Meet the Austin Team Behind Laurel Attic Insulation Austin
We’re a small crew by design. Attic work is cramped, hot, and detail-heavy, so we keep our Austin team tight and cross-trained. Everyone you’ll meet below has worked in Central Texas attics long enough to know that Hill Country heat makes insulation choices matter more here than in most places. Summertime attic temps in Austin regularly push past 140 degrees. That’s not a fact we toss around to impress anyone; it’s why we take R-value calculations, air sealing, and ventilation seriously. You’ll see the same faces from the first estimate to the final photo update. No subcontractor roulette.
Our People
Chase Whitaker, Owner
Chase started with Laurel Attic Insulation Austin in 2003, back when blown fiberglass was the default answer to almost every attic problem and spray foam was still a niche product most Austin homeowners hadn’t heard of. He’ll tell you the industry changed fast, and he changed with it, because attics don’t reward stubbornness. Before Laurel, Chase worked residential construction and saw firsthand what happens when insulation is an afterthought. Now he handles estimates, material selection, and the occasional late-night phone call because he refuses to let a voicemail answer for the business. If you’ve got an odd attic layout or an energy bill that doesn’t match your square footage, Chase is usually the one who climbs up to take a look before quoting a price. He lives in north Austin and spends his weekends pretending he enjoys yard work.
Rosa M., Service Coordinator
Rosa has been with Laurel Attic Insulation Austin for nine years, and she’s the reason your appointment window is an actual time, not a four-hour shrug. She coordinates schedules, tracks the live arrival updates, and makes sure the before-and-after photos actually get sent before the technician has even backed out of the driveway. Before joining Laurel, Rosa dispatched HVAC crews across Travis and Williamson counties, so she knows the traffic patterns on MoPac and I-35 better than most delivery drivers. When you call with a question about your written quote or need to reschedule because something came up, Rosa answers. No phone tree, no “please hold for the next available representative.” She keeps a small aloe plant on her desk that she has somehow kept alive for six years.
Danny K., Lead Technician
Danny runs most of the attic insulation and removal jobs in Austin, and he’s been doing it for fourteen years, the last seven with Laurel. His specialty is older homes in neighborhoods like Hyde Park, Allandale, and Crestview, where attic access is tight and the existing insulation is often a matted mess of 1970s fiberglass that’s doing almost nothing. Danny holds a current OSHA 10 certification and has formal training in Owens Corning and Johns Manville installation methods, but he’ll tell you the real education came from a thousand Austin summers in unventilated attics. He’s particular about baffles. You’d be surprised how many insulation crews skip them, and Danny won’t. When he’s not strapped into a respirator, he rebuilds old motorcycles and has a soft spot for breakfast tacos from a specific truck on North Lamar he refuses to name because he doesn’t want the line getting longer.
Marcus T., Senior Installer
Marcus handles most of the spray foam insulation work, which takes a different kind of patience than blown-in fiberglass. Closed-cell and open-cell foam react to temperature and humidity, and Austin’s climate swings hard enough that you have to read the conditions on the day of the install, not just follow the manufacturer’s data sheet. Marcus has eight years in the trade and holds certifications from Demilec and Icynene, which means he’s trained to shoot foam in everything from new construction in Leander to retrofit jobs in Barton Hills where the attic is hotter than the roof deck. Before insulation, Marcus worked warehouse logistics, and it shows in how clean his job sites stay. Foam overspray is a mess if you rush it; Marcus doesn’t rush. He’s a dad of two, coaches youth soccer, and listens to a lot of classic country on the drive to job sites in far south Austin.
One Standard, Every Job
Every person on this page works from the same checklist. A written price before anything starts. A written guarantee covering workmanship for 365 days. A free second visit if something fails, no charge and no argument. Before-and-after photos sent to your phone. An arrival time you can track live. That’s the Relay Standard, and it applies whether we’re pulling old insulation out of a 1950s ranch in Rosedale or installing new spray foam in a three-story build in Mueller. Nobody on the Austin team gets to skip a step because the job ran long or the attic was hotter than expected. Chase set that rule on day one in 2003, and he’s never relaxed it. The materials come from eight brands; Owens Corning, Johns Manville, Knauf, Rockwool, CertainTeed, Icynene, Demilec, and GreenFiber. The standards come from us. And they’re the same on a $1,200 blown-in job as they are on a $12,000 spray foam retrofit. If Rosa books your appointment, Danny or Marcus does the attic work, and Chase signs off on the final photos. That’s the whole system. It works because we keep it simple and we keep it in writing.
Written by Chase Whitaker, Owner at Laurel Attic Insulation Austin, serving Austin since 2003.