Benefits of Spray Foam Insulation for Nanaimo Home

Is your home too cool in summer and warm in winter? Do you feel like your utility bills are constantly way above what they should be? Does your home feel drafty? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you could tremendously benefit from making the switch to spray foam insulation in your home. Spray foam works by filling in and sealing the cracks in your home, protecting you from losing heat in winter and gaining heat from outside during summer. Why is this important?

Spray foam insulation is a great option for making your home more energy efficient by creating a seamless monolithic air barrier. This seamless air barrier will allow you to maintain a consistent and constant comfort throughout your home regardless of what mother nature throws you. Here are some more benefits.

1. Increased Comfort
Even with a new, top-of-the-line HVAC system, a leaky home can still struggle to remain comfortable for a long period of time. Sealing your home with spray foam insulation can solve this issue by helping to keep the air in your home from changing temperature too much as a result of outside influences. Even with a sJamie-of-the-art climate control system, an unsealed home is subject to drafts from doors, windows, or even the attic, which can cause temperature fluctuations and less comfortable while indoors. By sealing these air leaks, you can reduce the temperature changes as much as possible.

2. Reduced Energy Costs
Your home is full of air leaks, which is why the air you want inside your home tends to escape and be replaced by the air you don’t want from outside. To solve this, we insulate our homes. However, the traditional fiberglass blankets that have been in homes for many years are not perfect and still allow a fair amount of unwanted air passage. Spray foam fills these gaps with a custom-formed seal, giving you the maximum protection. This means that your home’s HVAC system will not have to work nearly as hard to keep you comfortable, which will improve its longevity and dramatically reduce your utility bills.

3. Increased Roof Durability
Another added benefit of spray polyurethane foam applied to your attic and the underside of your roof is that it adds another layer of support and protection for your roof, thus increasing its resilience to the elements. In fact, roofs that have been treated with spray foam have seen usable lifespans of 30 years or more. Additionally, the expanding nature of spray foam means that it creates a seal around potential leak locations, such as around vents and fasteners. This adds yet another type of protection to your home, protecting it from water damages as well as keeping you comfortable inside.

4. Moisture Barrier
Holes and cracks in your walls and crawl space can allow entrance to more than just air. Water and moisture can gain access to these areas through exposed cracks and holes if not sealed.

Spray foam insulation is impermeable to water. This means that not only will spray foam thoroughly seal and protect your attic and crawl space from airborne moisture and leaks but if flooding should occur in the area, spray foam insulation will not absorb the water like other materials will.

5. Deters Mold
Spray foam is not only water resistant, but it is composed of an inert polymer that provides no source of food for mold or bacteria. Homes that are insulated using closed-cell insulation are better protected against mold and mildew.

6. Long Life-Span
The inert polymer that spray foam insulation is comprised of allows it to have an indefinite lifespan. This allows homes and businesses to enjoy the benefits of spray foam insulation for years on end before needing to re-insulate. Businesses and families that invest in spray foam insulation can actually save money over the course of 20 years or more because of spray foam’s unique ability to perform at optimal levels for extended periods of time.

7. Eco-Friendly
One of the most common inquiries made about spray foam insulation is if it is eco-friendly. Our answer is yes! There are several reasons for this.

Spray foam helps reduce energy consumption and create a ‘green’ household.
Protects against moisture and mold growth
Designed to last indefinitely, producing fewer consumed materials

8. Air-tight Seal
Spray foam insulation is uniquely capable of thoroughly sealing holes and cracks in your attic or crawl space. Air leaks are often one of the biggest reasons for high energy bills. Spray foam insulation creates a powerful airtight seal that has shown to be 24 times less permeable to air infiltration than other types of insulation.

For more information Contact Spray Foam Insulation Nanaimo @ (250) 887-1407 or visit the company website at www.sprayfoaminsulationcalgary.net.