Spray Foam Insulation Decatur, AL
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Decatur Spray Foam Insulation offers the area’s highest quality insulation services for all residential and commercial properties. Our insulation contractors work their professional magic on existing structures and new construction, including site-built and mobile homes. We provide Foam Roofing, Protective Coating services and Spray Foam Insulation in Decatur, Alabama.
We have the skills and experience to deliver a quality spray foam insulation installation in your Decatur, Alabama home or commercial space. Our services start with diagnostic testing and expert recommendations. Our insulation specialists will find air leaks in your home and recommend solutions that fit your goals and improve your indoor environment. Choosing Decatur Spray Foam insulation can start you on the road to a more comfortable, energy-efficient and affordable home or business.
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What is Insulation and Why Do I Need It?
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Before deciding on home insulation or commercial insulation installation, you should understand what insulation does. Insulation, a layer of material installed between inner and outer walls, floors and basements, ceilings and attics, or attics and roofs, limits heat transfer from inside to outside or out to inside. Whether wall insulation, crawl space insulation, or attic insulation, the layer of material limits air movement. When insulation contractors like Decatur Spray Foam Insulation install insulation in a Decatur, Alabama structure, the insulating material prevents healthier conditioned air from leaking out and prevents unconditioned unhealthy air from entering a living or working space.
Insulation improves your air quality and reduces heat loss, which means reducing illness and allergies and lowering energy bills. Some materials provide sound insulation and keep out pests and moisture. Foam insulation also increases the structural strength of a building, enabling it to stand up against storms. All the benefits add value to your home and comfort to your daily life. |
What Insulation Services Do We Offer?
The professional insulation installers at Decatur Spray Foam Insulation in Decatur, Alabama can supply and install several types of insulation. Still, we specialize in and highly recommend spray foam insulation for any Decatur, Alabama home, or business structure.
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What is Spray Foam Insulation?
Spray Insulation was initially used in the 1940s for insulating airplanes. The spray foam industry has been innovative and has continually improved materials and installation processes, so that spray foam insulation has become today’s most popular insulation application. Residential and commercial spray foam insulation for homes and businesses in Decatur, Alabama, differs from more traditional blown-in or batt insulations. Decatur Spray Foam Insulation contractors apply two liquid chemicals, mixing them as they spray the space to be insulated. A chemical reaction causes the two liquids to expand into foam that fills an area completely. The bulky foam prevents air exchange, blocks moisture and sound, and improves a building’s structural integrity. Most houses can be insulated in a day. The spray foam dries to the touch in minutes, and you can safely occupy your home again 24-hours later.
Spray foam insulation in Decatur, Alabama structures provides an excellent water barrier and increases a building's strength. Even the most intricately shaped spaces around windows and skylights fill. A building becomes more wind resistant because solid structures hold up better than hollow structures. The water barrier provided by spray foam insulation in Decatur, Alabama, prevents mold. When your HVAC system does not treat uninsulated attic or basement spaces, water vapor caused by seasonal temperature changes gets trapped. That condensed water can cause mold and mildew to grow and damage the walls and ceilings in your home. Attics with more traditional insulations run the risk of leaks, causing insulation materials to grow mold. Leaking roofs cause fewer problems when the Decatur, Alabama home’s attic has spray foam insulation. Your ceilings will not suffer if the water can’t penetrate the spray foam.
FEMA lists spray foam insulation as a flood damage-resistant product. To qualify for the list, a material must be able to withstand prolonged contact with water without sustaining significant damage. You can find out more about FEMA and factors affecting flood insurance rates.
Spray foam insulation in Decatur, Alabama structures provides an excellent water barrier and increases a building's strength. Even the most intricately shaped spaces around windows and skylights fill. A building becomes more wind resistant because solid structures hold up better than hollow structures. The water barrier provided by spray foam insulation in Decatur, Alabama, prevents mold. When your HVAC system does not treat uninsulated attic or basement spaces, water vapor caused by seasonal temperature changes gets trapped. That condensed water can cause mold and mildew to grow and damage the walls and ceilings in your home. Attics with more traditional insulations run the risk of leaks, causing insulation materials to grow mold. Leaking roofs cause fewer problems when the Decatur, Alabama home’s attic has spray foam insulation. Your ceilings will not suffer if the water can’t penetrate the spray foam.
FEMA lists spray foam insulation as a flood damage-resistant product. To qualify for the list, a material must be able to withstand prolonged contact with water without sustaining significant damage. You can find out more about FEMA and factors affecting flood insurance rates.
Can Insulation Keep Pests Out?
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A bonus to installing spray foam insulation in Decatur, Alabama, is the insulation's pest repelling ability. Because spray foam fills every nook and cranny, every contractor hole or crack, the route that insects and rodents take into your home are impassable.
The holes drilled by plumbers and electricians allow warm or cold air to pass from outside to inside your home in Decatur, Alabama, but it also becomes a thoroughfare for pests. Spray foam insulation bars pests of all shapes and sizes from entering Decatur, Alabama house. |
What Types of Spray Foam Insulation Are Available?
Spray foam insulation, also called polyurethane foam, costs more than other insulations in the short term but lasts the longest and saves you the most. Our trained insulation contractors at Decatur Spray Foam Insulation know how to spray liquid evenly on surfaces and in spaces, and the spray expands into a waterproof, air stopping foam. Spray foam insulation need never be replaced. Decatur Spray Foam Insulation offers three kinds of spray foam insulation, and each has advantages.
