What is Spray Foam

Since the late 1990s, spray foam has become one of the hottest insulation products on the market. Its effectiveness has displaced even traditional insulation materials like fibreglass batts, demonstrating a superior R-value per inch and air-sealing ability.

But if spray foam is that good, then why isn’t everyone using it?

Why Spray Foam is the insulation of the future
For years, the traditional insulation for any home or business property included such products as fibreglass and cellulose because they were cheap to install. While effective, they also absorb and retain moisture, creating dampness and eventually mildew. Not to mention, their porous surfaces causes leaks that make heating and air conditioning systems ineffective. Rather than waste money on their constant maintenance and replacement, we’re happy to offer a more effective product known as spray foam.
 
What is Spray Foam?

Spray foam is an insulation material made from polyurethane foam or plastic. It’s remarkably adaptable and the mixture is easy to adjust for any customer’s requirement. Spray foam’s semi-solid nature makes it suitable for pipe work, roofing and other solid structures. Despite being sprayed out as a liquid, this foam is flexible and non-porous, making it ideal for roofing and wall insulation. It’s also lightweight, making it useful for flotation for docks, boats and ships. Finally, spray foam is strong enough for a number of industrial applications, from walk-in freezers to the structural strength of airplanes.

Areas where Spray Foam is used

Our versatile product has a large number of domestic and industrial uses. Spray foam insulation is ideal in any kind of building, as well as inside refrigerated units and large transports. It’s been proven to be effective as a part of flotation devices, as an adhesive for construction and packaging and as an insulation material for common venues like spas, movies and theatre sets.

Types of Spray Foam
Open Cell Polyurethane Spray Foam

This type of spray foam insulation is fast becoming the most popular choice for residential applications like underfloor insulation, roof insulation and wall insulation because it is significantly cheaper than closed cell spray foam whilst offering many of the same great benefits. There are, however, several key differences.

Open cell spray foam insulation is still just plastic that is heated up and sprayed in place. The difference between open and closed cell foam is that open cell foam has a lower R Value per inch therefore requiring a higher volume of foam within a cavity to reach code requirements.

Open cell spray foam is approximately half to three quarters of the price of closed cell foam. It remains popular for this reason. When applied correctly, the energy savings for open cell foam are equal to those of closed cell foam whilst saving customers’ money.

Whether you choose open or closed cell foam, the outcome will be an airtight building that allows for optimal energy efficiency; from 30-50% more efficient than fibreglass and 10-25% more efficient than wall spray or dense pack cellulose.

With Spray polyurethane foam products customers generally see clear savings on energy bills immediately and can expect to recoup the expense of installation within 5-7 years or less.

Closed Cell Polyurethane Spray Foam Insulation

Closed cell spray foam has multiple cells that make up the foam and encapsulate onto themselves. In other words, they are virtually impenetrable to moisture, taking care of any mould worries.

The word “polyurethane” is a fancy way of saying “plastic.” So this insulation material is simple a 2 part plastic that when heat is applied and sprayed on a wall or ceiling (or anything), it expands to roughly 50 – 100 times or it’s original size.

There are many varieties of spray foam, and each has a slightly different R-value. Any foam over 24kg is considered a closed cell foam whilst anything under 24 kg foam is considered open cell foam… which we will get to in a minute.

By using closed cell foam you may only need 1-2 inches (25-50mm) in a wall to meet all your code R-values in most parts of Australia. So if space is an issue this may be the optimal product choice.

Which Foam do you choose?

When choosing any insulation product, you’ll need to consider such factors as the cost, how much you’ll save in energy bills, how long you’re holding your property and the improvements that come with energy efficiency.

There are different types of spray foam for different applications and outcomes, so speak to SprayIT Solutions to find out which is the best option for you and your project. 

