Guardian Home Energy

Insulation, Energy Efficiency Auditing

About us

Whole Home Energy Efficiency Weatherization and Insulation Company. We specialize in insulating and sealing houses to create drastic comfort, health and savings differences. We specialize in Comprehensive Home Energy Audits, Attic Clean Outs, Attic/ interior Air-Sealing, Attic Insulation, Attic Ventilation, Radiant Barrier, Whole House Fans, Duct Replacement, Duct Sealing, Drill and Fill Wall Insulation with Full Texture and Paint Match, Crawlspace Insulation/ Vapor Barriers.

Business highlights

11 years of trusted experience

Services we offer

Save money on your utility bills and make your house more comfortable and healthy today!

Amenities

Free Estimates
Yes
Warranties
Yes


Accepted payment methods

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Reviews

4.825 Reviews
Number of StarsImage of DistributionNumber of Ratings
5
76%
4
16%
3
0%
2
0%
1
8%


Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.5
professionalism
4.8
responsiveness
4.8
punctuality
4.8

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Showing 1-25 of 25 reviews

William M.
07/2024
5.0
insulation
  + -1 more
I highly recommend Guardian Insulation for your consideration. They are very competitive, quality service, and careful attention To detail. They also did an excellent job in securing my attic from pest access. I definitely would use them again.
Description of Work: Insulation
Rating CategoryRating out of 5
Yes, I recommend this pro

Sean M.
07/2024
5.0
insulation, energy audit
  + 0 more
Russel was such a professional and kind person to work with. Really knew his stuff and explained it all well to me. Job was done on time and I’m really happy with it
Description of Work: Insulation
Rating CategoryRating out of 5
Yes, I recommend this pro

Akeel L.
07/2024
5.0
insulation, energy audit
  + 0 more
I reached out to Russell from Guardian Energy for getting a home energy audit done. I was glad to discover that he provided exactly the service I was looking for (unlike a competitor whom I also spoke with). During the inspection, Russell was extremely helpful in constantly sharing his knowledge. He pointed out places where my home and appliances were doing fine, and other places where there were gaps. Based on the audit, I went back to Russell to improve my attic insulation. The work was done for a reasonable price, and I particularly appreciated Russell throwing in the air sealing around my doors and windows. Compared to other attic experts, I was not recommended to go with all the bells and whistles, since it wasn't considered necessary during the audit, and that definitely saved me a considerable amount of money. Time will tell how much energy savings my home sees. But my experience with Russell was very positive. I already recommended the energy audit to folks I know. And I recommend it, and Guardian Energy to users of Angi as well.
Description of Work: Insulation, Home Energy Audit
Rating CategoryRating out of 5
Yes, I recommend this pro

Allan F.
07/2024
5.0
insulation
  + -1 more
Great job and I am saving on my electric bill. They matched up the paint exactly and you can't see where they drilled the holes!!
Description of Work: insulation
Rating CategoryRating out of 5
Yes, I recommend this pro

Alan V.
08/2020
5.0
insulation
  + -1 more
They did a good job and were friendly.
Description of Work: Bedroom gets hot and needs insulation
Rating CategoryRating out of 5
Yes, I recommend this pro

Asgar A.
01/2020
1.0
insulation
  + -1 more
He hung up on me after he got frustrated when he couldn't understand the scope of the project. Very rude!
Description of Work: Soundproofing
Rating CategoryRating out of 5

Response from Guardian Home Energy
With all due respect This is not true. You must have us confused with another contractor. Also we do not do soundproofing work. We refer soundproofing inquiries to SoundProofing.org. I’m sure they’ll be able to help you out. Best of luck!

Susa L.
12/2018
5.0
insulation
  + -1 more
Punctual, courteous, cleaned up. completely satisfied with their service. Would recommend them to anyone.
Description of Work: attic Insulation/outside wall insulation

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Kate V.
11/2017
5.0
insulation
  + -1 more
They were pretty prompt. They showed up when they said they would, got the work done in the time-frame that they said. They installed a bunch is insulation and we noticed an immediate difference in the coolness of the house. It worked.
Description of Work: I used Guardian Insulation

