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Foam Insulation for Crawl Spaces


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How many times have you seen round/oval vents penetrating from the crawl space into the house through rectangular holes? This situation is cause for great concern.

Fiberglass batts cannot control or prevent air/moisture movement and infiltration. Even if your crawl space is “properly” insulated with batts, they will not prevent cold air, warm air, and contaminated air from entering the living space of your home.

If the crawl space in your home is not fully sealed from your home, there is a strong likelihood that contaminated air, earth gases, mold, rodents, and more can penetrate your living space.

Spray foam insulation installed between the floor joists in your crawl space is the only material that will create an effective thermal barrier from obstructions such as wiring and plumbing, ductwork, and narrow or wide joist spacing.

Fiberglass batts are often compressed during installation due to the use of wire insulation hangers. Open web floor trusses create additional problems because the open webs create pathways for air to move around the batts. During the summer, warm humid air can flow around the batts and create condensation, mold and decay problems in the floor system. Open web floor trusses are virtually impossible to adequately insulate with batts.

Spray foam from us will also serve as an effective moisture barrier between the ground and your home's subfloor surface. It will also prevent "stack effect" air/moisture movement into the home's walls and upward into the home's attic space, which can cause even more problems.

Spray foam circumvents floor insulation problems because it completely fills voids and open spaces. Areas around wiring and plumbing as well as open webs of floor trusses can be filled, resulting in a complete, monolithic thermal barrier on the floor.

Spray foam insulation in the crawl space is a superior insulation product that overcomes the disadvantages of other insulation products. Spray foam will provide a more uniform, consistent thermal barrier as well as provide stack effect / air flow retarding functions.

 

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