Why choose spray foam insulation?
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- Lasts for many, many years
- Installation will add value to your home
- Naturally beautiful and durable
- Fire and mold resistant
- Low water absorption means it’s very resistant to frost damage and breakage
Closed Cell Spray Foam
- Weighs between 1.8 and 3 pounds/cubic foot when fully cured
- Applied directly to a substrate and expands about 32:1 times its original volume
- Forms a rigid plastic insulation with a strength of between 25 and 35 psi
- Can be used to enhance the racking strength of most walls and ceilings
- Greatly improves windshear strength
- Improves snow load of roofs
- Greatly reduces wind rattle of metal buildings
- Average aged R-value of closed cell is around 6.0/inch
- Provides an air-tight envelope
- 1.5" of more provides and effective vapor barrier
Open Cell Spray Foam
- Weighs between 0.4 and 0.6 pounds/cubic foot when fully cured
- Spray-applied to the desired thickness with one pass, directly to a substrate
- Excess can be easily trimmed with a saw, knife or plane
- Expands about 150 times its original volume to form a semi-rigid/flexible
- R-value is around 3.7/inch
- Provides an air-tight envelope
Why choose blow-in insulation?
- Good for adding insulation to existing finished areas and irregularly shaped areas
- Blown into place using special equipment
- Used for enclosed existing wall or open new wall cavities and unfinished attic floors
- Commone type is cellulose and loose fiberglass
- Cellulos R-value is 3.4-3.8/inch, so you’d need just over 5" to equal an R-19 batt
- Fiberglass R-value is 2.5/inch, so you'd need about 7.5" to equal an R-19 batt