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,650

Emery F.
10/2017
5.0
insulation
  + -1 more
Amazing response, speedy service and just great group of people. I would recommend Guardian Home Insulation to anyone.
Description of Work: We had an emergency with mothball exposure and rat infestation in the attic. At the same time my wife was due at any moment with our first child. Brain came in the same day and added a permanent fan to remove the fumes and removed the of insulation the same day. The next day the holes were closed up and the rat area was sterilized. And the new insulation was blown in. All in three days!!!!! It saved our home and made it livable again.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Vanessa and Gary A.
09/2017
5.0
insulation
  + -1 more
I live in the inland empire which if you are not aware of gets really really hot. So I have to run the ac all the time. I have been pricing insulation from different companies and different sites comparing prices for different types of insulation as well as blown in vs placed matting. I was also looking for reliability, quality and price. So after searching home adviser, angies list and yelp decided to go with Guardian insulation. After discussing with Jesse we understood that pricing is different from OC vs. IE and was able to get a fantastic deal priced per the square foot for R-38 blown in cellulose my home is 1300 sq feet and even now I feel the difference. Not only that they installed during one of the hottest days in the IE 105 degrees!! Jesse is able to respond via cellular, text and email and is responsive and personable Not many owner operators are as hands on and knowledgable to walk you through the explanation of the types of insulation and your home needs.
Description of Work: my home needed attic insulation as it was never installed when the house was built so needed to have it installed asap prior to getting any hotter.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,575

Lena Miriam P.
07/2017
5.0
insulation
  + -1 more
It doesn't stand out that they weren't on time.
Description of Work: They gave us an estimate.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Lena Miriam P.
07/2017
5.0
insulation
  + -1 more
They did good. They carried themselves well. They did a good job. They came 2 times. Once to do the estimate and then to do the job. They did well. It was expensive but I don't think it was any more than any place else. It was just more than I wanted to spend.
Description of Work: .

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

SHEILA K.
05/2017
5.0
insulation
  + -1 more
The project went well and was completed in a timely manner by professional workers who were eager to please. All old insulation was disposed of by Guardian and the work site was clean when the workers left.
Description of Work: In the attic, removal of old insulation, sanitize the entire area, repair any areas where rodents could enter the attic and then re-insulate with up to date quality insulation.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,140

Edward A.
03/2017
4.0
insulation
  + -1 more
I wasn't ready to execute. Very nice gentleman. I had some other contractors lined up before him and I told him that. They also sell solar so it was really tough to figure out the ending price because I called them for insulation. He didn't really sell me the insulation. I already knew about insulation from other contractors. I had to tell him what I wanted. His price was competitive. He had a pretty good Angie's List deal and he never called me back. The only time I got a hold of him was through an app. I contacted him through Angie's List and no answer. I called him three times and no answer because he had a problem with his calling service. He was here on time.
Description of Work: They came by and did a quote for insulation.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
4.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$6,000

James H.
02/2017
5.0
insulation
  + -1 more
work was performed by Marc 2 days after proposal was made. Marc is a professional who took great care and pride in his work. He made sure all areas of attic were well insulated and adjusted even the old insulation to cover walls and passage ways. I would recommend them without hesitation.
Description of Work: Improve attic insulation. Inspection was done by Jesse Cota who recommended Blown cellulose to improve insulation from R-11 to equivalent of R-41.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,570

Frank S.
02/2017
4.0
insulation
  + -1 more
Except for some scheduling problems it went very well. No complaints about the work they did.
Description of Work: Insulated attic.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
4.0
punctuality
4.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$3,800

Bena T.
10/2016
5.0
insulation
  + -1 more
went well. took 2 days: approx 5 hrs first day and approx 7-8 hrs second day. color matched extremely well - can not even tell where the very obvious holes were. Not to state the obvious but the drilling is LOUD.
Description of Work: insulating 2 exterior walls, requiring drilling holes in exterior, filling with insulation, then patch and paint.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,200

Michelle S.
08/2016
5.0
insulation
  + -1 more
unknown
Description of Work: slab leak repairs

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,500

W A W.
07/2016
5.0
insulation
  + -1 more
Jesse was great at overseeing the project and Brian was courteous and efficient with the installation. Even though they lost money on the installation, they did a great job. They offer other services which I did not need but would have used the company if I did. They have a great whole house cooling system that would be terrific for the right home.
Description of Work: Attic fan was installed.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
4.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$269

Berit K.
07/2016
1.0
insulation
  + -1 more
unknown
Description of Work: I purchased a deal on Angie's List with the service provider and they never contacted me to do the service. I contacted them and they said they would call twice and they never did. I contacted them today and again was promised they would call me back. I didn't want to wait any longer so I refunded the deal.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
1.0
punctuality
1.0


Response from Guardian Home Energy
This customer thought they were purchasing a whole house fan, not an attic fan. Regardless, the reason we did not respond was our message center was not being properly relayed to the field rep in this area during this time. We didn't come to be aware of the problem until a week later. We reached out to this customer to apologize and offer to install the attic fan they purchased for free. As it turns out they were under the impression they had purchased a whole house fan and not an attic gable fan and had no interest in actually receiving the product that had purchased even completely free of charge.

