Airtight Spray Foam Literature

AirTight Spray Foam……… “Don’t Just Insulate, ISOLATE”

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The Highest R-value in the Industry Insulation is rated in terms of thermal resistance - R-value - which indicates the resistance to heat flow. The higher the R-value, the greater the insulating effectiveness. SPF has the highest R-value of all readily available, cost-effective insulation in the industry today.

Reduces or Eliminates Convection Looping Temperature differences between the unconditioned outside air and the conditioned living space can create convective looping (warm air rising, cold air falling) within a stud cavity. The impact of this looping degrades the R-value of most common forms of insulation and causes additional load on your home's heating and cooling system. The superior R-value and unique sealing characteristics of SPF reduce this temperature variance and the effect of convective looping, saving you energy dollars.

Meets Building Code Requirements Don't worry about durability. Aside from adding structural integrity, SPF is approved by all three national building codes and will perform for the life of your building. Its exceptional thermal and structural characteristics will save you, and generations to come, from the problems associated with the high cost of energy.

Creates a Healthy Living Space Spray-on Polyurethane Foam effectively protects your living space form unwanted moisture build-up and condensation caused by warm moist air meeting cool dry air within the building envelope (stud cavities, attics). Installed by a Qualified Contractor, the foam effectively seals your home

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Polyurethane Spray Foam!!! Superior Insulation and Vapor Barrier in One!

Fire Rating - Spray Foam is a Class I at 4”. (ASTM E-84 test) Energy Star® Approved R 7.2 per inch

1. What is Spray Foam (PolyUrethane Foam)?

It’s the same material used to insulate your Refrigerator and Freezer (and it’s only 1inch thick). NASA uses 8 inches of Spray Foam on the Main Booster Rocket of the Space Shuttles (the orange rocket), 8 inches of Spray Foam keeps the Liquid Oxygen Cooled to 420 degrees below 0 Fahrenheit, WITH NO SWEAT. Spray Foam is also used in Automobiles, Packaging, Surfboards, Plastic Moldings, Seat Cushions, Movie Sets, Sculpture and a lot more!

2. How does Spray Foam work?

The purpose of buildings for people is to isolate them comfortably from a hostile exterior climate. The purpose of insulation is to develop this climate isolation beyond the minimum to allow complete modern interior climate control.

To achieve this climate isolation successfully requires isolation between interior and exterior air and moisture and the system must be reversible so the building may be both heated and cooled efficiently. By its solid cellular plastic, fully adhered in place nature, Spray Foam achieves the climate isolation necessary in the thin space of the building cavity. Exterior and interior climates cannot mix so no compromise of climate isolation can occur due to the exterior climate.

In tests, Spray Foam is upto 80% more efficient than fibrous insulation on a 32-degree day with a 10-mile an hour wind. Air conditioning tests on a 90-degree day have shown almost identical efficiency, and that turns into real savings!

3. Does Spray Foam need venting like conventional fibrous insulations?

No. Spray Foam does not need venting. Venting was designed to carry moisture out of fibrous insulation so it can maintain its thermal efficiency by trapping dry air. With Spray Foam, no air can enter into or through the product, as it is solid cellular foam. Since no air or moisture can get in or around it, it need not be vented off.

4. How does Spray Foam control moisture movement and condensation?

Most damaging moisture within a building envelope cavity is the result of warm moist inside air being exchanged with the cold dry air inside an insulation cavity. As the moisture in the air condenses, it forms dew and/or frost within the insulation. Because Spray Foam does not allow the movement or exchange of air within the cavity, this moisture movement and condensation does not occur. Spray Foam is ideal for use in climates where buildings are both heated and air conditioned because the situation is reversed in summer with moisture forming on the back of the interior vapor retarder.

5. Does Spray Foam contain formaldehyde?

No. Spray-in-place polyurethane insulation does not contain formaldehyde resins. Spray Foam is made of resins similar to popular polyurethane varnishes for wood.

6. At what point of construction is Spray Foam sprayed into place?

Spray Foam is applied before the sheet rock is put in place but after plumbers and electricians have completed rough-in work. The spray-in-place product creates bedding around the pipes and closes all penetrations in and through the exterior walls of the structure, which completes a nearly monolithic insulating blanket. Spray Foam can be installed quickly even in extreme weather conditions. An average house of 1300 square feet may take a trained crew 1 to 2 days to complete.

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7. Is Spray Foam environmentally friendly?

Yes! Spray Foam product uses a new generation of environmentally friendly ingredients. Spray Foam now contains no CFC's. Also, its superior insulating capabilities dramatically reduce heating and cooling demands, reducing harmful emissions from power plants and home heating units.

8. What happens if the owners want to add an electrical outlet once Spray Foam is installed?

If an outlet must be added, Spray Foam drills more easily than wood. There is also typically a small space left between the wallboard and the Spray Foam so a wire can slide through.

9. How long does Spray Foam last?

Indefinitely. As an inert, long lasting polymer plastic, a house wall or commercial structure is the perfect place for Spray Foam to do its job for a long time.

10. Why is Spray Foam so good?

Builders and building scientists know that the greatest enemy of building efficiency is air infiltration and movement of air into insulation. The enemy of building longevity is hidden moisture condensation causing mildew and decay, not to mention the threat to health and comfort caused by these agents.

Spray Foam successfully achieves thermal isolation, air isolation and moisture isolation. Both the indoor and outdoor climate are effectively displaced out of the cavity permanently as the Spray Foam is installed in its seamless fully adhered form.

It is the complete isolation of the interior climate from the exterior climate that describes how Spray Foam successfully deals with the complexities of building insulation operating in all climates. Climate isolation is the full separation of the climates. Spray Foam works by not allowing the interior climate (heating or cooling) to mix with the exterior climate (whether hot or cold). As seasons change and heating turns to air-conditioning, Spray Foam is unaffected by the reversal of moisture drives. It works both ways!

While conventional fiber insulation in the right conditions may achieve thermal insulation with some success, it by its nature of using the air to insulate cannot isolate the air of the two climates. Air is mixed into the fiber with each change in outdoor temperature or wind condition – compromising thermal quality. Air contains moisture which when cooled, seeks to drop out on a surface as condensation. This occurs at building sheathing in the heating season and at the back of sheetrock in the air-conditioning season. Efforts to solve these problems have included caulking, house wraps and sealing tape, vapor retarders, venting and foam sheathing, together endeavoring to achieve what we really need - isolation.

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