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What You Need to Know About Spray Foam Insulation

Spray Foam Insulation: The Essentials

The Essentials although spray foam insulation has been in use since the 1940s, primarily for aircraft, for the past 30 years, continual product innovation has seen the increased adoption of spray foam insulation in residential and commercial construction. The rapid growth of sprayed foam insulation in building construction, thanks in part to its immediate and long-term benefits, has allowed the insulation material to sit confidently alongside traditional insulation types in providing thermal comfort for building occupants.

What is spray foam insulation?

Spray foam insulation, also known as foaming insulation or sprayed insulation, that insulates and air seals wherever it is applied. The material comes in two large 55 gallon drums – an iso and a resin. These two liquids are kept separate until applied at the jobsite by a qualified, licensed spray foam installer. The two liquids travel up through a heated hose to the spray gun where they are combined to create the foam. The foam expands within seconds to fill the cavity surface.  Depending on the type of sprayed-in foam insulation used, closed-cell or open-cell, the foam expands between 40 and 100 times its size upon application. 

THE BENNIFITS

The benefits of open-cell spray foamAs mentioned, open-cell foaming insulation is best suited for interior applications, offering an array of advantages of traditional fibrous insulation materials. Benefits of open-cell foam insulation include:

• Allows for bi-directional drying
• Can accommodate long-term creep and seasonal movement
• Can be installed at a significantly lower cost and target the same specified R-value*
• Is not considered a food source for mold
• Provides sound dampening qualities, ideal for use media or theater rooms
• Lower installed cost, per square foot

The benefits of closed-cell insulation foamWhile open-cell foamed insulation has many benefits over traditional insulation types, closed-cell sprayed-in insulation goes beyond to offer additional advantages.  Although closed-cell sprayed insulation foam has a higher per board foot cost, there are benefits that the material offers including:

• Ability to reject bulk water (closed-cell foam insulation is recognized by Fema.
• Can be applied at very low temperatures (as low as 5°F)
• Adds wall racking strength as well as impact resistance
• Higher R-value* per inch  – easier to accommodate high R-value* requirements in narrow spaces
• Lower vapor permeance (can be a Class II VDR)
• Higher tensile and bond strength

​What we can insulate for your home Interiors (Walls & Ceilings)The first and best place to start is inside your home. The interior walls, roof, and exterior walls are the first areas that will begin to lose hot or cold air. This is no knock on the craftsmanship of your home, this is just how airflow works. Starting with these areas is the first way to keep your heating and cooling bills low and making your home sustainable for years to come.
Making sure that there is no draft from any doors, keeping the vents airtight, keeping wires and pipes protected will all help to keep energy bills lower as well. The old testament that heat will rise is true, very true, but in a well-insulated home, heat will simply filter in and out of each room providing you with a comfortable and cozy home. The same can be said for cooling your home, the cool air won’t just stay on the first floor, it will circulate throughout your home providing you with a comfortable night’s sleep.
AtticsYour attic is another area of your home that you should consider insulating. Many people use theirs as finished area, as a storage area, and some may just be filled with spiders. The recommended R-value for most attics is around R-38, roughly 10-14 inches of insulation. Again, the higher the R-value, the better the insulation.
Many homeowners who have found a contractor will pay somewhere in the $1,500 range for an 800-square-foot attic. These homeowners will see about a $600 savings each year by having their attic insulated. This means if you’re to insulate your attic, within three years you’ll have paid back this investment and already started saving money.
Regardless of your climate, an insulated attic will help maintains warm temperatures in the winter and cool ones in the summer.

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