High River is the one town on this site where the lower storey of a house is frequently newer than the upper one. A great many buildings here had their lower levels taken back to the concrete and rebuilt inside the last decade, and that single fact decides where the useful work now is.
The bottom of the house is newer than the top
It produces a building in two parts. Below the line where the work stopped, the assembly is recent, was installed by identifiable people at a known date, and is frequently documented. Above it, the house is exactly what it was: about 36% of homes in High River predate 1991 and the rest are mostly not much newer, so the upper storey carries the assemblies and the habits of its decade. Those two halves need different work and the line between them is where a surprising amount of air moves.
The paperwork is an asset, and almost nobody uses it
Contractor scopes, invoices and assessment reports from the rebuild sit in a lot of households here, and they frequently name exactly what was done below the main floor: what came out, what went back, whether the membrane was renewed, whether anybody touched the rim joist. Ten minutes of reading before a visit turns a survey into a specific conversation. No other town on this site has that information available and it is worth using rather than re-discovering.
Where the money goes now
On most properties here the answer is upward. The ceiling plane and the attic have had no attention for a decade while everything else was being dealt with, and the junction where the new work stopped is the other item worth finding. The lower level, on a good rebuild, may need nothing at all. On a fast rebuild it may need the wall opened again, and knowing which of those you have is the first thing to settle rather than the last.
The three things worth being sceptical about here
Adding depth to a High River attic over an unsealed ceiling plane does very little, here as anywhere. Drilling and filling an upper-storey cavity that already contains batt fills some space and seals nothing. And on a lower level that was rebuilt properly, being sold a second treatment of a wall that is already performing is the specific thing to be wary of in this town.
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Spray Foam Insulation High River: Common Questions
Is there anything left to insulate if the lower level was rebuilt? Usually upward. The attic and the ceiling plane have had no attention while that was going on.
How do we find out what was done down there? The rebuild paperwork usually says. It is worth reading before anybody visits.
Is the wall worth doing? Above the rebuild line on a High River house, rarely. The junctions and the ceiling come first.
No price without seeing the building. Get a quote - and bring whatever records you have from the rebuild, because they answer half the questions.