Michael Z.
05/2016
4.0
insulation
  + -1 more
There were some initial issues discussed with Guardian that were promptly addressed and remedied. Professional, courteous and the company stands behind their work!!!
Description of Work: Home Insulation

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,000

Lena Miriam P.
03/2016
5.0
insulation
  + -1 more
unknown
Description of Work: Insulation

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
4.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,500

Vera S.
09/2015
5.0
insulation
  + -1 more
They did a great job. The guys who came out were absolutely professional. They cleaned up after they left and left it cleaner than before they started!
Description of Work: They put insulation in the roof and sides of our garage.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,400

Joe G.
08/2015
4.0
insulation
  + -1 more
The Important Part: All went well! The installer (Mike?) is a Master at Stucco and Drywall repair. You can't tell that holes were drilled in the Stucco and Drywall to blow in the insulation. Some Details: The cost to add insulation to the entire house was prohibitively high. We targeted the "High Return" areas of the house to reduce the amount of heat transferred into the house by the Sun. This cost significantly less. The installer did a great job and was done in about 3 days... We get our power from SCE and are able to see how much electricity we are using on a daily basis. The SCE data also includes Outside Temperature . We only have a few days of data at this point so it is not clear how much electricity we are saving (if any). I will post an update after we get enough data to show a statistical significance. The Southern California Gas Company offers rebates for certain energy efficient home improvements including attic and wall insulation. They make a mail in application available on their website for customers to download & print. Once an application is received they mail a check to the customer within 6-8 weeks. I will update this review when the check arrives ;) There is also a Federal Tax Credit available. Form 5695 for "Residential Energy Credits" entitles you to a Federal tax credit equal to 10% of the cost of the insulation work. Guardian just gives you a receipt & instructs you to give it to your accountant so he knows what form to file.
Description of Work: Guardian installed Cellulose Insulation in the Attic / Cathedral Ceiling as well as the South Facing Walls.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
3.0
professionalism
4.0
responsiveness
4.0
punctuality
4.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,200

CHRISTOPHER A.
07/2015
5.0
insulation
  + -1 more
Installer was on time, was very friendly and informative. Completed the job in a timely manner, very clean work and no mess was left behind. Had several quotes prior to Brian showing up, he worked within my budget and completed the job several days later per my request. I will be referring Guardian Insulation to my friends and family.
Description of Work: Installed blown insulation

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,700

    Contact information

    1551 Union St, San Diego, CA 92101

    https://www.guardianhomeenergy.com

    Service hours

    Sunday:
    12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
    Monday:
    12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
    Tuesday:
    12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
    Wednesday:
    12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
    Thursday:
    12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
    Friday:
    12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
    Saturday:
    12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

    Licensing

    Licensed*

    Trade License Number
    C-2 B C20

    Eco-friendly Accreditations

    LEED Accredited Professional
    Yes
    Energy Star Partner
    Yes
    EPA Lead-Safe Certified
    Yes
    Use Green Products or Work Practices
    Yes
    State Contractor License Requirements

    All statements concerning insurance, licenses, and bonds are informational only, and are self-reported. Since insurance, licenses and bonds can expire and can be cancelled, homeowners should always check such information for themselves. To find more licensing information for your state, visit our State Contractor License Requirements page.

    *Contact business to see additional licenses.


    Service Categories

    Insulation,
    Energy Efficiency Auditing

    FAQ

    Guardian Home Energy is currently rated 4.8 overall out of 5.

    Sunday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

    Monday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

    Tuesday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

    Wednesday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

    Thursday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

    Friday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

    Saturday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

    Guardian Home Energy accepts the following forms of payment: Check
    Yes, Guardian Home Energy offers free project estimates.
    Yes, Guardian Home Energy offers eco-friendly accreditations.
    No, Guardian Home Energy does not offer a senior discount.
    No, Guardian Home Energy does not offer emergency services.
    Yes, Guardian Home Energy offers warranties.
    Guardian Home Energy offers the following services: Save money on your utility bills and make your house more comfortable and healthy today!

    Contact information

    1551 Union St, San Diego, CA 92101

    https://www.guardianhomeenergy.com

    Service hours

    Sunday:
    12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
    Monday:
    12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
    Tuesday:
    12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
    Wednesday:
    12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
    Thursday:
    12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
    Friday:
    12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
    Saturday:
    12:00 AM - 12:00 AM