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There are multiple factors involved in making spray foam insulation effective, but let’s begin with how the product is created. There are two main chemical compounds used to produce spray foam insulation, polyurethane and polyisocyanurate, although the latter is merely a more advanced form of the former. They are made from a chain of polymers [...]

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What you don’t see in your walls can be helping you or harming you. If you have Foam It Green in your walls, you don’t see the foam, but you also don’t see the energy bills. When you have open celled foam, fiberglass or cellulose in your walls, you may have a moisture issue, which [...]

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Normally when something doesn’t hold water, it is implied that it’s “full of holes” and therefore, not worthwhile. But, when it comes to insulation, that’s exactly what you want- something that won’t hold water in your walls.  Fiberglass, celulose, and Icynene all hold water. Foam It Green closed cell polyurethane spray foam does not hold [...]

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Lexington, KY has been deemed the worst city for carbon footprint per person.  Overall, cities tend to be less carbon per person.  Cities create a lot of polution, but because of mass transit and other things that are put in place, each individual city dweller has a smaller carbon footprint than their country cousins. One [...]

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It’s been around since the 70′s but polyurethane spray foam has gotten increasingly more efficient in kit-form.  With ASTM E-84 Class 1 status making it safe to use in homes, it has triple the benefits of other insulations for only double the cost.  It has an R-Value of 7 per inch which is unheard of [...]

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Basement walls should have an R-Value of 20.  Warming basement walls is a great way to protect your family from mold.  Energy codes in colder climates have at least a R-10, but if you can afford to do 3 inches of Foam It Green closed cell foam, you’ll be very happy with the vapor barrier [...]

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Let’s start ground up- the crawlspace in your basement will improve the control of air movement up into the home.  1-2 inches is all you need to get the tight air seal and vapor barrier that is so important when you are working so close to the ground.  You will get an R-Value of about [...]

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The difference is pore structure.  Open cell foams have connected pores that form passageways that can easily hold water.  This makes it a bad choice for below grade, roofing or flotation applications.  Plus, the R-value of open cell foams is only about 3.5 per inch. Closed cell foam has non-interconnected pores providing higher dimensional stability, [...]

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