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October 5th, 2009Spray Foam Insulation, What is it?
October 4th, 2009When it comes to insulation values and air sealing spray foam and injection foam are the best products available. Spray foam insulation provides a higher R value than any other commonly used insulating product, helps air seal your home, creates a healthier living environment, is environmentally friendly, and can help reduce new construction and existing homes’ heating bills by as much as 50%. Eco Energy Insulation LLC installs both open and closed-cell spray foam products.. To learn more about how we can help reduce your heating bills using spray foam please read the literature below ,call us ,or click on the contact link.
What is Spray Foam Insulation?
Spray foam insulation is a self-adhering, two-component product that gets sprayed on exposed walls, attic roof lines, sill plates, band joists, in exterior overhangs, and in crawl spaces. The material bonds to most construction material substrates including metal, wood, plastic, and brick and provides a rigid insulation system that adds structural strength to buildings. Close-cell spray foam insulation has the highest level of thermal resistance per inch of any commonly used insulation products. The Eco Energy insulation spray foam product we install has a design R-value of approximately 6.5 per inch. Fiberglass has an R value of 3 per inch. Closed-cell spray foam also has nearly zero air permeability and acts as a vapor barrier. Because the product is sprayed onto the substrate and expands to nearly 30 times its original volume, it conforms to many irregular spaces and fills voids that other insulation materials leave open. It requires no fasteners and is typically installed in a single application.
Home Owner Benefits
Energy Efficiency
Whether insulating exposed wall cavities, retro-fitting an existing attic, air sealing and insulating a sill plate, or spraying foam in a crawl space all applications have a dramatic effect on monthly energy consumption. Using spray foam in new construction and retrofits can help save up to 50% on heating and cooling costs, make the home more comfortable, reduce the purchase cost of heating and cooling systems, and help the environment by drastically reducing your home’s carbon footprint.
Environmental Benefits
When it comes to environmentally-friendly insulation products spray foam insulation is one of the best products available. It emits no CO2 of its own while reducing heating and cooling-related CO2 emissions by about 50% in new construction homes and more in certain retrofit applications. Foam insulation will last for the life of the building and if installed correctly will deliver peak performance for the life of the building. Eco Energy insulation foam has no formaldehyde, no ozone-depleting ingredients, and it’s CFC free.
Indoor Air Quality
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, indoor air quality is a major concern for most home owners. Spray Foam Insulation addresses this problem several ways. It is devoid of emissions and contaminants that can affect your health. It improves air quality by nearly eliminating air infiltration. In the summer it will help reduce moisture infiltration and in the winter it will help keep warm humid air in the living space. Since it helps air seal your home it also helps people who suffer from allergies by keeping contaminants out of the living space.
Sound Control
Sound waves are transmitted by different media, including air. The most drastic noise dampening occurs when the home or building is completely airtight. Open cell spray foam insulation not only provides extraordinary air sealing but helps reduce noise by absorbing secondary reverberations.
No Health Issues
Unlike more traditional methods of insulating, spray foam insulation is free of all HFAs, HCFCs, HFCs, and formaldehyde. Once spray foam has cured and is in place the final product is chemically dead and contains no potential health risks whatsoever.
Flood Zones
Closed Cell Spray Foam is the only type of insulation classified as an “Acceptable Flood-Resistant Material” by FEMA. “Flood Resistant Material” is defined as any building material capable of withstanding direct and prolonged contact with flood waters without sustaining significant damage. FEMA has classified all other insulation types as “Unacceptable”.
SPF Residential and Commercial Flat Roofs
October 4th, 2009The future of flat roofs is here today!
Spray foam roofing is the most cost effective & sustainable roof system available. It can be used in new construction and reroofing projects. Since foam roofs are spray applied they are self-flashing and sealing. The end result is a seamless, monolithic, waterproof roof. Since the base for the roof is spray foam insulation you get an R-value of approximately R-7.2 per inch. We spray between 1.5 inches and 3 inches of foam on the decking resulting in an R value of 10.8 – 21.6. If the foam is sprayed on more thickly there is a proportional improvement in R-value. Once the foam has been applied, a top coat gets sprayed over the roof to protect it from ultraviolet rays.
Once the new roof has been installed our product manufacturer will inspect the roof, take a core sample, test the sample, send you the test results, and issue a manufactures warranty.
With routine maintenance, spray foam roofs can last for the life of the building.