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Open Cell Spray Foam InsulationOpen Cell Spray Foam Insulation is a less dense material. The open cell structure helps it tolerate seasonal temperature change, which causes building materials to expand and contract.
Open cell costs less than closed-cell or high density, but the reduced density makes it the best soundproofing insulation. Decatur Spray Foam Insulation may recommend open cell for your home in Decatur, Alabama if you need to block out noise. |
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Closed Cell Spray Foam InsulationClosed Cell Spray Foam Insulation is denser and becomes hard when it dries. The hardened insulation enhances the structural strength of a house or commercial building. Closed cell spray foam insulation also provides a higher degree of water resistance than open cell does. The industry insulation value (see information about R-Value below) is higher per inch than open cell spray foam insulation.
When Decatur Spray Foam Insulation fills the walls of your Decatur, Alabama commercial building with closed-cell foam, the building will stand up to the worst weather conditions. The higher the foam’s density, the more substantial the structure. |
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High-Density Spray Foam InsulationHigh-Density Spray Foam Insulation is denser than closed-cell. High-density spray foam insulation makes any building material better insulated and better at repelling water.
Decatur Spray Foam Insulation contractors use our highest density spray foam insulation for roof and exterior wall insulation and repair for commercial buildings in Decatur, Alabama. |
What is R-Value?
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The insulation industry measures the effectiveness of an insulation type by R-value or R-factor. R in R-factor stands for resistance, and the number assigned to the insulation tells you how well the insulation prevents heat from leaving or entering your home. What R-factor number experts recommend depends on the climate in your region. Resistance may need to be higher in some parts of your home, like the attic, and areas of the country with higher temperature swings or extreme temperatures in either direction need insulation with higher numbers than more temperate parts of the country.
There are four hot months in Decatur, Alabama; May, June, July and August. Daily temperatures exceed 89 degrees. The cold months November, December, and January run between 33 degrees and 50 degrees. Keeping a home cool or warm during those seven months without adequate insulation can be expensive. Learn more about R-value here.
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What Other Insulation Do We Offer?
Blown Fiberglass InsulationFiberglass fibers insulate by trapping air to create a barrier between inside and outside air. Loose fiberglass that our insulation contractors blow in using fiber blowing, and vacuuming machines fills enclosed spaces. Blown-in fiberglass works well for crawl space insulation and wall insulation.
The fibers fill in around pipes and wiring to eliminate air gaps in a house or commercial building. Blown insulation has advantages over the batts or rolls of insulation described below. The fibers fit into small enclosed spaces better than batts. |
Batt InsulationRolls or batts of cellulose or fiberglass insulation are often used in new constructions or readily accessible open spaces. The main advantage of batt insulation is a low cost. The main drawbacks to batts or rolls of insulation are that both fiberglass and cellulose break down over time, and neither provides a water barrier.
If any roll or batt insulation gets wet, you need to replace it. Some fiberglass can cause skin and lung irritation. Cellulose traps dirt over time and can contribute to unhealthy air. Batt insulation of either kind should be replaced every 15 years or so. |
How Will Spray Foam Insulation Affect My Decatur Home?
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Homebuyers today are looking for well-insulated homes. No one wants to buy a property with high heating and air conditioning bills. Commercial property buyers or leasers want reasonable energy bills, too. They also look for buildings with healthy air quality for their employees. A home with insulation that lasts for as long as the structure lasts will bring a higher sale price than one with blown-in or batt insulation.
A real estate agent should consider the added structural strength, better air quality, and lower energy bills when pricing your home for sale. Having Decatur Spray Foam Insulation install spray foam insulation in your Decatur, Alabama home, or commercial building increases the property's value. |
What About Do It Yourself Spray Foam Insulation?
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There are spray foam insulation kits available in any DYI store, but you should consider some things before attempting this project. Installing yourself may seem straightforward, but professionals are better equipped for the job. You must spray the foam under the right atmospheric conditions. Spreading the foam evenly on surfaces and in spaces takes practice, and you might have to remove all the foam and start again if you get it wrong the first time.
You need protective gear, including a respirator, gloves, eye, and skin protection. Assuming you want to do it yourself to save money, check the kits' prices and calculate the number of kits you will need. Once you come up with a total for the spray and gear, get an estimate from Decatur Spray Foam Insulation in Decatur, Alabama. The savings may not be as much as you think. Decatur Spray Foam Insulation experts recommend installing spray foam insulation for a Decatur, Alabama home or business structure. Spray foam insulation costs more to install but gives you superior results. Whether you plan to stay in your home for a while or look to sell soon, money spent on spray foam insulation is money well spent. The insulation costs pay off in health care and energy bill savings. Your house will bring a higher price because of the added energy efficiency, soundproof insulation and structural stability. |
Contact Us About Our Services
For the highest energy efficiency, homes need more than attic and wall insulation. Decatur Spray Foam Insulation will come into your Decatur, Alabama home, or commercial building and professionally evaluate it. Our experts conduct Air Leakage/Duct Testing and provide Energy Audit and Inspections. Experts estimate that at least 40% of your home’s energy loss is due to air exchange through holes, cracks, and gaps in the building structure. Call and talk to our professionals today. Let us provide you with recommendations and estimates so you can make a start towards a more comfortable, healthy, lower-cost home or office.