Cellulose And Spray Foam In Attic

By martin holladay issue 270 oct nov 2017.
Cellulose and spray foam in attic. Spray foam offers the best attic insulation performance available. Here the traditional favorite is blow in cellulose insulation although spray in foam is becoming steadily more common. Unlike other kinds of insulation like cellulose spray foam provides better insulation because its fluid nature allows for it to go through tiny crevices. Five years ago we noticed.
Choose from two types. The cellulose is blown into the attic or walls through long. Spray foam attic insulation. If i had a choice between fiberglass foam and cellulose i would go with cellulose a wet spray cellulose install can provide an r value of around 3 4 per inch.
We have about r 45 worth of blown cellulose on the attic floor of our 100 year old chicago home and a furnace and ductwork in the attic. Spray foam insulation effectively keeps heat in your house during the colder seasons and dissipates it outside during the hotter ones. With open walls you can install fiberglass roll insulation although spray applied foam insulation is also possible. Spray foam insulation is an incomplete name.
Pro better insulation. It s blown into the attic and wall spaces under air pressure through hoses. If you are considering spray foam attic insulation and live in michigan s lower peninsula or the toledo oh area give us a call at 866 900 3626 for a free estimate. We are the number 1 rated insulation contractor in northeast and we promise to work hard for you.
On average the cost to insulate an attic in a 1 500 square foot house with spray foam can range between 5 000 10 000. Cellulose is a loose fill product composed of small particles of pulverized paper and cloth treated with a fire retardant. But that only works if the installer can get it into the places where most of the air leakage happens. Applegates cellulose insulation wet spray insulation spray foam insulation and injection foam insulation are but a feew of the many insulation technologies that we provide to our northeast florida clients.
Cellulose insulation cellulose is a very inexpensive insulation material in comparison to spray foam. It really should be called spray foam insulation and air barrier. They sport insulation values of approximately r 6 5 and r 3 6 per inch respectively. Once installed in the attic cellulose loose fill insulation looks like mounds of freshly fallen snow covering the attic floor.
Replace cellulose with spray foam address the air leaks and convert a vented unconditioned attic into an unvented conditioned attic.