Attic Insulation in Kure Beach, NC

Kure Beach Homes and Their Attics

Plain Frame Houses Around the Pier

The town's 2020 designation report for its Downtown Preservation and Historic District calls Kure Beach a working-class beach town, unlike resorts built around big summer homes. The bromine plant's workers were likely the first full-time residents, and their houses were often one story, front-gabled and framed, with a front porch on a narrow lot. Most buildings in the four-block district date from the 1940s to the 1960s. Most homes in town were built in 1970 or later, as the housing figures show, so these small houses are the older minority. ENERGY STAR finds that attic insulation often runs thin along the eaves even where the middle is well covered. Rafter baffles keep the soffit vents open while the edges are filled.

Seasonal Cottages and Wartime Barracks

The Kure Land and Development Company began putting up seasonal cottages here in 1913. After World War II, the military training center at Fort Fisher sold its barracks to civilians as beach cottages. The town report counts two in the district, now in commercial use. Buildings first meant for summer stays or for soldiers were not necessarily insulated for year-round living. When one has become a full-time home, its looks from the street say nothing about the attic, so the crew checks each roof section with you before work begins.