Insulation Needs For Cottages - Residential - Commercial - Barns - Storage Units

Join the Spray Foam Revolution!

The use of Spray Polyurethane Foam, commonly known as SPF, in the construction is growing rapidly. This growth is due to the significant advantages over traditional fiberglass and cellulose systems.

Traditional fiberglass insulation is only stapled, or placed into the wall cavities and does not seal the stud and wall cavities from end to end, or top to bottom. Air infiltration can pass through these gaps, making it far less efficient than SPF. SPF not only adheres to, but forms to the walls and floors to create a tight seal and insulating barrier that stops this air leakage. SPF produces R-values ranging to 6.5 to 7.0 per inch.

This is significantly higher than fiberglass at 3.5 per inch. SPF  is so efficient and lightweight as an insulating material, NASA even uses it to insulate the main rocket booster on the Space Shuttle.

With its many applications, ranging from wall cavities, attics, foundations, and the ever-troublesome rim joists, spray foam has proven time after time to be the best solution. When sprayed on in liquid form, it instantly expands to quickly fill all gaps, creases and cavities, forming a permanent seal against heat loss, moisture penetration, and air leakage. The quick application of SPF begins to pay for itself immediately in energy consumption savings, in some cases as much as 60%.

Ask any knowledgable building professional, and they too, will rave abaout the benefits of Spray Foam Insulation over traditional methods. There is an expression among those in the spray foam trade, "Just frame it, foam it, and forget it!"