service areas page.
Lapeer FAQs
Do you insulate farmhouses in Lapeer County?
It is a good share of our work. A Lapeer County farmhouse typically has an unfinished or partially finished attic, a fieldstone or block foundation with an exposed sill, and additions from three different eras. We usually start with the sill and rim in the basement, then the attic plane, then whatever half-story or knee-wall bedrooms exist upstairs. Nobody insulates a 130-year-old farmhouse to modern code, but you can get most of the comfort for a fraction of the cost by fixing the air leaks in the right order.
Can you insulate a metal or pole building on a Lapeer farm?
Yes, and it is one of the most common calls we get in the county. Closed-cell foam sprayed to the underside of steel roof panels stops condensation from dripping on equipment, hay and vehicles, and it makes a shop building practical to heat. Batt and vinyl-faced systems do not solve condensation because the steel stays cold behind them.
Do you work on downtown Lapeer commercial buildings?
Yes. The buildings along Nepessing Street and around the courthouse square are mostly masonry with flat roofs and parapet walls. Spray-applied foam roofing goes over the existing roof, seals the parapet transitions where these buildings leak, and adds insulation to a building that likely has none. It also avoids staging a tear-off in a tight downtown.
How quickly can you get to a job in Lapeer?
Fast. Our shop is in Lapeer County, so Lapeer is a short drive rather than a scheduling project. Same-week estimates are normal here.