Meet the Thousand Oaks Team Behind Laurel Attic Insulation Thousand Oaks
When you book attic insulation in Thousand Oaks, you should know who’s climbing into your attic before they arrive. Our crew is small by design: a lead technician, a senior installer, a service coordinator, and an apprentice who’s learning the trade the right way. Most of us have worked homes across the Conejo Valley, from Newbury Park to Westlake Village, and we’ve seen everything from 1960s fiberglass batts that have flattened to nothing to spray foam jobs that look like someone inflated a science experiment incorrectly. We’re background-checked, uniformed, and we show up at a live, trackable time, not a four-hour window.
Our People
Chase Whitaker, Owner
Chase founded Laurel Attic Insulation Thousand Oaks in 2003, and he still walks job sites every week. He’ll tell you exactly what R-value your attic needs, what it’ll cost, and why the last contractor’s spray foam looks the way it does, all in the same conversation. His approach is simple: figure out how the house actually performs, write the price down before work starts, and stand behind the work for 365 days. He named the company after the laurel because laurel stays green all year, and that’s the standard he applies to Thousand Oaks attics.
Marco D., Lead Technician
Marco has been with Laurel since 2011 and has personally handled more than 600 attic insulation and removal jobs across Thousand Oaks. He’s our R-value specialist; he’ll calculate exactly what your ceiling needs based on your square footage and the climate zone we’re in, which matters more than people realize when summer temperatures hit the high 90s. Marco is certified in spray foam application through Icynene and Demilec training programs. Outside work, he restores old motorcycles and swears the patience that requires is what makes him good at crawling through tight attic spaces without knocking loose wiring.
Dana R., Senior Installer
Dana joined the crew in 2014 and leads most of our insulation removal projects, which take real patience: old cellulose, raccoon-damaged fiberglass, and the occasional 40-year-old batt that turns to dust when you touch it. She’s the person who documents everything with before-and-after photos, so you see exactly what we removed and what went back in. Dana specializes in blown-in fiberglass and cellulose using Owens Corning and GreenFiber materials. She keeps a notebook of every weird thing she’s found in an attic, and yes, it includes a taxidermied squirrel. She’ll tell that story if you ask.
Elliot P., Service Coordinator
Elliot is the voice you’ll hear when you call. He schedules the jobs, confirms the live arrival window, and makes sure the written quote reaches you before anyone picks up a tool. He’s been with Laurel since 2017 and has an encyclopedic grasp of our material options, from Rockwool batts to Knauf loose-fill, so he can answer pricing questions without putting you on hold. Elliot’s also the one who sends the digital invoice you can pay from a link after the work is done. He grew up in Thousand Oaks and can tell you which neighborhoods have attics with the older low-clearance access hatches, because he’s scheduled enough of them.
Sam T., Apprentice
Sam is our newest crew member, learning the trade under Marco and Dana. He started in 2023 and is working through his spray foam training, alongside learning proper R-value calculations and removal safety. Sam handles material prep, air-sealing basics, and equipment cleanup, but he’s already developing a reputation for catching small air leaks that others miss around recessed lights and vent shafts. When he’s not in an attic, he’s a runner, prepping for the Conejo Valley half marathon, which means his calf muscles get a workout carrying insulation batts up ladders every day.
One Standard, Every Job
Every one of us, from Chase to Sam, operates under the same set of rules that apply across the Relay Home Co. family of independent local home-service businesses. That means a written price before anything starts, not a verbal estimate that changes at the door. It means a written guarantee on every job, with a 365-day Done Right Promise covering workmanship, and a free second visit if the repair fails, no charge, no argument. It means you can book in a tap, get a live arrival time, receive before-and-after photos, and pay from the link on your digital invoice. We stock materials from eight brands: Owens Corning, Johns Manville, Knauf, Rockwool, CertainTeed, Icynene, Demilec, and GreenFiber. But we match the material to the job, not to whatever’s already on the truck. That’s the Relay Standard, and it’s the reason we answer the phone 24/7 with a live person, not a voicemail queue. Thousand Oaks attics vary wildly depending on whether you’re in a 1950s ranch near Borchard Road or a newer build up in the hills. Our crew knows that, and we treat each job like it’s the only one we’ll ever do for you.
Written by Chase Whitaker, Owner at Laurel Attic Insulation Thousand Oaks, serving Thousand Oaks since 2003.