Meet the West Hollywood Team Behind Topside Attic Insulation West Hollywood
We’re the crew that shows up in your driveway, climbs into your attic, and hands you the blower-door numbers when we’re done. Every person on this page has worked in West Hollywood homes, from the 1920s Spanish Colonial duplexes near Melrose to the mid-century apartments off Sunset Strip. What ties us together is simple: we don’t start work until you’ve got a written price, and we don’t leave until the photo record is complete.
Our People
Wes Okafor - Owner & Lead Estimator
I’ve been crawling through attics since 2016, and I still do the initial walkthrough on every job we book in West Hollywood. Started this location under The Haven Standard after seeing too many homeowners get a verbal ballpark that ballooned by 40% once the crew showed up. I carry a BPI Building Analyst certification, which means I can run the blower-door test myself and explain the CFM50 reading without talking down to you. I live in Mid-City, and my commute takes me past the same houses we’ve worked on - I see the rooflines and remember which ones had the rodent damage, which ones needed the top plates sealed. On weekends I restore vintage motorcycles, which is where I learned that torque specs exist for a reason.
Marcus T. - Lead Technician
Marcus has been with us four years, and he’s the one who trains every new hire on our sealing-first protocol - air seal the envelope, then insulate, never the reverse. He holds an Owens Corning Certified Energy Professional credential and specializes in spray foam applications in tight West Hollywood attics where headroom drops to four feet under the ridge. Before this he did commercial HVAC in Burbank, so he reads duct layouts fast and spots when a flex run is crushing itself against a rafter. He keeps a notebook of every blower-door score he’s recorded, and he’ll tell you the best taco truck on Santa Monica Boulevard without being asked.
Dana R. - Senior Installer
Dana runs our blown-in and batt crews, and she’s particular about density - insulation that settles unevenly in six months is insulation installed wrong. She’s been in residential envelope work eight years, with a Knauf-certified installer badge and a side specialty in radiant barrier installation for the flat-roof conversions common in the Norma Triangle area. She grew up in a 1948 bungalow near Fairfax that her parents still own, so she knows firsthand how West Hollywood’s clay-heavy soil and limited attic ventilation stress building envelopes. She’ll notice your roof venting before she notices your landscaping.
Elena V. - Service Coordinator
Elena answers the phone when you call (213) 306-2607, and she’s the one who builds your written scope, schedules the crew, and texts you when Marcus is fifteen minutes out. She’s been with us two years, previously coordinating field operations for a solar company that served the same ZIP codes, so she knows the permit rhythms at West Hollywood Building & Safety and which streets have parking that’ll fit our van. She doesn’t climb attics, but she can read a blower-door report and explain what changed and why. She keeps a running list of every homeowner who’s called back just to say the house finally stayed cool through an August heat wave.
Javier M. - Apprentice Installer
Javier joined us last spring after completing the LA Trade-Tech insulation program, and he’s logged just over 120 attics since. He works alongside Dana on removal and replacement jobs, which means he’s seen what failed fiberglass looks like after fifteen years of roof leaks and squirrel tenancy - he can identify rodent damage by the staining pattern and knows when to stop and call for remediation before we seal anything. He’s studying for his BPI certification and asks more questions than some veterans answer. He lives in East Hollywood and bikes to most West Hollywood jobs when the tools fit in panniers.
One Standard, Every Job
We’re independently owned and operated under The Haven Standard, which means the promises on this page aren’t suggestions - they’re clauses. Written price before any work starts. Documented Photo Record on every visit. Before-and-after blower-door numbers published on applicable jobs so you see the CFM50 drop in black and white. The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers everything we complete, and a live person answers (213) 306-2607 around the clock. We source materials from Owens Corning, Johns Manville, Knauf, Rockwool, CertainTeed, Icynene, Demilec, and GreenFiber - no proprietary lock-in, so we spec what’s right for your envelope, not what moves our inventory. Whether we’re air-sealing can lights in a Doheny Drive condo or encapsulating a crawl space under a bungalow near Crescent Heights, the process doesn’t change: seal first, insulate second, document everything.
Written by Wes Okafor, Owner at Topside Attic Insulation West Hollywood, serving West Hollywood since 2016.