The Spray Foam
Insulation System

Since the late 1990s, spray foam has become one of the hottest insulation products on the market.
Its effectiveness has displaced even traditional insulation materials, demonstrating a superior R-value per inch and air-sealing ability
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The Spray Foam
Insulation System

Since the late 1990s, spray foam has become one of the hottest insulation products on the market.
Its effectiveness has displaced even traditional insulation materials, demonstrating a superior R-value per inch and air-sealing ability
Learn More
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Its been a great improvement. We have now been able to have the heater set to 20.0, rather then 22.5 and the room feels the same even though the temp is set lower. The temperature inside has also been close to 2 degrees warmer at the coldest part of the day – during the early hours of the morning. We should of done this earlier! As well as enjoying a warmer house, we have enjoyed the obvious benefits of not needing the A/C on as high. With our sophisticated electricity monitoring system we have in our house, I can confidently state that we are using on average 14.5% less electricity by our individual zoned A/C system. Prior to the insulation, we were using an average of 245.1 KW of electricity, and we are now down to 210 KW per week.
“Paul from Altona had the floor insulated:”
Dear Glenn, I hope you are well, you were right it's a huge improvement in our house, really the big thing is so much less air movement, now we go out turn the heater off and when come back even hours later it's still warm inside, can't wait to get the walls done.......
“Marc from Sherbrooke had the floor insulated:”
Our 80 year old home has always been difficult to heat, we had so many drafts and cold air coming in from places you couldn't even see, but certainly feel! It was extremely hard to maintain a consistent temperature throughout the house and some rooms always seemed cold even though the central heating was turned on. We decided to have the spray in place polyurethane foam installed in the walls, under new weatherboards and under the floor onto the underside of Baltic pine floorboards. We knew that this method was a little more expensive than traditional batt insulation but where very excited by the higher "R" values we could receive with the foam compared to batts. Now that's the process is complete we can honestly say that the difference is amazing. We have one constant temperature throughout the house and NO MORE drafts. The ducted heating is working more efficiently. And we look forward to reduced energy bills.
“Deborah and Colin from Preston have the walls and floor ...”
Hi Glenn Yes I have noticed a difference, hard to define. Closest I can come to is that the temp is even without the fluctuations I used to have. I open up the front blinds in the morning to allow the sun to raise the temp then it seems to hold overnight.
“This is the response to us asking about how the insulation ...”
We got great support from Glenn from Sprayit Solutions, starting from the quote. He was taking care of our specific needs and was flexible to make this insulation project affordable to us. Now, we see benefits from insulation and infrared camera assessment verified that R values were delivered as promised
“Goran from Oakleigh had his floor insulated:”
I did a lot of research into ceiling insulation, probably too much as there are so many products out there all with their own claims and ratings that it becomes very difficult to choose. Throw in "R" values and it is near impossible. At least now I am confident that I made the right decision choosing a spray in foam system. Not only does it insulate well against the heat and cool, but in my opinion it solves the most overlooked feature in that it stops the droughts so the heat stays were it is meant to! An added bonus for us was the reduction in noise as we live quite close to an airport.
“David from Keilor had the underside of his roof insulated”
Great job, great service, great product. The insulation makes a big difference to our house. It retains the heat inside the house longer even when we turn off the heating. It was worth getting.
“Catherine and Paul from Mt Waverley had the floor and..”
Thanks for a great job, your and your sons professionalism and communication. The floor to touch was a lot warmer underfoot, no more squeaks and not as echoey. Rooms that are not heated were a lot more temperate too. Thanks also for your honesty in the size of the job, that quality seems to be a rarity now-days.... Trevor.
“Trevor from Gisborne had his floor insulated”
If anyone is thinking of any type of insulation, let me remove your doubt. This is the way to go. We have an early 50's brick veneer house and had the underfloor and 1st story walls foamed. It has transformed our house. We now have to shut the bedroom doors in the evening before bed as the rooms get too hot to sleep in in the Tassie winter. When the nights were 3 degrees or less our bedroom would get to 10 degrees or so - with double glazed windows, now it never falls below 17. This is comfortable, any hotter and we can't sleep. It takes only minutes to warm the house back up in the mornings, and our upstairs is open plan. The biggest gain is the drafts down the veneer walls, no cold air coming into the house from the roofspace between the plaster and brick to the underfloor and then back up to the 1st floor. The first heating bill this year was 25% less than the year before, and we have to run the heat pumps at lower temperatures now - so we are very happy. Except for the roof. I wish the roof hadn't already been insulated with bats, because it would be with foam.
“Chris from Devonport had his walls and floor insulated.”
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