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Home Care Reminders for the Fall

You can’t fight it, fall is here. Those days of lounging on the deck in the warmth of a summer of evening are over, at least for now.  It is time to prepare the home for a cozy winter away from the rain and wind outside. There isn’t much, especially if maintenance is kept up [...]

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Squishing Your Batts

Here’s the scenario- you have 2×4 (3.5″) stud walls and you want to go the FLASH & BATT route of one inch foam and the rest of the space with fiberglass batt.  However, you’ve heard that if you squish fiberglass batt into the space, you collapse the air pockets, reducing the R-value. The problem is- [...]

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ASTM E-84 Class 1 Fire Rated Foam It Green

When you purchase Foam It Green, unless you specify otherwise, you will be getting our ASTM E-84 Class 1 Fire Retardant foam.  That’s our standard.  We don’t even list the non-fire rated formulas separately to make sure not to confuse anyone.  Your family and business’s safety is very important to Guardian Energy Technologies. For questions [...]

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Not just insulation- Sound Control

Foam it Green Polyurethane Spray Foam Insulation is not technically an acoustical material (meaning it does not absorb sound), it can be used in the effort to control sound because it is a closed cell foam.  This means, it will block the transmission of sound from one area to another.  Spray a layer of foam on [...]

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