What’s So Great About Polyurethane Spray Foam?
For starters, there’s no insulating material that can more effectively seal your home or place of business from air and moisture intrusion. Spray foam reduces costly utility bills, strengthens buildings, and protects people’s health from dangerous mold, airborne pollutants, and allergens.
Top Benefits of Spray Foam Insulation
- Stops air and moisture infiltration
- Makes your home more comfortable
- Saves on energy costs
- Adds strength to the building structure
- It is permanent and will not sag
- Keeps dust and pollen out
- Reduces capacity requirements, maintenance needs, and wear of HVAC equipment
Spray foam redefines insulation. Outperforming fiberglass insulation, it provides a superior air barrier and defies outdated practices of managing attic and crawl space ventilation.
An Investment That Pays For Itself
Spray polyurethane foam insulation saves on energy costs and lowers utility bills. It seals the entire “building envelope” to prevent air and moisture infiltration. Studies performed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) show that approximately 40 percent of a building’s energy is lost due to air infiltration through wall sockets, windows, and doorways.
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 spray polyurethane foam. Spray foam not only adheres to walls and floors, it forms to them to create a tight seal and insulating barrier that stops this air leakage.
High R-Value Means Dollars Saved
Spray polyurethane foam has an aged R-value of approximately 6.0 per 1-inch thickness. Even higher values have been achieved in certain formulations and applications. Its R-value per inch is higher than any other commercial material on the market. Providing more thermal resistance with less material than any other type of insulation material, spray foam systems are frequently used in the construction of a wide variety of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings.
You can expect monthly energy and utility savings of 30 percent or higher (compared to other roofing and insulation systems). The cost of spray polyurethane foam can often be recovered in less than 5 years through the energy savings alone.
Put Mold On Hold
Serving as an air barrier, spray foam insulation also helps to reduce moisture infiltration, which otherwise could cause growth of dangerous and health-damaging molds and mildew.
Mold spores waft through indoor and outdoor air continually. When mold spores land on damp spots indoors, they may begin to grow and digest whatever they are growing on in order to survive. Molds can grow on wood, paper, carpet, and foods. When excessive moisture or water accumulates indoors, mold growth will often occur and become worse if the moisture problem remains undiscovered or isn’t addressed. Spray polyurethane foam insulation helps control indoor mold growth by controlling moisture infiltration within a building.
Moisture infiltration can also cause structural damage to buildings over time. Why risk that when you can help prevent it with spray foam insulation?
Boost Building Stability
Because spray polyurethane foam insulation is seamless and monolithic, when sprayed into the walls, it enhances a building’s overall stability and reduces “rack and sheer.”
Put A Damper On Noise
Spray foam insulation helps make buildings more pleasant to live and work in because it reduces airborne sound. Rooms become more acoustically tight as a result—meaning more privacy for all who live, work, and visit there.
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