A Victorian house loses most of its heat through the attic, the knee walls, the basement and the band joist. Century home spray foam insulation goes after those four places first and leaves the old brick alone. Work on heritage homes is fully insured.
Belleville grew fast through the 1800s. The town became a city in 1877, and much of the housing from that time still stands in Old East Hill, West Hill and around the downtown core. Those homes were built before insulation was common.
Many Victorian homes in Belleville have solid brick walls with plaster on the inside and no cavity for insulation. Brick soaks up rain and dries out to both sides. If you seal the inside of a brick wall with the wrong material, the brick can stay wet and crack in a freeze.
We do not spray foam directly against the inside of old brick unless there is a plan for drying. In most century homes, the better value is in the attic, the roof line and the basement, where foam does not affect the brick.
Belleville's old houses commonly stand on rubble or cut limestone. Those walls are lumpy and out of plumb, so batts and foam board never sit tight against them. Closed cell spray foam insulation follows every bump and grips the stone.
We check for active leaks first. A stone wall that runs with water needs a drainage fix before any insulation goes on.
Story-and-a-half homes have knee walls and sloped ceilings on the top floor. These rooms are hot in summer and cold in winter because the insulation behind them is thin or missing. Spraying the roof line behind the knee wall fixes both problems. The attic insulation page explains roof deck work.
Original plaster can stay where it is. Most of the work happens from the attic, the cellar and behind the knee walls. If a renovation has already opened a wall, we can foam it before it closes.
Phone (613) 912-7508 with the year the house was built and what you have in mind, and we will send a plan and a price on paper. Every other spray foam insulation service is on our home page.
One visit can price the whole house on a single written quote.
Warm air escaping upward is the main cost of a leaky Belleville attic. Attic spray foam insulation closes those openings, either across the ceiling or up on the roof boards, depending on what the attic is used for. Each attic job is fully insured.
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A finished basement goes mouldy when warm room air touches cold concrete. Basement spray foam insulation sticks directly to the poured or block wall so that air never reaches it. Closed cell foam goes on the foundation, the rim joists and the slab edge, and each basement job is fully insured.
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Basement apartment spray foam insulation gives a second unit warm walls, a dry floor edge and a quieter ceiling. We install closed cell foam on the foundation and rim joists and open cell foam between the floors. Each job we do is fully insured.
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Frozen pipes and icy floors usually trace back to the crawl space. Crawl space spray foam insulation goes on the foundation walls and rim joists, over a taped ground sheet, so the space holds close to house temperature. Insurance covers every crawl space we do.
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Bedrooms over a garage are cold, and exhaust can drift in from below. Foam closes the shared wall, the ceiling and the outside walls of attached and detached garages alike. Garage work is fully insured.
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Cold concrete, crawl space walls and the floor over a garage all call for closed cell spray foam insulation. It packs roughly R-6 to R-7 into each inch, stops air outright and stops vapour once two inches are on. Closed cell jobs are fully insured.
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Noise through a ceiling or a bathroom wall is the usual reason to choose open cell spray foam insulation. It is light and springy, rates about R-3.5 to R-3.8 an inch, stops drafts and soaks up sound. Open cell work is fully insured.
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A new Belleville house only has one chance to be sealed properly, and it is before the drywall. New construction spray foam insulation fills the stud bays, corners and pipe holes while everything is exposed. We fit the builder's calendar, and new-build work is fully insured.
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Sunrooms, additions and closed-in porches are often the coldest rooms in a house, with three outside walls and a chilly floor. Home addition spray foam insulation brings the new room up to the comfort of the old one. Addition jobs are fully insured.
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New foam will not stick to failed foam, soggy batts or dusty old loose fill. Insulation removal strips the space back to clean wood or concrete first, then new spray foam insulation goes on. We cut, bag and haul it all away, and removal work is fully insured.
View Insulation Removal and ReplacementWe measure the space and send you a written price. The visit is free and you are under no obligation.
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