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.
The cells in open cell foam are not sealed, so the foam is spongy. That makes it good at stopping sound and cheaper per inch than closed cell.
Remember this above all: vapour moves through open cell no matter how thick it is. Keep it off cold, damp surfaces such as foundations and crawl space walls, or mould can follow.
With Belleville winters, open cell in an exterior wall or roof needs its own vapour retarder on the room side, and your quote will say so.
Open cell foam is the right product for the ceiling of a basement apartment, the walls around a bathroom or laundry room, and the floor of a home office or media room. It soaks up voices and footsteps that would otherwise carry through.
With Belleville now allowing more units on one lot, sound control between units has become a common request. See our basement apartment insulation page.
Open cell foam expands a lot, so it fills deep rafters and odd shapes quickly. In a cathedral ceiling or a roof with deep rafters, it can fill the cavity at a lower cost than closed cell. We look at the roof and the climate risk before we recommend it.
Open cell typically costs $0.90 to $1.60 a board foot around Quinte. The written quote gives the figure for your space.
Call (613) 912-7508. We will look at each area and tell you where open cell fits and where closed cell spray foam is needed instead. The home page lists every service we offer.
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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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.
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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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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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