Attic Insulation in Grover, NC
Blown-in attic insulation for Grover, NC, in Cleveland County, plus removal and air sealing.
About Grover and Its Homes
Grover, in southern Cleveland County, was incorporated in 1885 and named for President Grover Cleveland. The railroad reached it in 1872 and the town grew a textile mill village, so its recorded history runs from the rail line and the mill to postwar ranch houses.
Grover, in Cleveland County, grew from 801 people in 2020 to 810 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimates), on 0.96 square miles. That makes Grover the fifth-largest town in Cleveland County.
Grover has about 310 housing units, 1 percent of Cleveland County's; about 64 percent of the town's households own their home.
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Grover at a Glance
- County: Cleveland County
- Population: 810 (2025), 801 (2020), up 1.1%
- Land area: 0.96 square miles (844 people each)
- Housing units: about 310 (±99)
- Owner-occupied: 64% (±10); Cleveland County: 71%
- Detached houses: 74% (±11); Cleveland County: 70%
- Apartments: 13% (±12)
- Mobile homes: under 28%
- Climate zone: 4 (state code), 3 (2021 map)
- ENERGY STAR target for Grover attics: R-49 from bare, R-38 over 3 to 4 inches (R-value guide)
Census Bureau estimates for Grover, 2020 to 2024 (± margin of error).
Grover Homes and Their Attics
Ranch Houses of the Lakeside-Lakeview Neighborhood
In the Lakeside-Lakeview neighborhood, above a lake on the west side of town, the county's 2019 architectural survey found unusually refined ranch houses. Grover industrialists and other townspeople built them, members of the mill-owning family among them. One from about 1952 has an angled plan, and a similar house followed in 1968. A house that bends like that has a roof in several sections, and the attic under each one can be reached differently and hold a different depth. ENERGY STAR advises an even layer with no low spots, so we check every section, not only the one by the hatch.
Attic Insulation in Grover
About 50 percent of Grover's homes predate 1970; if your joists show above the insulation, ENERGY STAR says to add more insulation.
Built from 1940 to 1969, before the state's 1978 insulation rule, about 40 percent of Grover homes often have little insulation.
The Local Climate
Grover's center sits about 860 feet above sea level, 12 miles from NOAA's Shelby 2 NW station, the best match for Grover. The station's 1991 to 2020 normals average about 3,560 heating and 1,460 cooling degree days a year, so at Grover's station, heating needs outweigh cooling.
Readings change over short distances around Grover: NOAA's Gastonia Municipal Airport station, 17 miles away, averages about 2,870 heating degree days.
Homes by Age: What It Means for the Attic
About 74 percent of Grover housing units are detached single-family houses. With about 310 housing units in Grover, read the figures as rough proportions.
Built from 1970 to 1989, about 20 percent of Grover homes may hold settled fiberglass; check its depth against the joists.
Homes by Year Built
- Before 1940: 10% (±6), about 30 units
- 1940s: 9% (±6), about 30 units
- 1950s: 20% (±11), about 60 units
- 1960s: 11% (±7), about 35 units
- 1970s: 11% (±7), about 35 units
- 1980s: 8% (±6), about 25 units
- 2000s: 10% (±8), about 30 units
- 2010s: under 2%
- 2020 or later: under 4%
Air Sealing and Duct Sealing in Grover
In Kings Mountain, the nearest town to Grover with solid figures, 56 percent of homes heat with electricity.
Air sealing comes first, as the EPA advises: wire and pipe holes, wall tops and soffits.
How Homes Here Are Heated
- Piped gas: 19% (±10), about 55 households
- Bottled or tank gas: under 5%
- Oil or kerosene: under 6%
Power, Gas and Rebates
Duke Energy Carolinas serves most of Grover, Broad River Electric Cooperative its edges; your bill says which. For gas, Grover is in the Cleveland County franchise of Enbridge Gas North Carolina, and about 19 percent of the town's homes heat with piped gas.
Rebate to check in Grover: Smart $aver Insulate and Seal (Duke Energy; Insulation Pros is an approved trade ally). Before a job in Grover, check its current terms; the Cleveland County page lists every program.
Attic Insulation Removal in Grover
In a Grover attic, only wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation is vacuumed out (ENERGY STAR's test), once the cause is fixed, and after mice that Grover attic is sanitized and deodorized; dry, clean insulation stays.
Also Serving Near Grover
Nearest to Grover first.
Patterson Springs, NC
5 miles northwest
590 people to Grover's 810
Attic insulation in Patterson SpringsKings Mountain, NC
8 miles northeast
Power from its own town system (Grover: Duke Energy Carolinas); Its NOAA station logs about 220 fewer heating degree days than Grover's
Attic insulation in Kings MountainShelby, NC
10 miles northwest
23,309 people, about 29 times Grover's population
Insulation contractor serving ShelbyBessemer City, NC
13 miles northeast
5,834 people, about 7 times Grover's population
Attic insulation in Bessemer City
Grover Insulation FAQs
Is my Grover house listed on the National Register?
No. Nothing inside Grover is on the state's National Register list. The one entry near it, the Shiloh Presbyterian Church Cemetery, is recorded as outside the town. For local preservation, the state's 2023 roster lists a county commission and nothing for Grover alone. The preservation office adds that listing by itself puts no limits on a private owner, so the register is no hurdle for attic work.
What happens if the insulation in my Grover attic is damp or stained?
The roof comes first. ENERGY STAR reads wet or damp insulation as the mark of a leaking roof and says to have the leak fixed before any insulating. Once the roof is sound, we vacuum out the soaked insulation, seal the gaps in the ceiling below it and blow in a fresh, even layer. Fresh stains on the ceilings inside are a reason to look up there soon.
Could the old insulation in a Grover attic be vermiculite?
It could: about 40 percent of Grover's homes predate 1960. If a Grover attic holds a pebble-like gray-brown or silver-gold fill, leave it undisturbed: the EPA says vermiculite may contain asbestos.
Does attic insulation in Grover need a permit?
Grover Town Hall can say whether Cleveland County Building Inspections, the town itself or another office handles permits in Grover; ask before work starts.
Helpful Guides
- Power from Duke Energy Carolinas: high summer electric bills and home energy audits
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Grover, NOAA normals for the Shelby 2 NW station, Duke Energy Carolinas (October 2026). Compiled by Insulation Pros. How the town pages are made.
Sources for the Grover notes and questions (read October 20, 2026):
- Grover, in The North Carolina Gazetteer (William S. Powell, 2nd ed., UNC Press 2010), NCpedia
- Cleveland County Architectural Survey Update of Historic Resources from 1945 to 1975, Final Report (J. Daniel Pezzoni, Landmark Preservation Associates, for Cleveland County and the NC HPO, 2019)
- NC Listings in the National Register of Historic Places, NC State Historic Preservation Office
- What Is the National Register of Historic Places?, NC State Historic Preservation Office
- Historic Preservation Commission Staff in North Carolina, listed by county, as of 2/20/2023 (NC HPO)
- Attic Insulation Project, ENERGY STAR
- Adding Attic Insulation, ENERGY STAR do-it-yourself guide
Grover, NC
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