Air Tight Spray Foam Insulation
As heating and cooling costs rise, insulating your home with spray foam is the best way to lower the cost of electricity bills. Here at Air Tight Construction, we have the experience and expertise to create a more comfortable and efficient home for you and your family.
Closed Cell Spray Foam has more advantages than any other method of insulation. Learn more about why spray polyurethane foam insulation is a superior insulation choice by calling us today or requesting a free estimate. We’re here to serve you.
Conditioned Air is Expensive
For any typical home in the New Orleans Metro Area, there’s about a 40% loss of energy due to air infiltration. This means roughly 40% of the money you pay every month for electricity is wasted through numerous holes, gaps and cracks in your building’s envelope.
Spray foam easily surpasses other types of insulation due to its ability to expand and fill crevices and gaps that would be left exposed by other means of insulation. It also has the highest capacity to resist heat flow of all insulation materials with closed-cell spray foam having an R-value of more than 6.
Spray Foam for Attics and Roofs
Roofs accumulate high levels of moisture, which can lead to mold formation, weakening the structure of buildings. Spray foam is highly effective in sealing and strengthening roofs as resistance of the roof to wind pressurization is improved. Roofs and exterior surfaces exposed to the outdoors require proper insulation. Our insulation services offer superior energy savings while making roofs and walls stronger.
Attics are prone to have minor cracks, holes and gaps. Air comes in and escapes through these cracks and is a primary cause for energy loss in houses. Using spray foam for attic insulation creates an airtight seal and prevents even water from seeping through minor cracks that could potentially damage ceilings.
This is the highest R-value on the market today and 2X that of fiberglass and cellulose insulation. Application of spray foam insulation has multiple benefits and suits many surfaces in housing structures.
Energy savings in comparison with other insulation methods
Spray foam is known to reduce monthly energy costs by 40% on average over other insulation methods.
Other insulation materials, like fiberglass batt insulation, provide some basic insulation coverage for walls, ceilings and basements. It’s affordable and quickly installed. There’s also radiant barrier, which is specialized roof insulation that reduce attic temperatures on a large scale to the tune of 30%. Other popular methods include cellulose blown-in insulation, air sealing and sound attenuation techniques. However, amongst all these materials and techniques, the most effective is spray foam.
