What is Spray Foam?
Two main types of polyurethane spray foam are available on the insulation market. Open-cell foam also known as low-density or soft foam and Closed-cell foam also known as medium density or hard foam. While their names reveal obvious differences, both open and closed-cell foams contain thousands of tiny bubbles providing the cell structure of the insulation. Additionally, they are both air barriers (at specified thicknesses) and both are spray applied expanding in place turning from a liquid to a solid in a matter of seconds.
Benefits of Spray Foam?
What sets spray foam apart is its all-in-one versatility protecting your home or building from all three types of heat transfer. As an air barrier it prevents convective heat loss associated with air movement through walls and roof lines as well as convective currents occurring within the wall cavity. Thermally, spray foam’s effective R-value is a true combatant of conductive heat loss. And although spray foam is nothing like a traditional foil-faced radiant barrier, along the roof line 5 ½ inches of low-density spray foam will not allow heat to ever radiate from its interior facing surface even with 12-14 hours of direct sunlight impeding upon your roof from above.
These benefits are well-documented with this proven insulation product. Tens of thousands of homes and buildings can attest to the advantages spray foam offers including cleaner indoor-air quality, increased comfort, drastic utility bills savings, and sound abatement.
Second to none on performance, spray foam will increase the resale value of your property as savvy consumers look not only at aesthetics but also energy efficiency and the total cost to owning and operating the home or building. Using spray foam is the investment that will pay off both today and in the future.
Spray foam protects your home or building from all three types of heat transfer. As an air barrier it prevents convective heat loss associated with air movement through walls and roof lines as well as convective currents occurring within the wall cavity. Thermally, spray foam’s effective R-value is a true combatant of conductive heat loss. And although spray foam is nothing like a traditional foil-faced radiant barrier, along the roof line 5 ½ inches of low-density spray foam will not allow heat to ever radiate from its interior facing surface even with 12-14 hours of direct sunlight impeding upon your roof from above.