SPF roofing systems excel when the following conditions exist:
*High Energy Bills
*Slope must be added to provide positive drainage
*The roof substrate has numerous penetrations
*The roof deck is an unusual configuration
*Lightweight materials are required
There are severe temperatures
*The roof is in an area where high winds are likely to occur
Because of the energy saving characteristics and low maintenance costs of SPF roof systems, these roofs are suitable for residential home owners and organizations that pay their own energy and maintenance costs.
What is SPF Roofing?
Spray polyurethane foam (SPF) roofing consists of an application of 3 pound close cell spray foam covered with an elastomeric coating of Urethane, Silicone, or Polyurea. The coatings help protect the foam from ultraviolet rays. Specialized equipment mixes two liquid components at the spray gun that applies the SPF to a prepared substrate. The mixed liquid expands many times its original volume in a matter of seconds, forming a rigid foam plastic that chemically bonds to the surface to which it is sprayed. Spraying the foam in 1 1/2″to 3″ lifts allows the applicator to reach the desired thickness to fill in low areas, build up slopes, and provide insulation.
SPF has a closed cell structure that makes it water resistant. SPF roofing systems have good adhesion to a variety of substrates including metal, wood, concrete and built up roofing (BUR). Since SPF adds little weight to existing roof coverings and can build slope to fill in low areas, these systems are used frequently as a recover roofing system. Hail and wind driven missiles (such as tree limbs, broken roof tile, metal flashing, etc.) can damage the SPF roofing system. However, this type of damage typically does not cause leaks and can be repaired later without compromising the long-term performance of the system. While traditional roofing systems may perform well in non-critical areas, they tend to fail around penetrations, along seams and along the edges just a few years into their service life. Since foam roofs are spray-applied, they “fit” perfectly around all obstructions, usually resulting in drastically lower failure rates. Since SPF roofs are very light, they can most often be applied over existing roof surfaces without exceeding weight limits.
Spray Foam Roof Systems have many advantages over traditional roofing methods:
Energy Efficiency
Eco Energy Insulation Applicators’ roofing spray foam produces energy savings of 30% or greater when compared to the alternative roofing systems. With today’s rising fuel costs, the cost of the roof can be easily recovered a few years, simply through these energy savings alone!
Weather Resistant
Eco Energy Insulation Applicators’ roofing spray foam provides excellent weather resistant insulation, protecting the building from the dangers of humidity and extreme temperature conditions.
Thermal Insulation
Eco Energy Insulation Applicators’ roofing spray foam has the best insulating properties available for commercial construction today. Sprayed polyurethane foam has an R-value of 7.14 per 1 inch thickness, enabling it to provide more thermal resistance with less material than any other type of roofing insulation.
Waterproofing
Composed of billions of closed cells, Eco Energy Insulation Applicators’ roofing spray foam acts as an air barrier, preventing moisture infiltration into the building (the number one cause of building deterioration). Even when the top coat of a foam roofing system is damaged, the underlying foam will keep the roof from leaking. If a penetration does occur all the way through the foam layers, the water infiltration will be isolated only to the area where the membrane has been penetrated. Small penetrations in foam roofing systems can be repaired easily with an elastomeric caulk, reinstating the integrity of the system.
Seamless
Eco Energy Insulation Applicators’ roofing spray foam is sprayed onto the roof as a liquid and forms a single continuous seamless membrane that covers the entire roof. There are no seams or joints, the source of the majority of leaks in traditional roofs.
Flexible
Eco Energy Insulation Applicators’ roofing spray foam can be sprayed onto virtually any surface, including irregularly shaped roofs and protrusions that pose problems with other systems.
Self Flashing
Our roofing spray foam’s excellent adhesion allows it to be installed with almost no flashings; some roofers call the material “self-flashing”. Regardless of age, or building use, it retains its density and compressive strength. SPF curb flashings solve a number of problems, including withstanding structural vibrations when applied to light-gauge metal roof curbs.
Versatility
Eco Energy Insulation Applicators’ roofing spray foam can be successfully applied to virtually every type of membrane roofing system available, including asphalt, coal tar, modified bitumen, and single-ply, in addition to metal panels.
Elimination of “Water-Ponding”
When applying the spray foam in re-roofing situations, it is very easy to build up areas of greater thickness while spraying. so that water will drain properly. This eliminates the problem of water-ponding and the additional weight load associated with water accumulation.
Sustainability
Eco Energy Insulation Applicators Spray Foamed roofs require a minimum of upkeep, creating little waste and have an indefinite lifespan.
Strong Adhesion and Wind Uplift Resistance
Eco Energy Insulation Applicators’ roofing spray foam prevents air leakage so that wind uplift resistance is increased dramatically.
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